| At Paradise Gate Contributor(s): Smiley, Jane (Author) |
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ISBN: 0684852233 ISBN-13: 9780684852232 Publisher: Touchstone Books OUR PRICE: $16.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1998 Annotation: Elegantly repackaged and reissued to coincide with the release of Smiley's latest novel, "At Paradise Gate" is a brilliant novel that delves into the domestic drama of an ordinary American family. While Ike Robinson lays dying, his wife is forced to defend their marriage against an ill-considered, albeit loving invasion by their three middle-aged daughters. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Family Life - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.54" W x 8.54" (0.67 lbs) 224 pages |
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| Publisher Description: In this brilliant novel, Pulitzer Prize-winning and bestselling author Jane Smiley delves into the domestic drama of the Robison family. While seventy-seven-year-old Ike Robison is dying in his bedroom upstairs, his wife defends the citadel of their marriage against an ill-considered, albeit loving, invasion by their three middle-aged daughters and their twenty-three-year-old granddaughter. Amply fulfilling the expectations raised by Smiley's other celebrated works, At Paradise Gate is a compelling, gracefully wrought portrait of intergenerational strife and family survival. |