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Faced with the sale of the century-old family summer house on Cape Cod where he had spent forty-two summers, George Howe Colt recounts returning for one last stay with his wife and children in this stunning memoir that was a National Book Award Finalist and a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.This poignant tribute to the eleven-bedroom jumble of gables, bays, and dormers that watched over weddings, divorces, deaths, anniversaries, birthdays, breakdowns, and love affairs for five generations interweaves Colt’s final visit with memories of a lifetime of summers. Run-down yet romantic, The Big House stands not only as a cherished reminder of summer’s ephemeral pleasures but also as a powerful symbol of a vanishing way of life.
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The Big House, George Howe Colt
- Język
- Rok wydania
- 2004
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- Tytuł
- The Big House
- Podtytuł
- A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home
- Język
- angielski
- Autorzy
- George Howe Colt
- Wydawca
- Scribner
- Rok wydania
- 2004
- Oprawa
- miękka
- Liczba stron
- 336
- ISBN10
- 074324964X
- ISBN13
- 9780743249645
- Seria
- Kategorie
- Tagi
- Tematy historyczne, Poradniki, Architektura, Rodzina, USA, XX wiek, Literatura amerykańska, Wspomnienia, Życie, Tajemnice & Zagadki, Przeszłość, Historia USA, Dzieciństwo, Krytyka, Dom, Historia społeczna, Zwyczaje & Tradycje, Pokolenia & Różnice pokoleniowe, Teoria Architektury, Przodkowie
- Opis
- Faced with the sale of the century-old family summer house on Cape Cod where he had spent forty-two summers, George Howe Colt recounts returning for one last stay with his wife and children in this stunning memoir that was a National Book Award Finalist and a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.This poignant tribute to the eleven-bedroom jumble of gables, bays, and dormers that watched over weddings, divorces, deaths, anniversaries, birthdays, breakdowns, and love affairs for five generations interweaves Colt’s final visit with memories of a lifetime of summers. Run-down yet romantic, The Big House stands not only as a cherished reminder of summer’s ephemeral pleasures but also as a powerful symbol of a vanishing way of life.