Bee Season by Myla Goldberg
The tie-in edition to the new film starring Richard Gere and Juliette Binoche. Eliza Naumann, a seemingly unremarkable eleven-year-old, expects never to fit into her gifted family: her father, Saul, absorbed in his study of mysticism; her brother, Aaron, the vessel of his father's spiritual ambitions; and her brilliant but distant lawyer mother, Miriam. But when Eliza discovers an aptitude for competitive spelling, Saul takes it as a sign that she is destined for greatness. In this altered reality, Saul ushers her into his hallowed study and lavishes upon her the attention previously reserved for Aaron, who in his displacement embarks on a lone quest for spiritual fulfilment that leads him to the Hare Krishna. And when the unveiling of Miriam's secret life triggers an almighty explosion, it is Eliza who must order the chaos. Not merely a coming-of-age story, Myla Goldberg's first novel delicately examines the unravelling fabric of one family. The outcome of this tale is as startling and unconventional as her prose, which wields its metaphors sharply and rings with maturity. The work of a lyrical and gifted storyteller, Bee Season marks the arrival of an extraordinarily talented American writer.
'A natural storyteller, Goldberg writes with a confidence that eclipses the fact that this is her debut novelDeceptively simple prose cushions sparkling metaphors and pushes the plot towards its devastating, yet beautiful, climax.' The Times 'A totally beguiling debut novel!Goldberg's prose is witty and quirkily observant. 'Elle Magazine 'Excellent!strikingly different.' Observer 'Truly original.' Red 'This debut novel explodes like a hand grenade at a school picnic. Eliza Naumann is an unremarkable 11-year-old, with a high-powered lawyer mother and an intellectual and religious father. The parents regard their daughter as an ugly duckling, a failure in their gifted Jewish family. But Eliza's extraordinary talent for spelling paves her way along the increasingly competitive path to the spelling bee finals until her success explodes the dark heart of her very peculiar family.' Daily Mail 'Myla Goldberg's first novel describes, with absorbing originality, the dissolution of a family and the search for spiritual wholeness.' TLS 'Myla Goldberg is a sharp, inventive and sparky successor to the Philip Roths and Herman Woulks of this literary world!Her bittersweet Bee Season debut is, for all its searing sting, a spellbinder.' Jewish Chronicle
Myla Goldberg lives in Brooklyn, NY, with her husband. This is her first book.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780007204939 |
| ISBN 10 | 0007204930 |
| Title | Bee Season |
| Author | Myla Goldberg |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2005-11-07 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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