Sophie's Choice

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SOPHIE'S CHOICE
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„.fc passionate, courageous
book .It is a thriller ofthe highest order, all the more thrilling for the fact that the dark, gloomy secrets we are unearthing one by one may be authentic secrets of history and our own human TiatuxeV —The New York Times Book Review
William Styron's most complex and ambitious novel begins with a young Southerner journeying North in 1947 to become a writer. It leads us into Stingo's infatuated yet uneasy involvement with his neighbors: the demonically brilliant Jew, Nathan, and his Polish lover, Sophie, a beautiful woman with a number tattooed on her arm and an unbearable secret in her past. And finally Sophie's Choice leads to an unblinking confrontation with what can only be called pure evil.
One of the great writers of the generation succeeding that of Hemingway and Faulkner, William Styron is renowned for the elegance of his prose and his powerful moral engagement. His books include Lie Down in Darkness, The... Tovább

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SOPHIE'S CHOICE
KICTION/UTEBAXURE
„.fc passionate, courageous
book .It is a thriller ofthe highest order, all the more thrilling for the fact that the dark, gloomy secrets we are unearthing one by one may be authentic secrets of history and our own human TiatuxeV —The New York Times Book Review
William Styron's most complex and ambitious novel begins with a young Southerner journeying North in 1947 to become a writer. It leads us into Stingo's infatuated yet uneasy involvement with his neighbors: the demonically brilliant Jew, Nathan, and his Polish lover, Sophie, a beautiful woman with a number tattooed on her arm and an unbearable secret in her past. And finally Sophie's Choice leads to an unblinking confrontation with what can only be called pure evil.
One of the great writers of the generation succeeding that of Hemingway and Faulkner, William Styron is renowned for the elegance of his prose and his powerful moral engagement. His books include Lie Down in Darkness, The Long March, Set This House on Fire, The Confessions of Nat Turner, This Quiet Dust, and Darkness Visible. He has been awarded the American Book Award, the Howells Medal, the Edward MacDowell Medal, and the Pulitzer Prize. mmsst^mmemm hkkess^ms^s««®!»
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