House of Sand and Fog
of Andre Dubus III
Description
In this âpage-turner with a beating heartâ (Boston Globe), a recovering alcoholic and addict down on her luck struggles to hold on to her home in California. But this becomes contested territory when a recent immigrant from the Middle Eastâa former colonel in the Iranian Air Forceâbecomes determined to restore his familyâs dignity through buying the house. When the womanâs lover, a married cop, intervenes, he goes to extremes to win her love. Andre Dubus IIIâs unforgettable charactersâpeople with ordinary flaws, looking for a small piece of ground to stand onâcareen toward inevitable conflict. An âaffecting, subtle portrait of two hostile but equally fragile campsâ (The New Yorker), their tragedy paints a shockingly true picture of the country we still live in today, two decades after this bookâs first publication.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 368 pages
- Publisher W. W. Norton Company
- Publication Date 10/02/18
- First Publication 10/28/99
- Language Not informed
- ISBN 9780393356342
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
- Scenario ['California (United States)']
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