Night Watch (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
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Night Watch (Pulitzer Prize Winner) by Jayne Anne Phillips
LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOK AWARD IN FICTION - A>NEW YORKER>BEST BOK OF THE YEAR - From one of our most accomplished novelists, a mesmerizing story about a mother and daughter seeking refuge in the chaotic aftermath of the Civil War--and a brilliant portrait of family endurance against all odds>A tour de force. --Tayari Jones, author of>An American Marriage In 1874, in the wake of the War, erasure, trauma, and namelessness haunt civilians and veterans, renegades and wanderers, freedmen and runaways. Twelve-year-old ConaLee, the adult in her family for as long as she can remember, finds herself on a buckboard journey with her mother, Eliza, who hasn't spoken in more than a year. They arrive at the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in West Virginia, delivered to the hospital's entrance by a war veteran who has forced himself into their world. There, far from family, a beloved neighbor, and the mountain home they knew, they try to reclaim their lives. The omnipresent vagaries of war and race rise to the surface as we learn their story: their flight to the highest mountain ridges of western Virginia; the disappearance of ConaLee's father, who left for the War and never returned. Meanwhile, in the asylum, they begin to find a new path. ConaLee pretends to be her mother's maid; Eliza responds slowly to treatment. They get swept up in the life of the facility--the mysterious man they call the Night Watch; the orphan child called Weed; the fearsome woman who runs the kitchen; the remarkable doctor at the head of the institution. Epic, enthralling, and meticulously crafted, Night Watch>is a stunning chronicle of surviving war and its aftermath.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780451493330 |
| ISBN 10 | 0451493338 |
| Title | Night Watch (Pulitzer Prize Winner) |
| Author | Jayne Anne Phillips |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
| Year published | 2023-09-19 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for National Book Awards (Fiction) 2023 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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