The Resource Briefly, a delicious life : a novel, Nell Stevens
Briefly, a delicious life : a novel, Nell Stevens
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The item Briefly, a delicious life : a novel, Nell Stevens represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Chelmsford Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "An unforgettable debut novel from an award-winning writer: a lively, daring ghost story about a dead teen girl who falls in love with a female writer who has no idea she exists. In 1473, fourteen-year-old Blanca dies in childbirth in a hilltop monastery in Mallorca. Nearly four hundred years later, when George Sand, her two children, and her lover Frederic Chopin arrive in the village, Blanca is still there: a spirited, funny, righteous ghost, she's been hanging around the monastery since her accidental death, spying on the monks and the townspeople and keeping track of her descendants. Blanca is enchanted the moment she sees George, and the magical novel unfolds as a story of deeply felt, unrequited longing--the impossible love of a teenage ghost for a woman who can't see her and doesn't know she exists. As George and Chopin, who wear their unconventionality, in George's case, literally on their sleeves, find themselves in deepening trouble with the provincial, 19th-century villagers, Blanca watches helplessly and reflects on the circumstances of her own death (which involves an ill-advised love affair with a monk-in-training). Charming, original, and emotionally moving, this is a surprisingly touching story about romantic fixation and a powerful meditation on creativity"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 294 pages
- Isbn
- 9781982190941
- Label
- Briefly, a delicious life : a novel
- Title
- Briefly, a delicious life
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Nell Stevens
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "An unforgettable debut novel from an award-winning writer: a lively, daring ghost story about a dead teen girl who falls in love with a female writer who has no idea she exists. In 1473, fourteen-year-old Blanca dies in childbirth in a hilltop monastery in Mallorca. Nearly four hundred years later, when George Sand, her two children, and her lover Frederic Chopin arrive in the village, Blanca is still there: a spirited, funny, righteous ghost, she's been hanging around the monastery since her accidental death, spying on the monks and the townspeople and keeping track of her descendants. Blanca is enchanted the moment she sees George, and the magical novel unfolds as a story of deeply felt, unrequited longing--the impossible love of a teenage ghost for a woman who can't see her and doesn't know she exists. As George and Chopin, who wear their unconventionality, in George's case, literally on their sleeves, find themselves in deepening trouble with the provincial, 19th-century villagers, Blanca watches helplessly and reflects on the circumstances of her own death (which involves an ill-advised love affair with a monk-in-training). Charming, original, and emotionally moving, this is a surprisingly touching story about romantic fixation and a powerful meditation on creativity"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1985-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Stevens, Nell
- Dewey number
- 823/.92
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR6119.T478
- LC item number
- B75 2022
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Apparitions
- Monasteries
- Sand, George
- Chopin, Frédéric
- Label
- Briefly, a delicious life : a novel, Nell Stevens
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1335022933
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 294 pages
- Isbn
- 9781982190941
- Lccn
- 2021055766
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1335022933
- Label
- Briefly, a delicious life : a novel, Nell Stevens
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1335022933
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 294 pages
- Isbn
- 9781982190941
- Lccn
- 2021055766
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1335022933
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