San Miguel San Miguel

San Miguel

A Novel

    • 6,99 €
    • 6,99 €

Publisher Description

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Women, a historical novel about three women’s lives on a California island


On a tiny, desolate, windswept island off the coast of Southern California, two families, one in the 1880s and one in the 1930s, come to start new lives and pursue dreams of self-reliance and freedom. Their extraordinary stories, full of struggle and hope, are the subject of T. C. Boyle’s haunting new novel.

Thirty-eight-year-old Marantha Waters arrives on San Miguel on New Year’s Day 1888 to restore her failing health.  Joined by her husband, a stubborn, driven Civil War veteran who will take over the operation of the sheep ranch on the island, Marantha strives  to persevere in the face of the hardships, some anticipated and some not, of living in such brutal isolation. Two years later their adopted teenage daughter, Edith, an aspiring actress, will exploit every opportunity to escape the captivity her father has imposed on her.  Time closes in on them all and as the new century approaches, the ranch stands untenanted. And then in March 1930, Elise Lester, a librarian from New York City, settles on San Miguel with her husband, Herbie, a World War I veteran full of manic energy.  As the years go on they find a measure of fulfillment and serenity; Elise gives birth to two daughters, and the family even achieves a celebrity of sorts. But will the peace and beauty of the island see them through the impending war as it had seen them through the Depression?
Rendered in Boyle’s accomplished, assured voice, with great period detail and utterly memorable characters, this is a moving and dramatic work from one of America’s most talented and inventive storytellers.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2012
18 September
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
384
Pages
PUBLISHER
Penguin Publishing Group
SIZE
1.5
MB

More Books Like This

The Women The Women
2009
Blue Skies: A Novel Blue Skies: A Novel
2023
Blue Skies Blue Skies
2023
Jarulan by the River Jarulan by the River
2017
Paradise Paradise
2010
Empire of Wild Empire of Wild
2020

More Books by T.C. Boyle

Après le carnage Après le carnage
2013
Les vrais durs Les vrais durs
2016
Les femmes Les femmes
2010
San Miguel San Miguel
2014
L'enfant sauvage L'enfant sauvage
2011
Les terranautes Les terranautes
2018

Customers Also Bought

The Tiger in the House The Tiger in the House
2017
All the Forgivenesses All the Forgivenesses
2019
Straight Man Straight Man
1998
Crook Manifesto Crook Manifesto
2023
The Deluge The Deluge
2023
The Invisible Hour The Invisible Hour
2023