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Title: The Mark of the Angel
Author: Nancy Huston
Narrator: Richard Aspel
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-01-07
Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
But when Raphael sends Saffie on an errand to the Jewish ghetto, where she meets András, a Hungarian instrument maker, each of their lives will be altered in startling and unexpected ways. As Saffie learns to feel again, her long buried memories, coupled with the inexorable flow of historical forces beyond anyone's control, create a tableau of epic tragedy.
The Mark of the Angel is a mesmerizing novel of love, betrayal, and the ironies of history.
Critic Reviews:
"Once she establishes her story's central ironies, the narrative achieves a relentless velocity....The Mark of an Angel won the French Prix des Lectrices d'ELLE and the Prix des Librairies in Canada." (Publishers Weekly)
Members Reviews:
Best written book I have read in a long while.
The story is very good and the characters feel real, but what sets this book apart is the style in which it is written.
The narrator's voice weaves expertly between story-teller and omniscent observer.
There is one moment in particular - I will not spoil it by saying which - where this is done absolutely perfectly.
It has been a long time since I've read a book where I noticed, and yet didn't find abrasive, the author's voice. Just the opposite, in fact.
A Mesmerizing Tale of Psychosis
This was a book that kept me interested from the very beginning. Perhaps it has something to do with the author's style which shares a remarkable similarity with Milan Kundera's, who happens to be one of my favorite writers. Or, maybe it has to do with the Rue de Seine, in which much of the book takes place, and, where I have spent a lot of time over the years. Huston's way of telling this story about a young German woman's life in the aftermath of WWII is highly unusual and also reminds us of the terrible consequences of a cataclysm of this magnitude. Very few works deal with the absolute terror and madness that war inflicts on its survivors. The particular way the author works out the story of Saffie is truly a work of profound intelligence that should get its rightful recognition amongst late 20th century fiction. Congratulations, Nancy Huston. Not only are you lovely to look at, you are a very good writer.
An Original & Remarkable Story
This author is from France. The book was such a bestseller there that it was translated for the States. Need I say more? While I was in New York City in August 2000 I read in the NY Times Book Review about this book. It primarily appealed to me because of the review written by Arthur Golden, author of MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA. I had just finished his book. Arthur Golden wrote that this book was "Compelling and highly original...You many never read a novel crafted with more wonder and mystery." I would agree with that except for Arthur Goldens' book MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA which deserves the same review. Anyway, that was all it took for me to jot down the title and buy the book at the nearest bookstore. (Normally, I'd have bought it at amazon.com...but I was anxious.) The Mark of the Angel is simply a love story that takes place during the late 1950s, early 1960s in Paris France. There's an unexpected tragedy at the end. There are underlying historic tragic events written in between.
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Title: The Mark of the Angel
Author: Nancy Huston
Narrator: Richard Aspel
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-01-07
Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
But when Raphael sends Saffie on an errand to the Jewish ghetto, where she meets András, a Hungarian instrument maker, each of their lives will be altered in startling and unexpected ways. As Saffie learns to feel again, her long buried memories, coupled with the inexorable flow of historical forces beyond anyone's control, create a tableau of epic tragedy.
The Mark of the Angel is a mesmerizing novel of love, betrayal, and the ironies of history.
Critic Reviews:
"Once she establishes her story's central ironies, the narrative achieves a relentless velocity....The Mark of an Angel won the French Prix des Lectrices d'ELLE and the Prix des Librairies in Canada." (Publishers Weekly)
Members Reviews:
Best written book I have read in a long while.
The story is very good and the characters feel real, but what sets this book apart is the style in which it is written.
The narrator's voice weaves expertly between story-teller and omniscent observer.
There is one moment in particular - I will not spoil it by saying which - where this is done absolutely perfectly.
It has been a long time since I've read a book where I noticed, and yet didn't find abrasive, the author's voice. Just the opposite, in fact.
A Mesmerizing Tale of Psychosis
This was a book that kept me interested from the very beginning. Perhaps it has something to do with the author's style which shares a remarkable similarity with Milan Kundera's, who happens to be one of my favorite writers. Or, maybe it has to do with the Rue de Seine, in which much of the book takes place, and, where I have spent a lot of time over the years. Huston's way of telling this story about a young German woman's life in the aftermath of WWII is highly unusual and also reminds us of the terrible consequences of a cataclysm of this magnitude. Very few works deal with the absolute terror and madness that war inflicts on its survivors. The particular way the author works out the story of Saffie is truly a work of profound intelligence that should get its rightful recognition amongst late 20th century fiction. Congratulations, Nancy Huston. Not only are you lovely to look at, you are a very good writer.
An Original & Remarkable Story
This author is from France. The book was such a bestseller there that it was translated for the States. Need I say more? While I was in New York City in August 2000 I read in the NY Times Book Review about this book. It primarily appealed to me because of the review written by Arthur Golden, author of MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA. I had just finished his book. Arthur Golden wrote that this book was "Compelling and highly original...You many never read a novel crafted with more wonder and mystery." I would agree with that except for Arthur Goldens' book MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA which deserves the same review. Anyway, that was all it took for me to jot down the title and buy the book at the nearest bookstore. (Normally, I'd have bought it at amazon.com...but I was anxious.) The Mark of the Angel is simply a love story that takes place during the late 1950s, early 1960s in Paris France. There's an unexpected tragedy at the end. There are underlying historic tragic events written in between.