By the Light of My Father's Smile

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title By the Light of My Father's Smile
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Alice Walker
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:240
Dimensions(mm): Height 201,Width 168
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780753819517
ClassificationsDewey:813.54
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Imprint Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Publication Date 17 February 2005
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

'All your life you have the necessary illusion that you know all there is to know about heartbreak. I hate to the one to tell you about the heartbreak you will experience after you die...' A family goes to the remote sierras of Mexico - the writer-to-be Susannah; her sister Magdalena; their father and mother. There, amid indigenous people called the Mundo, they begin an encounter that will change them more than they ever could have dreamed. This is a deeply sensual novel that explores the richness of female sexuality as a celebration of life, affirming the belief 'that it is the triumphant heart, not the conquered heart, that forgives. And that love is both timeless and beyond'.

Author Biography

Alice Walker won the Pulitzer prize and the American Book Award for The Color Purple. She is the author of many bestselling novels, essays and collections of poetry including Meridian, By the Light of My Father's Smile and The Third Life of Grange Copeland.