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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Mariner Books
Publication date
April 14, 2015
Pages
249
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780544483880
ISBN-10
054448388X
Dimensions
0.50 by 5.50 by 8 in.
Weight
0.45 lbs.
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Original list price
$14.95
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
âA glittering novel about fate, fantasy, and the anonymity of urban life.â âO, The Oprah Magazine
âRead Visible City. Tova Mirvisâs graceful yet vigorous New York novel is about the half-inadvertent window-peeping that city life enables, and where it can lead.â âNew York Magazine
After chaotic days of wrangling and soothing her young children, Nina spends her evenings spying on the quiet, contented older couple across the street. But one night, through her same window, she spies a young couple in the throes of passion. Who are these people, and what happened to her symbol of domestic happiness? Soon, Nina crosses paths with both couples on the streets of her Upper West Side neighborhood and, as anonymity gives way to different forms of intimacy, all begin to confront their own desires and disappointments. Shrewdly and artfully, Mirvis explores the boundaries between our own lives and the lives of others. From its lavish ghost subway stations to its hidden stained-glass windows, Visible City conjures a New York City teeming with buried treasures.
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 âAn utterly perfect, deeply moving evocation of contemporary Manhattan [that] reminded me of Paula Fox and Laurie Colwin, and also those master chroniclers of the privileged classes, Wharton and Fitzgerald . . . Brilliant.â âJoanna Smith Rakoff, Salon.com
âMirvisâs meticulously choreographed novel surprises and moves us.â âNew York Times Book Review
âRead Visible City. Tova Mirvisâs graceful yet vigorous New York novel is about the half-inadvertent window-peeping that city life enables, and where it can lead.â âNew York Magazine
After chaotic days of wrangling and soothing her young children, Nina spends her evenings spying on the quiet, contented older couple across the street. But one night, through her same window, she spies a young couple in the throes of passion. Who are these people, and what happened to her symbol of domestic happiness? Soon, Nina crosses paths with both couples on the streets of her Upper West Side neighborhood and, as anonymity gives way to different forms of intimacy, all begin to confront their own desires and disappointments. Shrewdly and artfully, Mirvis explores the boundaries between our own lives and the lives of others. From its lavish ghost subway stations to its hidden stained-glass windows, Visible City conjures a New York City teeming with buried treasures.
Â
 âAn utterly perfect, deeply moving evocation of contemporary Manhattan [that] reminded me of Paula Fox and Laurie Colwin, and also those master chroniclers of the privileged classes, Wharton and Fitzgerald . . . Brilliant.â âJoanna Smith Rakoff, Salon.com
âMirvisâs meticulously choreographed novel surprises and moves us.â âNew York Times Book Review
Editions
Hardcover
from Houghton Mifflin (March 18, 2014)
9780544047747 | details & prices | 249 pages | 5.00 × 8.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.80 lbs | List price $24.00
About: For fans of Meg Wolitzer and Allegra Goodman, an intimate and provocative novel about three couples whose paths intersect in their New York City neighborhood, forcing them all to weigh the comfort of stability against the costs of change.
About: For fans of Meg Wolitzer and Allegra Goodman, an intimate and provocative novel about three couples whose paths intersect in their New York City neighborhood, forcing them all to weigh the comfort of stability against the costs of change.
Paperback
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from Mariner Books (April 14, 2015)
9780544483880 | details & prices | 249 pages | 5.50 × 8.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $14.95
About: âA glittering novel about fate, fantasy, and the anonymity of urban life.
About: âA glittering novel about fate, fantasy, and the anonymity of urban life.
CD/Spoken Word
With Tavia Gilbert (other contributor) |
Unabridged edition from Ingram Pub Services (March 18, 2014)
9781629233390 | details & prices | 6.25 × 5.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.46 lbs | List price $59.99
About: Nina is a harried young mother who spends her evenings spying on the older couple across the street through her sonâs binoculars.
About: Nina is a harried young mother who spends her evenings spying on the older couple across the street through her sonâs binoculars.
Mp3 una edition from Dreamscape Media Llc (March 18, 2014)
9781629233437 | details & prices | 5.75 × 5.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.15 lbs | List price $29.99
About: Nina is a harried young mother who spends her evenings spying on the older couple across the street through her son's binoculars.
About: Nina is a harried young mother who spends her evenings spying on the older couple across the street through her son's binoculars.
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