The Angel Carver
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- Synopsis
- Jack Standini, a humble shoemaker, lives alone. He once had a wife he loved very much. Then one day, she disappeared forever. And forty years later, Jack still waits and wonders. By day, he still repairs shoes in the same shop in Brooklyn. By night, to defy loneliness, he carves angels in the secrecy of his room. Life-size, wooden, adorned with gilt, they have turned his room into a crowded piece of heaven. They are his secret life, his only life—until a lovely, innocent, needy woman comes into his shop. A woman whose greatest desire is to be "someone," and that someone is Marilyn Monroe. Jack can't give her the transformation she wants. But someone else dares to make her that promise, entwining all their lives with devastating consequences for all. A highly acclaimed novel of human foibles and fate that brings to mind both Pygmalion and Faust, THE ANGEL CARVER explores the darker—and nobler—sides of human nature as it touches us with its tales of twisted dreams.
- Copyright:
- 1993
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 260 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780446670548
- Publisher:
- warner books
- Date of Addition:
- 01/26/21
- Copyrighted By:
- Rosanne Daryl Thomas
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers, Religion and Spirituality, Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Reading Age:
- 13 and up
- Submitted By:
- Larry Lumpkin
- Proofread By:
- Sister M. Dolores Dean
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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