Name: The Rules of Magic (Practical Magic)
Price: 367.00 ZAR
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Author: Hoffman Alice
ISBN: 9781501137488

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Type

Physical Book

Author

Alice Hoffman

Hoffman Alice

Publisher

Atria Books

Year

2018

Language

English

Pages

416

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.1 x 13.2 x 2.5 cm

Weight

0.29 kg.

ISBN13

9781501137488

Edition No.

Synopsis "The Rules of Magic (Practical Magic) "

An instant New York Times bestseller and Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick from beloved author Alice Hoffman--the spellbinding prequel to Practical Magic. Find your magic. For the Owens family, love is a curse that began in 1620, when Maria Owens was charged with witchery for loving the wrong man. Hundreds of years later, in New York City at the cusp of the sixties, when the whole world is about to change, Susanna Owens knows that her three children are dangerously unique. Difficult Franny, with skin as pale as milk and blood red hair, shy and beautiful Jet, who can read other people's thoughts, and charismatic Vincent, who began looking for trouble on the day he could walk. From the start Susanna sets down rules for her children: No walking in the moonlight, no red shoes, no wearing black, no cats, no crows, no candles, no books about magic. And most importantly, never, ever, fall in love. But when her children visit their Aunt Isabelle, in the small Massachusetts town where the Owens family has been blamed for everything that has ever gone wrong, they uncover family secrets and begin to understand the truth of who they are. Yet, the children cannot escape love even if they try, just as they cannot escape the pains of the human heart. The two beautiful sisters will grow up to be the memorable aunts in Practical Magic, while Vincent, their beloved brother, will leave an unexpected legacy. Alice Hoffman delivers "fairy-tale promise with real-life struggle" (The New York Times Book Review) in a story how the only remedy for being human is to be true to yourself. Thrilling and exquisite, real and fantastical, The Rules of Magic is "irresistible...the kind of book you race through, then pause at the last forty pages, savoring your final moments with the characters" (USA TODAY, 4/4 stars).

Hoffman Alice

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Alice Hoffman es una reconocida autora estadounidense nacida en Nueva York en 1952. Desde joven mostró un gran interés por la literatura y la narración de historias. Estudió en Adelphi University, donde se graduó en escritura creativa, y más tarde obtuvo una maestría en la Universidad de Stanford. Su talento literario se manifestó muy temprano, cuando comenzó a publicar relatos en revistas importantes.

La obra de Hoffman se caracteriza por la mezcla de lo real y lo mágico. En sus novelas, los elementos sobrenaturales se integran con la vida cotidiana, creando un estilo poético y emotivo. Su primera novela, Property Of (1977), marcó el inicio de una carrera prolífica. Sin embargo, alcanzó fama internacional con Practical Magic (1995), una historia sobre dos hermanas con poderes mágicos que combina el amor, la tragedia y la herencia familiar.

A lo largo de su carrera, Hoffman ha escrito tanto para adultos como para jóvenes, explorando temas como la esperanza, la identidad, la pérdida y el poder de las mujeres. Su prosa delicada y su imaginación profunda la han convertido en una de las voces más queridas de la narrativa contemporánea estadounidense.

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