The Big House

A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home

George Howe Colt (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

336 Seiten

2004
Simon & Schuster Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7432-4964-5 (ISBN)

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In this intimate and poignant history of a sprawling century-old summer house on Cape Cod, George Howe Colt reveals not just one family's fascinating story but a vanishing way of life.

Faced with the sale of the century-old family summer house on Cape Cod where he had spent forty-two summers, George Howe Colt recounts returning for one last stay with his wife and children in this stunning memoir that was a National Book Award Finalist and a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.

This poignant tribute to the eleven-bedroom jumble of gables, bays, and dormers that watched over weddings, divorces, deaths, anniversaries, birthdays, breakdowns, and love affairs for five generations interweaves Colt’s final visit with memories of a lifetime of summers. Run-down yet romantic, The Big House stands not only as a cherished reminder of summer’s ephemeral pleasures but also as a powerful symbol of a vanishing way of life.

George Howe Colt is the bestselling author of The Big House, which was a National Book Award finalist and a New York Times Notable Book of the Year; Brothers; November of the Soul; and The Game. He lives in Western Massachusetts with his wife, the writer Anne Fadiman.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	23.11.2004
Reihe/Serie	An Award-Winning Memoir
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 214 mm
Gewicht	329 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Technik ► Architektur
ISBN-10	0-7432-4964-X / 074324964X
ISBN-13	978-0-7432-4964-5 / 9780743249645
Zustand	Neuware