The snow queen
A heartbroken man turns to religion after seeing a vision in the sky above Central Park, while his musician brother takes drugs in the hopes that they will help him compose a ballad for his seriously ill wife.
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Psychological fiction. Fiction. |
- ISBN: 1443433527
- ISBN: 9781443433525
- Physical Description 258 pages
- Edition 1st Canadian ed.
- Publisher Toronto : HarperCollins, [2014]
- Copyright ©2014
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The Snow Queen
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Summary
The Snow Queen
Michael Cunningham's luminous novel begins with a vision. It's November 2004. Barrett Meeks, having lost love yet again, is walking through Central Park when he is inspired to look up at the sky; there he sees a pale, translucent light that seems to regard him in a distinctly godlike way. Barrett doesn't believe in visions-or in God-but he can't deny what he's seen. At the same time, in the not-quite-gentrified Bushwick neighbourhood of Brooklyn, Tyler, Barrett's older brother, a struggling musician, is trying-and failing-to write a song for Beth, his wife-to-be, who is seriously ill. Tyler is determined to write a wedding song that will be not merely a sentimental ballad, but an enduring expression of love. Barrett, haunted by the light, turns unexpectedly to religion. Tyler grows increasingly convinced that only drugs can release his creative powers. Beth tries to face mortality with as much courage as she can summon. Cunningham follows the Meeks brothers as each turns down a different path in his search for transcendence. In subtle, lucid prose, he demonstrates a profound empathy for his conflicted characters and a singular understanding of what lies at the depth of the human soul.