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Synopsis
In a searing memoir, the critically acclaimed author of The Company of Women shares her memories of the father who died when she was a child and her discovery of the truth about his life and death and the secrets he hid. 50,000 first printing. Tour.
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Review
For a so-called "Catholic novelist," the revelation that her father was born a Jew qualifies as something of a literary bomblet; that his past was a tissue of fabrications, that he became an anti-Semite and reactionary, is a revelation that haunts this unusual book. Gordon's search for her father, who died when she was seven, leads her to libraries and archives, to interviews with his associates, to family birth records and finally to the extraordinary project of disinterring and reburying her father's remains. The search becomes a literary quest in which Gordon transforms herself by transforming her images of her father.
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In The Shadow Man, the bestselling author of Final Payments and The Company of Women elevates the memoir into an uncompromising and unforgettable art form as she seeks to learn the truth about her lost father. 20 photos.
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- PublisherRandom House Value Publishing
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0517197103
- ISBN 13 9780517197103
- BindingHardcover
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