| The Doctor's House Contributor(s): Beattie, Ann (Author) |
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ISBN: 0743235010 ISBN-13: 9780743235013 Publisher: Scribner Book Company OUR PRICE: $11.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2003 Annotation: An impeccable ear for language, an eye for the smallest shifts in the cultural landscape, and a preternatural understanding of motivation and behavior--Beattie's renowned storytelling abilities are on dazzling display in "The Doctor's House." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Family Life - General - Fiction | Women |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2002283129 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.64" W x 7.44" (0.66 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An impeccable ear for language, an eye for the smallest shifts in the cultural landscape, and a preternatural understanding of motivation and behavior--Ann Beattie's renowned storytelling abilities are on dazzling display in The Doctor's House. The novel opens to Nina's account of her brother's sexual appetites and betrayals, and leads into her mother's narrative. As new shadows and light are cast on Nina's story, painful secrets of life in her father's house--the doctor's house--emerge. In the dramatic third movement, the brother gives us his perspective. Through subtle shifts, The Doctor's House chronicles the fictions three people fabricate in order to survive their lives and showcases the keen observances of family and culture that have made Beattie one of our most admired voices. |
Contributor Bio(s): Beattie, Ann: - Ann Beattie has been included in four O. Henry Award Collections, in John Updike's The Best American Short Stories of the Century, and in Jennifer Egan's The Best American Short Stories 2014. In 2000, she received the PEN/Malamud Award for achievement in the short story. In 2005, she received the Rea Award for the Short Story. She was the Edgar Allan Poe Professor of Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Virginia. She is a member of The American Academy of Arts and Letters and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She and her husband, Lincoln Perry, live in Maine and Key West, Florida. |