The Last of Her Kind

Name: The Last of Her Kind
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2352922The Last of Her Kindhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-last-of-her-kind-9781429944977/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2069054/1dff7172-b58f-43cb-98bb-ed33b80c4860.jpg?v=638383464273700000202247MXNFarrar, Straus and GirouxInStock/Ebooks/The paths of two women from different walks of life intersect amid counterculture of the 1960s in this haunting and provocative novel from the National Book Award-winning author of The FriendNamed a Best Book of the Year by the San Francisco Chronicle and theChristian Science MonitorSigrid Nunezs The Last of Her Kind introduces two women who meet as freshmen on the Columbia campus in 1968. Georgette George does not know what to make of her brilliant, idealistic roommate, Ann Drayton, and her obsessive disdain for the ruling class into which she was born. She is mortified by Anns romanticization of the underprivileged class, which Georgette herself is hoping college will enable her to escape. After the violent fight that ends their friendship, Georgette wants only to forget Ann and to turn her attention to the troubled runaway kid sister who has reappeared after years on the road. Then, in 1976, Ann is convicted of murder. At first, Anns fate appears to be the inevitable outcome of her belief in the moral imperative to "make justice" in a world where "there are no innocent white people." But, searching for answers to the riddle of this friend of her youth, Georgette finds more complicated and mysterious forces at work.The novels narrator Georgette illuminates the terrifying life of this difficult, doomed woman, and in the process discovers how much their early encounter has determined her own path, and why, decades later, as she tells us, "I have never stopped thinking about her."...2289403The Last of Her Kind202247https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-last-of-her-kind-9781429944977/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2069054/1dff7172-b58f-43cb-98bb-ed33b80c4860.jpg?v=638383464273700000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20069781429944977_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_The paths of two women from different walks of life intersect amid counterculture of the 1960s in this haunting and provocative novel from the National Book Award-winning author of The FriendNamed a Best Book of the Year by the San Francisco Chronicle and theChristian Science MonitorSigrid Nunezs The Last of Her Kind introduces two women who meet as freshmen on the Columbia campus in 1968. Georgette George does not know what to make of her brilliant, idealistic roommate, Ann Drayton, and her obsessive disdain for the ruling class into which she was born. She is mortified by Anns romanticization of the underprivileged class, which Georgette herself is hoping college will enable her to escape. After the violent fight that ends their friendship, Georgette wants only to forget Ann and to turn her attention to the troubled runaway kid sister who has reappeared after years on the road. Then, in 1976, Ann is convicted of murder. At first, Anns fate appears to be the inevitable outcome of her belief in the moral imperative to make justice in a world where there are no innocent white people. But, searching for answers to the riddle of this friend of her youth, Georgette finds more complicated and mysterious forces at work.The novels narrator Georgette illuminates the terrifying life of this difficult, doomed woman, and in the process discovers how much their early encounter has determined her own path, and why, decades later, as she tells us, I have never stopped thinking about her....(*_*)9781429944977_The paths of two women from different walks of life intersect amid counterculture of the 1960s in this haunting and provocative novel from the National Book Award-winning author of The FriendNamed a Best Book of the Year by the San Francisco Chronicle and theChristian Science MonitorSigrid Nunezs The Last of Her Kind introduces two women who meet as freshmen on the Columbia campus in 1968. Georgette George does not know what to make of her brilliant, idealistic roommate, Ann Drayton, and her obsessive disdain for the ruling class into which she was born. She is mortified by Anns romanticization of the underprivileged class, which Georgette herself is hoping college will enable her to escape. After the violent fight that ends their friendship, Georgette wants only to forget Ann and to turn her attention to the troubled runaway kid sister who has reappeared after years on the road. Then, in 1976, Ann is convicted of murder. At first, Anns fate appears to be the inevitable outcome of her belief in the moral imperative to "make justice" in a world where "there are no innocent white people." But, searching for answers to the riddle of this friend of her youth, Georgette finds more complicated and mysterious forces at work.The novels narrator Georgette illuminates the terrifying life of this difficult, doomed woman, and in the process discovers how much their early encounter has determined her own path, and why, decades later, as she tells us, "I have never stopped thinking about her."...9781429944977_Farrar, Straus and Girouxlibro_electonico_382be121-69ec-414c-86c3-00112bf62041_9781429944977;9781429944977_9781429944977Sigrid NunezInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/macmillan-epub-86a277c0-b651-4c57-a881-81501929ca18.epub2006-12-12T00:00:00+00:00Farrar, Straus and Giroux