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Law of Dreams : A Novel by Peter Behrens (2007, Trade Paperback)

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Law of Dreams, Paperback by Behrens, Peter, ISBN 0812978005, ISBN-13 9780812978001, Brand New, Free shipping in the US After witnessing the deaths of his family during the mid-nineteenth-century Irish Potato Famine, Fergus O'Brien leaves Ireland in search of a new life, making his way to Liverpool, Wales, and finally across the Atlantic to Canada and the United States, in a histroical novel based on the author's own family history. Reader's Guide included. Reprint. 50,000 first printing.

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0812978005
ISBN-13
9780812978001
eBay Product ID (ePID)
59036080

Product Key Features

Book Title
Law of Dreams : a Novel
Number of Pages
416 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Topic
Literary, Biographical, Historical
Genre
Fiction
Author
Peter Behrens
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
12.1 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2007-004343
Reviews
"Absorbing, unsparing, and beautifully written . . . [a] masterly novel." The New York Times Book Review "Stunningly lyric . . . a work of richly empathetic imagination that reminds us once again of how powerful historical fiction can be in skilled hands." Los Angeles Times "Superb . . . an emotional epic bearing echoes of Melville and Ondaatje, conveying scents and shimmers of a vanished world under the skin of our own." Jonathan Lethem, author of You Don't Love Me Yet "Extraordinary . . . a novel that animates the past this vibrantly should make volumes of mere history blush." The Washington Post Book World "Sprawling, cinematic, exquisitely detailed, exactingly researched, and keenly felt . . . a powerful work of excavation that achieves what historical fiction often can'tcredibility, along with a sense of the transportive." Boston Phoenix "Riveting . . . Behrens turns the archetypal immigrant's journey into Homeric epic." The Providence Journal "A beautifully written, poetically inspired tale of heroism, love, yes and sex, and the triumph of the human spirit." Malachy McCourt, author of A Monk Swimming
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Synopsis
Driven from the only home he has known during Ireland's Great Hunger of 1847, Fergus O'Brien makes the harrowing journey from County Clare to America, traveling with bold girls, pearl boys, navvies, and highwaymen. Along the way, Fergus meets his three passionate loves-Phoebe, Luke, and Molly-vivid, unforgettable characters, fresh and willful. Based on Peter Behrens's own family history, The Law of Dreams is lyrical, emotional, and thoroughly extraordinary-a searing tale of ardent struggle and ultimate perseverance., Driven from the only home he has known during Ireland's Great Hunger of 1847, Fergus O'Brien makes the harrowing journey from County Clare to America, traveling with bold girls, pearl boys, navvies, and highwaymen. Along the way, Fergus meets his three passionate lovesPhoebe, Luke, and Mollyvivid, unforgettable characters, fresh and willful. Based on Peter Behrens's own family history, The Law of Dreams is lyrical, emotional, and thoroughly extraordinarya searing tale of ardent struggle and ultimate perseverance.
LC Classification Number
PR9199.3.B3769L39