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Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (2014, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherScribner
ISBN-101476764832
ISBN-139781476764832
eBay Product ID (ePID)176194466
Product Key Features
Book TitleTime Traveler's Wife
Number of Pages592 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2014
TopicFantasy / General, Science Fiction / Time Travel, Contemporary Women, Literary, Romance / Time Travel, Historical
GenreFiction
AuthorAudrey Niffenegger
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight17.5 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2014-008111
Dewey Edition23
TitleLeadingThe
Reviews[A] time-travel love story par excellence…It will be a hard-hearted reader who is not moved to tears by the dangers Henry and Clare ultimately face, and by the author's soaring celebration of the victory of love over time., An extraordinary novel with a unique premise...Niffenegger compassionately develops her unique characters, with the grace to accept their difficult circumstances, as well as their blessings. Don't be deceived by the easy charm of Henry and Clare's relationship; they will draw you into their small circle, make you complicit with their dreams and disappointments. They will break your heart., The Time Traveler's Wife is a Houdini box of a novel, filled with spring latches and trap doors. Henry and Clare's love affair zigs and zags across decades - at times touching, childish, sexy, tragic but always true. It is an exhilarating ride, and I was grateful to travel along., Compelling…Skillfully written with a blend of distinct characters and heartfelt emotions that hopscotch through time, begging interpretation on many levels., To those who say there are no new love stories, I heartily recommend The Time Traveler's Wife , an enchanting novel, beautifully crafted and as dazzlingly imaginative as it is dizzyingly romantic., As if love weren't complicated enough, debut author Niffenegger dreams up a happy couple plagued by a peculiar problem…It is to Niffenegger's credit that she avoids cheap shots and develops her innovative concept in some exceptionally strange and witty ways., Haunting, original, and so smart it took my breath away...in short, the rare kind of book that I finish and jealously wish that I'd written., A singular tale of a charming man with a funny condition (he slips in and out of time) and the woman who loves him. The setting, the city of Chicago, is luminous., [A] time-travel love story par excellence...It will be a hard-hearted reader who is not moved to tears by the dangers Henry and Clare ultimately face, and by the author's soaring celebration of the victory of love over time., Haunting, original, and so smart it took my breath away…in short, the rare kind of book that I finish and jealously wish that I'd written., Audrey Niffenegger imagines this story of an accidental time-traveler and the love of his life with grace and humanity. Fiercely inventive, slyly ambitious, and lovingly told, The Time Traveler's Wife sparkles as it fearlessly explores the delicate interplay of love and time. This novel is a joy., A soaring love story illuminated by dozens of finely observed details and scenes, and one that skates nimbly around a huge conundrum at the heart of the book...Leaves a reader with a sense of life's riches and strangeness., Compelling...Skillfully written with a blend of distinct characters and heartfelt emotions that hopscotch through time, begging interpretation on many levels., The Time Traveler's Wife is a Houdini box of a novel, filled with spring latches and trap doors. Henry and Clare's love affair zigs and zags across decades at times touching, childish, sexy, tragic but always true. It is an exhilarating ride, and I was grateful to travel along., Readers will recall in Love in the Time of Cholera a love that works despite all travails and impediments...Marquez, like Niffenegger here, means to tell us that for such exalted love there is no tragedy and never any constraints., Contrary to appearances, The Time Traveler's Wife is a very old love story: wonky, sexy, incredible…charmingly, inventively retold and none the worse for it., As Clare and Henry take turns telling the story, revealing the depth of their bond despite everything a sci-fi premise becomes a powerfully original love story., Readers will recall in Love in the Time of Cholera a love that works despite all travails and impediments…Marquez, like Niffenegger here, means to tell us that for such exalted love there is no tragedy and never any constraints., Contrary to appearances, The Time Traveler's Wife is a very old love story: wonky, sexy, incredible...charmingly, inventively retold and none the worse for it., A soaring love story illuminated by dozens of finely observed details and scenes, and one that skates nimbly around a huge conundrum at the heart of the book…Leaves a reader with a sense of life's riches and strangeness., As if love weren't complicated enough, debut author Niffenegger dreams up a happy couple plagued by a peculiar problem...It is to Niffenegger's credit that she avoids cheap shots and develops her innovative concept in some exceptionally strange and witty ways., Moving, razor-edged prose…Niffenegger writes with the unflinching yet detached clarity of a war correspondent standing at the sidelines of an unfolding battle., Moving, razor-edged prose...Niffenegger writes with the unflinching yet detached clarity of a war correspondent standing at the sidelines of an unfolding battle., An extraordinary novel with a unique premise…Niffenegger compassionately develops her unique characters, with the grace to accept their difficult circumstances, as well as their blessings. Don't be deceived by the easy charm of Henry and Clare's relationship; they will draw you into their small circle, make you complicit with their dreams and disappointments. They will break your heart.
Dewey Decimal813/.54
SynopsisNow a series on HBO starring Rose Leslie and Theo James! The iconic time travel love story and mega-bestselling first novel from Audrey Niffenegger is "a soaring celebration of the victory of love over time" ( Chicago Tribune ). Henry DeTamble is a dashing, adventurous librarian who is at the mercy of his random time time-traveling abilities. Clare Abshire is an artist whose life moves through a natural sequential course. This is the celebrated and timeless tale of their love. Henry and Clare's passionate affair is built and endures across a sea of time and captures them in an impossibly romantic trap that tests the strength of fate and basks in the bonds of love. "Niffenegger's inventive and poignant writing is well worth a trip" ( Entertainment Weekly)., The beloved, mega bestselling first novel from Audrey Niffenegger, "a soaring celebration of the victory of love over time" ( Chicago Tribune ). A MOST UNTRADITIONAL LOVE STORY, this is the celebrated tale of Henry DeTamble, a dashing, adventuresome librarian who inadvertently travels through time, and Clare Abshire, an artist whose life takes a natural sequential course. Henry and Clare's passionate affair endures across a sea of time and captures them in an impossibly romantic trap that tests the strength of fate and basks in the bonds of love.
LC Classification NumberPS3564.I362T56 2014
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