About this Item
Third printing. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page: "For Ken / To celebrate the wonders of Buffalo! / All best, / Lauren Belfer." The author's debut novel, set in Buffalo. The book is square and unmarked; corners sharp, tail of spine bumped; faint spotting to the page edges. The dust jacket is not price-clipped (original price $24.95); a half-inch closed tear to the back panel; light edgewear; Brodart protected. Seller Inventory # 001636
Bibliographic Details
Title: City of Light: A Novel
Publisher: The Dial Press, New York
Publication Date: 1999
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
About this title
But this offers only the barest idea of Belfer's complex grid. In 500 fast pages, she creates a fascinating, disquieting world in which nothing is what it seems. As Louisa battles against her instinct for self-preservation, her past--particularly a vile encounter with the corpulent Grover Cleveland--threatens to undermine her carefully created persona and loose her greatest secret. Looking back on the events of 1901 from the safety (and disappointment) of 1909, Louisa is the most astringent and intriguing of narrators. To Lauren Belfer's endless credit, City of Light is panoramic, subtle, and very physical. In her first novel, she makes us feel the rush of water, the thrill of light, the snap, crackle, and pop of social tension, and--alas for Louisa--the despair of tragic inevitability. --Sophie Atherton
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