Illumination Night

By: Alice Hoffman

Write A Review

Paperback | 5 February 2002

At a Glance

Paperback
272 Pages

Age
18+

Dimensions(cm)
20.42 x 13.11 x 1.8

Paperback

$49.50

or 4 interest-free payments of $12.38 with

or

Aims to ship in 10 to 15 business days

With her signature "vivid, convincing characters and] uncommon insight," ("People") Alice Hoffman in "Illumination Night" follows the lives of an old woman whose last mission is to save her granddaughter's soul; a family torn apart by a wife's fears and a husband's desires-and a high school girl who comes to Martha's Vineyard against her will, and who will bring everyone together in a web of yearning, sin, and ultimate redemption.
" A] bright constellation of characters...draws the reader into the dusky, dreamy world of Alice Hoffman." ("St. Petersburg Times")
"Alice Hoffman hits bull's eyes on the incomprehensions between the young and the old, on the magic and pain of ordinary life. She is erotic and romantic...funny...clever and humane." ("The Times," London)
"Alice Hoffman takes seemingly ordinary lives and lets us see and feel extraordinary things." (Amy Tan)
"One of the best writers we have today-insightful, funny, intelligent, with a distinctive voice." ("Cleveland Plain Dealer")
"A major novelist." ("Newsweek")

Industry Reviews

Praise for Illumination Night "Daringly mixing comedy with tragedy...[Hoffman] has created a narrative that somehow makes myth out of the sticky complexities of contemporary marriage...Her characters are branded onto one's memory."--The New York Times Book Review

"Vivid, convincing characters...uncommon insight."--People

"[A] bright constellation of characters...draws the reader into the dusky, dreamy world of Alice Hoffman."--St. Petersburg Times

"Alice Hoffman takes seemingly ordinary lives and lets us see and feel extraordinary things."--Amy Tan

"Not-so-delicate questions are raised in a wonderfully delicate way in Alice Hoffman's latest novel...Explorations of the tangled strands of parenthood and friendship, self-protection and generosity, dream and disillusionment are made achingly vivid by Hoffman's ability to ground them in the finely etched details of her characters' daily lives."--Newsday

"There is a cumulative power to Illumination Night that is wondrous...It's enough to make one search out other books by Alice Hoffman."--The Chicago Tribune

"Reading an authentic prose stylist of high order is an uncommon privilege."--The Boston Globe

Shipping

	Standard Shipping	Express Shipping
Metro postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Regional postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Rural postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95

How to return your order

At Booktopia, we offer hassle-free returns in accordance with our returns policy. If you wish to return an item, please get in touch with Booktopia Customer Care.

Additional postage charges may be applicable.