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Half the Kingdom
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Lore Segal
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Melville Pub House
Publication date
November 4, 2014
Pages
167
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781612193922
ISBN-10
1612193927
Dimensions
0.50 by 5.50 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.40 lbs.
Original list price
$15.95
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: New York Times Notable Book 2013
"At once wry and poingnant." âThe New Yorker
"A masterwork...Both wise and deeply enjoyable." âCynthia Ozick, author of Foreign Bodies
The renowned New Yorker writer and Pulitzer Prize finalist Lore Segalâwhom The New York Times declared "closer than anyone to writing the Great American Novel"âdelivers a hilarious, poignant and profoundly moving tale of living, loving and aging in America today
At Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, doctors have noticed a marked uptick in Alzheimer's patients. People who seemed perfectly lucid just a day earlier suddenly show signs of advanced dementia. Is it just normal aging, or an epidemic? Is it a coincidence, or a secret terrorist plot?
In the looking-glass world of Half the Kingdomâwhere terrorist paranoia and end-of-the-world hysteria mask deeper fears of mortality; where parents' and their grown children's feelings vacillate between frustration and tenderness; and where the broken medical system leads one character to quip, "Kafka wrote slice-of-life fiction"âall is familiar and yet slightly askew.
Lore Segal masterfully interweaves her characters' livesâlives that, for good or for ill, all converge in Cedar's ERâinto a funny, tragic, and tender portrait of how we live today.
"At once wry and poingnant." âThe New Yorker
"A masterwork...Both wise and deeply enjoyable." âCynthia Ozick, author of Foreign Bodies
The renowned New Yorker writer and Pulitzer Prize finalist Lore Segalâwhom The New York Times declared "closer than anyone to writing the Great American Novel"âdelivers a hilarious, poignant and profoundly moving tale of living, loving and aging in America today
At Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, doctors have noticed a marked uptick in Alzheimer's patients. People who seemed perfectly lucid just a day earlier suddenly show signs of advanced dementia. Is it just normal aging, or an epidemic? Is it a coincidence, or a secret terrorist plot?
In the looking-glass world of Half the Kingdomâwhere terrorist paranoia and end-of-the-world hysteria mask deeper fears of mortality; where parents' and their grown children's feelings vacillate between frustration and tenderness; and where the broken medical system leads one character to quip, "Kafka wrote slice-of-life fiction"âall is familiar and yet slightly askew.
Lore Segal masterfully interweaves her characters' livesâlives that, for good or for ill, all converge in Cedar's ERâinto a funny, tragic, and tender portrait of how we live today.
Editions
Hardcover
from Melville Pub House (October 1, 2013)
9781612193021 | details & prices | 167 pages | 8.00 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $23.95
About: New York Times Notable Book 2013"No one writes like Segal â her glittering intelligence, her piercing wit, and her dazzling insights into manners and mores, are a profound pleasure.
About: New York Times Notable Book 2013"No one writes like Segal â her glittering intelligence, her piercing wit, and her dazzling insights into manners and mores, are a profound pleasure.
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
Reprint edition from Melville Pub House (November 4, 2014)
9781612193922 | details & prices | 167 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.40 lbs | List price $15.95
About: New York Times Notable Book 2013"At once wry and poingnant.
About: New York Times Notable Book 2013"At once wry and poingnant.
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