338031The Limitshttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-limits-2/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1754939/f45a9091-4495-49ec-a7bb-e953c64ca555.jpg?v=638458261241170000461461MXNPenguin Random House Audio Publishing GroupInStock/Audiolibros/The most thrilling work yet from the best-selling, prize-winning author of The Newlyweds and Lost and Wanted, a stunning new novel set in French Polynesia and New York City about three characters who undergo massive transformations over the course of a single yearA big-hearted, tightly-plotted novel that bravely takes on our times by looking at the timeless stuff of human intimacy. The Limits is an immersive and powerful book. Rumaan Alam, author of Leave the World BehindFrom Moorea, a tiny volcanic island off the coast of Tahiti, a French biologist obsessed with saving Polynesias imperiled coral reefs sends her teenage daughter to live with her ex-husband in New York. By the time fifteen-year-old Pia arrives at her father Stephens luxury apartment in Manhattan and meets his new, younger wife, Kate, she has been shuttled between her parents disparate livesher fathers consuming work as a surgeon at an overwhelmed New York hospital, her mothers relentless drive against a ticking ecological clockfor most of her life. Fluent in French, intellectually precocious, moving between cultures with seeming ease, Pia arrives in New York poised for a rebellion, just as COVID sends her and her stepmother together into near total isolation.A New York City schoolteacher, Kate struggles to connect with a teenager whose capacity for destruction seems exceeded only by her privilege. Even as Kate fails to parent Piaand questions her own ability to become a motherone of her sixteen-year-old students is already caring for a toddler full time. Athynas love for her nephew, Marcus, is a burden that becomes heavier as she struggles to finish her senior year online. Juggling her manifold responsibilities, Athyna finds herself more and more anxious every time she leaves the house. Just as her fear of what is waiting for her outside her Staten Island community feels insupportable, an incident at home makes her desperate to leave.When their lives collide, Pia and Athyna spiral toward parallel but inescapably different tragedies. Moving from a South Pacific paradise, where rage still simmers against the colonial government and its devastating nuclear tests, to the extreme inequalities of twenty-first century New York City, The Limits is an unforgettably moving novel about nation, race, class, and family. Heart-wrenching and humane, a profound work from one of Americas most prodigiously gifted novelists....335366The Limits461461https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-limits-2/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1754939/f45a9091-4495-49ec-a7bb-e953c64ca555.jpg?v=638458261241170000InStockMXN99999DIAudiolibro20249780593824764_W3siaWQiOiJiNTIyM2U5OC1mMzM0LTQwOTQtYjEzNi03MDNjZjU4ZWM2MmYiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjQ1MCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjAsInNlbGxpbmdQcmljZSI6NDUwLCJpbmNsdWRlc1RheCI6dHJ1ZSwicHJpY2VUeXBlIjoiV2hvbGVzYWxlIiwiY3VycmVuY3kiOiJNWE4iLCJmcm9tIjoiMjAyNC0xMi0wMVQwMDowMDowMFoiLCJyZWdpb24iOiJNWCIsImlzUHJlb3JkZXIiOmZhbHNlLCJpc0VsaWdpYmxlRm9yQ3JlZGl0VHJpYWwiOnRydWUsImNyZWRpdFB1cmNoYXNlUHJpY2UiOjF9XQ==9780593824764_The most thrilling work yet from the best-selling, prize-winning author of The Newlyweds and Lost and Wanted, a stunning new novel set in French Polynesia and New York City about three characters who undergo massive transformations over the course of a single yearA big-hearted, tightly-plotted novel that bravely takes on our times by looking at the timeless stuff of human intimacy. The Limits is an immersive and powerful book.Rumaan Alam, author of Leave the World BehindFrom Moorea, a tiny volcanic island off the coast of Tahiti, a French biologist obsessed with saving Polynesias imperiled coral reefs sends her teenage daughter to live with her ex-husband in New York. By the time fifteen-year-old Pia arrives at her father Stephens luxury apartment in Manhattan and meets his new, younger wife, Kate, she has been shuttled between her parents disparate livesher fathers consuming work as a surgeon at an overwhelmed New York hospital, her mothers relentless drive against a ticking ecological clockfor most of her life. Fluent in French, intellectually precocious, moving between cultures with seeming ease, Pia arrives in New York poised for a rebellion, just as COVID sends her and her stepmother together into near total isolation.A New York City schoolteacher, Kate struggles to connect with a teenager whose capacity for destruction seems exceeded only by her privilege. Even as Kate fails to parent Piaand questions her own ability to become a motherone of her sixteen-year-old students is already caring for a toddler full time. Athynas love for her nephew, Marcus, is a burden that becomes heavier as she struggles to finish her senior year online. Juggling her manifold responsibilities, Athyna finds herself more and more anxious every time she leaves the house. Just as her fear of what is waiting for her outside her Staten Island community feels insupportable, an incident at home makes her desperate to leave.When their lives collide, Pia and Athyna spiral toward parallel but inescapably different tragedies. Moving from a South Pacific paradise, where rage still simmers against the colonial government and its devastating nuclear tests, to the extreme inequalities of twenty-first century New York City, The Limits is an unforgettably moving novel about nation, race, class, and family. Heart-wrenching and humane, a profound work from one of Americas most prodigiously gifted novelists....9780593824764_Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Groupaudiolibro_d6dc5a55-feac-35e2-8b50-05e5b610f1d1_9780593824764;9780593824764_9780593824764Nell FreudenbergerInglésMéxico2024-04-09T00:00:00+00:00NoMINUTE2024-04-09T00:00:00+00:00Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group