The Resource The sorrows of an American, Siri Hustvedt
The sorrows of an American, Siri Hustvedt
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The item The sorrows of an American, Siri Hustvedt represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- After their father's funeral, Erik and Inga Davidsen find a cryptic letter from a woman among his papers, dating from his adolescence in rural Minnesota during the Depression. Returning to his psychiatric practice in New York City, Erik sets about reading his father's memoir, hoping to discover the man he never fully knew.
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The sorrows of an American
- Title
- The sorrows of an American
- Statement of responsibility
- Siri Hustvedt
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- After their father's funeral, Erik and Inga Davidsen find a cryptic letter from a woman among his papers, dating from his adolescence in rural Minnesota during the Depression. Returning to his psychiatric practice in New York City, Erik sets about reading his father's memoir, hoping to discover the man he never fully knew.
- Cataloging source
- StDuBDS
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hustvedt, Siri
- Dewey number
- 813.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3558.U813
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Fathers
- Family secrets
- Brothers and sisters
- Stalking victims
- Summary expansion
- After their fathers funeral, Erik and Inga Davidsen find a cryptic letter from an unknown woman among his papers, dating from his adolescence in rural Minnesota during the Depression. Returning to his psychiatric practice in New York, Erik sets about reading his fathers memoir, hoping to discover the man he never fully understood. At the same time, another woman enters Eriks lonely, divorced life a beautiful Jamaican who moves into his garden flat with her small daughter. As Erik gets drawn into the cat-and-mouse tactics of someone who appears to be stalking her, he finds out that his sister Inga is also being threatened, by a journalist in possession of a wounding secret from her past. A multi-layered novel that probes the mysteries of the heart and mind, THE SORROWS OF AN AMERICAN is compulsive, thought-provoking and profoundly affecting a novel that resonates long beyond the last page
- Label
- The sorrows of an American, Siri Hustvedt
- Control code
- BDZ0007979465
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- 306 p.
- Isbn
- 9780340897065
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Label
- The sorrows of an American, Siri Hustvedt
- Control code
- BDZ0007979465
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- 306 p.
- Isbn
- 9780340897065
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
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