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Ness, Patrick, 1971-
Subjects
Cranes -- Fiction.
Husband and wife -- Fiction.
Americans -- England -- London -- Fiction.
Printers -- Fiction.
London (England) -- Fiction.
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The crane wife : a n...
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The
crane
wife
: a novel / Patrick Ness.
by
Ness, Patrick, 1971-
New York : The Penguin Press, 2013. 2013.
Subjects
Cranes -- Fiction.
Husband and
wife
-- Fiction.
Americans -- England -- London -- Fiction.
Printers -- Fiction.
London (England) -- Fiction.
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Summary:
" A magical novel, based on a Japanese folk tale, that imagines how the life of a broken-hearted man is transformed when he rescues an injured white
crane
that has landed in his backyard. George Duncan is an American living and working in London. At forty-eight, he owns a small print shop, is divorced, and lonelier than he realizes. All of the women with whom he has relationships eventually leave him for being too nice. But one night he is woken by an astonishing sound-a terrific keening, which is coming from somewhere in his garden. When he investigates he finds a great white
crane
, a bird taller than even himself. It has been shot through the wing with an arrow. Moved more than he can say, George struggles to take out the arrow from the bird's wing, saving its life before it flies away into the night sky. The next morning, a shaken George tries to go about his daily life, retreating to the back of his store and making cuttings from discarded books-a harmless, personal hobby-when through the front door of the shop a woman walks in. Her name is Kumiko, and she asks George to help her with her own artwork. George is dumbstruck by her beauty and her enigmatic nature, and begins to fall desperately in love with her. She seems to hold the potential to change his entire life, if he could only get her to reveal the secret of who she is and why she has brought her artwork to him. Witty, magical, and romantic, The
Crane
Wife
is a story of passion and sacrifice, that resonates on the level of dream and myth. It is a novel that celebrates the creative imagination, and the disruptive power of love"--
"One night, George Duncan - decent man, a good man - is woken by a noise in his garden. Impossibly, a great white
crane
has tumbled to earth, shot through its wing by an arrow. Unexpectedly moved, George helps the bird, and from the moment he watches it fly off, his life is transformed. The next day, a kind but enigmatic woman walks into George's shop. Suddenly a new world opens up for George, and one night she starts to tell him the most extraordinary story. Wise, romantic, magical and funny, The
Crane
Wife
is a hymn to the creative imagination and a celebration of the disruptive and redemptive power of love"--
George Duncan, an American, lives and works in London. All of the women with whom he has relationships eventually leave him for being too nice.One night he is woken by a terrific keening, coming from his garden. A great white
crane
has been shot through the wing with an arrow. The next morning, Kumiko walks into his print shop, asks George to help her with her artwork.... and his life is transformed.
Genre:
Love stories.
Description:
310 pages ; 21 cm.
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