March

by Geraldine Brooks

Other authorsRichard Easton
Ebook, 2005

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Classic Literature. Fiction. Literature. Historical Fiction. HTML:Winner of the Pulitzer Prize�??a powerful love story set against the backdrop of the Civil War, from the author of The Secret Chord. From Louisa May Alcott's beloved classic Little Women, Geraldine Brooks has animated the character of the absent father, March, and crafted a story "filled with the ache of love and marriage and with the power of war upon the mind and heart of one unforgettable man" (Sue Monk Kidd). With "pitch-perfect writing" (USA Today), Brooks follows March as he leaves behind his family to aid the Union cause in the Civil War. His experiences will utterly change his marriage and challenge his most ardently held beliefs. A lushly written, wholly original tale steeped in the details of another time, March secures Geraldine Brooks's place as a renowned author of historical ficti… (more)

Media reviews

Brooks is capable of strong writing about the natural world and nicely researched effects about the human one (on the eve of a battle, March sees ''the surgeon flinging down sawdust to receive the blood that was yet to flow''), but the book she has produced makes a distressing contribution to
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recent trends in historical fiction, which, after a decade or so of increased literary and intellectual weight, seems to be returning to its old sentimental contrivances and costumes.
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Fascinating insight, don’t read if you’re a Little Women purist.

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2005 (1e édition originale américaine)
2010-09-02 (1e traduction et édition française, Belfond)
2011-09-01 (Réédition française, Pocket)
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