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I Remember Christine: (A Novel)
Lewis
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Description for I Remember Christine: (A Novel)
Paperback. Num Pages: 266 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
Oscar Lewis sets his first novel in mid-1850s San Francisco. An “authorized biography” of a California entrepreneur has just been published, but James Horton is scarcely recognizable to those who knew him. Walter Doane, novelist and longtime friend of the Horton family, is persuaded to set down his own reminiscences of the irascible Horton and, most notably, Christine Winton, Horton’s mistress. It is from Doane’s perspective that this fascinating story unfolds. Lewis’s charming novel brings to life the lore of the families and of the city of San Francisco from the middle 1850s to the 1940s. The book won the ... Read more
Oscar Lewis sets his first novel in mid-1850s San Francisco. An “authorized biography” of a California entrepreneur has just been published, but James Horton is scarcely recognizable to those who knew him. Walter Doane, novelist and longtime friend of the Horton family, is persuaded to set down his own reminiscences of the irascible Horton and, most notably, Christine Winton, Horton’s mistress. It is from Doane’s perspective that this fascinating story unfolds. Lewis’s charming novel brings to life the lore of the families and of the city of San Francisco from the middle 1850s to the 1940s. The book won the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Reno, United States
ISBN
9780874171518
SKU
V9780874171518
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About Lewis
Author of I Remember Christine.
Reviews for I Remember Christine: (A Novel)
“I Remember Christine is a novel to be read slowly and savored quietly for its uncannily sensitive estimate of both persons and place.” —New York Herald Tribune Books“He who begins I Remember Christine will not easily put it down unfinished.” —Saturday Review