The Secret by Eva Hoffman
'Of course, I've always had a secret. Have I always known it? I suppose I did, in a way - in the way that children know such things. That is, I knew and didn't know-'In this novel, Eva Hoffman explores various kinds and strata of secrets: intimate secrets, and secrets of family past; the kinds of secrets that can be decoded from clues, and the kind that themselves seem to offer tantalizing clues to the fundamental mysteries of the human selfhood. This is a story about a peculiarly powerful mother-daughter bond and about a haunting, about a young woman's quest for individuation and the challenges posed by contemporary science to our deepest notions of individuality. Using the near future to reflect on the conditions of the present, Hoffman has written a tale that grapples with the oldest riddles of identity, consciousness and self-knowledge - a novel of ideas for our time, and an imaginative fable whose resonance is timeless.
'With a shrewd regard for language and gesture, Hoffman teases out the tell-tale signs of an alienated soul..Generates a modern allegory somewhere between Frankenstein and Bladerunner' Independent on Sunday
Eva Hoffman was born in Krakow, Poland, and immigrated to America at the age of thirteen. The recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Whiting Award and an award from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and letters, she currently lives in London
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099428459 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099428458 |
| Title | The Secret |
| Author | Eva Hoffman |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2003-01-02 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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