The Believers: A Novel
by Heller, Zoe
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 006143020X
- ISBN 13
- 9780061430206
- Seller
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Sewell, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Book and dust jacket are in fine condition. The image provided is the actual book I'm offering for sale. No markings or damage to any pages. No sunning. No clips. Structure of the book (covers, binding, spine, hinges) is tight and free of damage. Page block is nice and square. Cut pages. Additional photos will be provided upon request in order to ensure the quality and integrity of your book purchase.
Synopsis
When radical New York lawyer Joel Litvinoff is felled by a stroke, his wife, Audrey, uncovers a secret that forces her to reexamine everything she thought she knew about their forty-year marriage. Joel's children will soon have to come to terms with this discovery themselves, but for the meantime, they are struggling with their own dilemmas and doubts.Rosa, a disillusioned revolutionary, has found herself drawn into the world of Orthodox Judaism and is now being pressed to make a commitment to that religion. Karla, a devoted social worker hoping to adopt a child with her husband, is falling in love with the owner of a newspaper stand outside her office. Ne'er-do-well Lenny is living at home, approaching another relapse into heroin addiction.In the course of battling their own demons — and one another — the Litvinoff clan is called upon to examine long-held articles of faith that have formed the basis of their lives together and their identities as individuals. In the end, all the family members will have to answer their own questions and decide what — if anything — they still believe in.Hailed by the Sunday Times (London) as "one of the outstanding novels of the year," The Believers explores big ideas with a light touch, delivering a tragic, comic family story as unsparing as it is filled with compassion.
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- Bookseller
- The Dusty Bookcase (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0002793
- Title
- The Believers: A Novel
- Author
- Heller, Zoe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. Audience: General/trade. 335 pgs.
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 006143020X
- ISBN 13
- 9780061430206
- Publisher
- Harper
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2009
- Keywords
- Domestic fiction; Fiction; Fiction/Satire; Jewish; Literary; Married people; Older couples; Parent and adult child; Psychological fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Jewish; Literary; Fiction;
- Size
- Octavo
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