The Magician's Assistant
When the magician Parsifal dies, his assistant, Sabine, who was also for only the last few months of his life married to Parsifal, must sort out the emotional baggage she inherits.
When the magician Parsifal dies, his assistant, Sabine, who was also for only the last few months of his life married to Parsifal, must sort out the emotional baggage she inherits.
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Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9780061438332 (0061438332)
Publish date: May 13th 2008
Publisher: HarperAudio
Edition language: English
I came across this book by accident on kindle and read it for free on KU. It is the first work I've read by Ann Patchett, though I have heard about her in the past. At first I was a little skeptical that I was going to be able to get into the story but after a bit the ride smoothed out and I ended u...
Sabine is devastated when her husband and partner Parsifal dies unexpectedly. As an AIDS patient, she always knew that he would die, but she believed they had a couple more years. While the aneurysm that does kill him is blessed quick in comparison to the slow decline of AIDS, she struggles to come ...
Whew. I've been muddling through 2 and 3 star books for a while; it was quite a relief to find this beautiful specimen. I have State of Wonder on my to read list and was browsing stacks in the library by author and figured I'd pick up something else by Patchett to see what I thought. And I loved i...
The writing of this was so lyrical and beautiful it amazed me, but the story completely lost me. Not that there is not the possibility of people living this kind of story, but I wouldn't want to know them.
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