The Last Summer of the World: A Novel

The Last Summer of the World: A Novel
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 400
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ISBN-10 : 9780393247893
ISBN-13 : 0393247899
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Book Synopsis The Last Summer of the World: A Novel by : Emily Mitchell

Download or read book The Last Summer of the World: A Novel written by Emily Mitchell and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2008-07-17 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Absorbing…Mitchell's novel [is] the real thing." —Boston Globe In the summer of 1918, with the Germans threatening Paris, Edward Steichen arrives in France to photograph the war for the American army. There, he finds a country filled with poignant memories for him: early artistic success, marriage, the birth of two daughters, and a love affair that divided his family. Told with elegance and transporting historical sensitivity, Emily Mitchell’s first novel captures the life of a great American artist caught in the reckoning of a painful past in a world beset by war. A Finalist for the New York Public Library's Young Lion's Fiction Award and named a Best Book of the Year by the Providence Journal, the Austin-American-Stateman, and the Madison Capital Times.


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