Ebook {Epub PDF} The Hundred-Year House by Rebecca Makkai
The Hundred-Year House] manages the rare feat of crafting a smart comedy with asatisfyingly fierce pace — this book is a true page-turner — while indulging in an unusual www.doorway.ru, we find a writer with an innately intelligentand assured comedic voice, someone who obviously has a deep literary pedigree but appears more interested in having fun on the page and puzzling out thecomplexities of a /5(). · THE HUNDRED-YEAR HOUSE. By Rebecca Makkai. Viking, $ There’s no muse quite like place. Living characters may have pulses and Estimated Reading Time: 6 mins. · “The Hundred-Year House is a funny, sad and delightful romp through the beginning, middle and end of an artists' colony as well as the family mansion that sheltered it and the family members who do and don't survive it. Told backwards from the viewpoints of an array of eccentric and intertwined characters, the story's secrets are revealed with stunning www.doorway.ru: Penguin Publishing Group.
Rebecca Makkai is the Chicago-based author of the novels The Great Believers, The Hundred-Year House, and The Borrower, as well as the short story collection Music for Wartime. The Great Believers was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, and received the ALA Carnegie Medal and the LA Times Book Prize, among other honors.. Makkai is on the MFA faculties of Sierra. "Rebecca Makkai is the most refreshing kind of writer there is: both genius and generous. Every masterfully crafted connection, every lovingly nestleddetail, is a gift to the attentive reader. Playful, poignant, and richly rewarding, The Hundred-Year House is the most absorbing book I've read inages. Before you've finished, you'll want to. The Hundred-Year House by Rebecca Makkai (, Trade Paperback) Be the first to write a review. About this product. Current slide 1 of 1- Top picked items. Brand new. $ Pre-owned. $ Make an offer.
The Hundred-Year House] manages the rare feat of crafting a smart comedy with asatisfyingly fierce pace — this book is a true page-turner — while indulging in an unusual www.doorway.ru, we find a writer with an innately intelligentand assured comedic voice, someone who obviously has a deep literary pedigree but appears more interested in having fun on the page and puzzling out thecomplexities of a tightly woven plot.”. Rebecca Makkai’s “The Hundred- Year House ” is a ghost story set on the Devohr estate, Laurelfield, near the shores of Lake Michigan, 30 miles north of Chicago. THE HUNDRED-YEAR HOUSE. By Rebecca Makkai. Viking, $ There’s no muse quite like place. Living characters may have pulses and points of view, but locations surge with the blood of generations.