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Divisadero
by Michael Ondaatje
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In 1970s California, a family is split asunder when a farmer finds that his daughter is sexually involved with a young ranch hand. Michael Ondaatje follows the lives of the three in the aftermath of this event, following them to the casinos of Nevada and to the French countryside. Told from multiple perspectives, the novel grows in thematic and lyrical power with each page.
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9780739343494,
Compact Disc,
Random House,
2007
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9780307266354,
Hardcover,
Random House Inc,
2007
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9780307279323,
Paperback,
Vintage Books,
2008
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9789870410188,
Paperback,
Alfaguara Argentina,
2008
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Publisher Notes
"In the 1970s in Northern California, a father and his teenage daughters work their farm with the help of Coop, an enigmatic young man who makes his home with them, but their makeshift family is shattered by an incident of violence that sets fire to the rest of their lives."
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"Powerful and beautiful." (starred review)
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