David Payne (1) (1955–)
Auteur van Early from the Dance
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Over de Auteur
David Payne is the author of three previous novels: Confessions of a Taoist on Wall Street, which won the prestigious Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award; Early from the Dance; and Ruin Creek. He attended Phillips Exeter Academy and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and now toon meer lives in Wells, Vermont. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1955-04-13
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Vermont, USA
Henderson, North Carolina, USA
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Besprekingen
overlong, pretentious excursion into Oriental philosophy and finances
This book was very slow for me to get into but once I did, around Part V or VI, I was hooked! it tells the story of Joe and Day, two people drawn together by fate along the Outer Banks of NC. Joe is an ethnologist and Day is a physician, especially for women. She also performs abortions. As their lives become entwined, various things happen that curiously mirror the things that happened to Joe's father and mother. After a disagreement with Day, Joe and his shipmates head out on a fishing trip but are drawn into a rescue attempt on another boat and a bad storm is bearing down on them. What will happen? It becomes a page turner towards the end if you can stick it out that long.… (meer)
Great book! It just grabbed me and took me for a ride! Wow!
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Statistieken
- Werken
- 6
- Leden
- 693
- Populariteit
- #36,521
- Waardering
- 3.8
- Besprekingen
- 17
- ISBNs
- 81
- Talen
- 4
> BAnQ (Hamelin L., Le devoir, 30 déc. 2000, D-5 : https://collections.banq.qc.ca/ark:/52327/2798794… (meer)