The drowning room
1st American ed.
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Author
Publication
1995 - Granta Books in association with Viking, London, England
Language
English
Word Count
63,000 words, Guess
Page Count
252 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL808517M
- ISBN-100670865982
- OCLC Control Number33334917
- OCLC Control Numberdrowningroom00pyem
- Library of Congress Control Number95045263
and 2 more
- Goodreads935435
- LibraryThing649905
Classifications
- DDC823/.914
- LCCPR6066.Y4 D76 1995
Description
Gretje Reyniers is one of the unacknowledged mothers of New York - whore, moneylender and pelt dealer when the city was still a tiny, hardscrabble colony of the Dutch. She left a formidable impression in the records of colonial New Amsterdam, but these are hardly more than a catalog of petty crimes. So in this vivid and haunting novel, Michael Pye sets out to imagine her whole, back to her wild, indomitable self. Part history, part love story, part memoir, filled with startling imagery, this is an unforgettable account of a woman who was once lost in dusty records - and now is restored to her extraordinary life.
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