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Affinity
by Sarah Waters
ISBN: 1573228737
ISBN-13: 9781573228732
Format: Paperback
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Summary
Recovering after an attempted suicide, Margaret Prior makes charitable visits to the women's ward at Millbank Prison, where she encounters the charismatic spiritualist Selina Dawes. Caught up in Selina's spell, Margaret begins attending séances, and eventually allows Selina to persuade her to help her escape. A 2001 nominee for a Lambda Literary Award.
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"Waters has found a superb metaphor for the love that dares not speak its name, and developed it with remarkable ingenuity and power: another stunning performance...."
-- Kirkus
"The real power of this book belongs not to Selina but to the author herself. Through the lens of her late-20th-century consciousness, she pictures their world, even as she flawlessly renders the tone and diction of these 19th-century women's experiences. Admirers of Waters's first novel will recognize her consummate skill in evoking a sense of place-a particularly challenging task in the first half of AFFINITY, in which Margaret sets out to write a factual catalog of her visits. Waters manages to imbue wealth of potentially dry descriptive material with the emotion Margaret has tried to suppress...." -- Nancy Willard
-- New York Times Book Review
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Published date: 2002
Size: 8 x 5.5 inches
Weight: 0.65 pounds
Pages: 351
Publisher's Notes
Visiting a grim London prison as part of rehabilitative charity work, an upper-class woman recovering from a suicide attempt is drawn into the Victorian world of enigmatic spiritualist and inmate Selina Dawes and is persuaded to help her escape. By the author of Tipping the Velvet. Reprint.
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New York: Riverhead Trade. January 8, 2002. Paperback. Very Good. The New York Times Book Review, Nancy Willard There are two kinds of mystery novels. The first gives us the crime and the clues; the guilty party is then unmasked and the mystery solved. In the other, the crime is solved but not the mystery, which arises from a dark corner of the human condition. Sarah Waters's remarkable second novel, Affinity, is both of these--and also a wrenching love story. ( more information) Offered by Infinity Books Japan (Japan)
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Riverhead Books - Penguin, 2002 BEAUTIFUL softcover, trade size copy in almost NEW condition. The ONLY negative is a barely visible line that runs parallel to the hinge where front cover meets spine. DOES NOT impact or compromise the binding in any way. Binding is "as new" and covers are the same. No writing, marks, highlighting, or stickers. This is Sarah Waters at her best. Combine a fine gothic tale with historical authenticity and a bit of erotica and you have this amazing tale. Not book club and not a remainder, this softcover 2nd printing of the FIRST TRADE EDITION will make a lovely addition to your library. Non-smoking. BellyFireBooks is a "one-woman" business that is dedicated to stellar customer service (FAST order response, accurate descriptions, and meticulous packing) and to the belief that a love for reading is one of the greatest gifts that we can give our children. Your business is truly appreciated; I hope that you will choose BellyFireBooks again and again. . FIRST TRADE EDITION/FIRST PRINTING. Soft Cover. Fine+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. NOT Ex-library. ( more information) Offered by BELLYFIREBOOKS (United States)
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