Книга: Alice Hoffman «The Probable Future»

The Probable Future

Производитель: "Random House, Inc."

When the women in the Sparrow family reach thirteen, they develop a unique ability. In young Stella`s case, the gift, which is both a blessing and a curse, is the ability to see a person`s probable future. Stella foresees a gruesome murder, and tells her charming, feckless father about it, but it is too late - the murder has already been committed and suspicion falls on him. Her mother Jenny, on the other hand, can read other people`s dreams, but so often misinterprets them, to her own cost. Hoffman unlocks the caskets of family life and the secret history of a community in this magical story about young love and old love, about making choices - usually the wrong ones - about foresight and consequences, all suffused with the haunting scent of roses and wisteria, and the hum of bees on a summer evening.

Издательство: "Random House, Inc." (2004)

ISBN: 978-0-09-945386-4

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Alice Hoffman

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Alice Hoffman (born March 16, 1952) is an American novelist and young-adult and children's writer, best known for her 1996 novel "Practical Magic", which was adapted for a 1998 film of the same name. Her 2000 novel "The River King" was made into a 2005 film starring Edward Burns and Jennifer Ehle. Her 2001 novel Aquamarine was made into a 2006 film Aquamarine (film) starring Joanna "JoJo" Levesque, Emma Roberts and Sara Paxton. Many of her works fall into the genre of magic realism and contain elements of magic, irony, and non-standard romances and relationships.

Biography

Born in New York City, and raised on Long Island, Hoffman graduated from Adelphi University, where she received her BA, and received an MA in creative writing from Stanford University, where she was an Edith Mirrielees Fellow. Her first job was at the Doubleday publishing house, which later published two of her novels.

She wrote the screenplay for the 1983 film "Independence Day", starring Kathleen Quinlan and Diane Wiest.

Hoffman currently lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with her husband. After being treated for breast cancer at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, she helped establish the hospital's Hoffman Breast Center. [ [http://www.mountauburn.caregroup.org/body.cfm?id=29 Women’s Services–The Hoffman Breast Center ] ]

Bibliography

Novels

* "Property Of" (1977)
* "The Drowning Season" (1979)
* "Angel Landing" (1980)
* "White Horses" (1982)
* "Fortune's Daughter" (1985)
* "Illumination Night" (1987)
* "At Risk" (1988)
* "Seventh Heaven" (1990)
* "Turtle Moon" (1992)
* "Second Nature" (1994)
* "Practical Magic" (1996)
* "Here on Earth" (1997)
* "Local Girls" (1999)
* "The River King" (2000)
* "Blue Diary" (2001)
* "The Probable Future" (2003)
* "Blackbird House" (2004)
* "The Ice Queen" (2005)
* "Skylight Confessions" (2007)
* "The Third Angel" (2008)

Young adult novels

* "Aquamarine" (2001)
* "Indigo" (2002)
* "Green Angel" (2003)
* "Water Tales: Aquamarine & Indigo" (omnibus edition) (2003)
* "The Foretelling" (2005)
* "Incantation" (2006)

Children's books

* "Fireflies: A Winter's Tale" (illustrated by Wayne McLoughlin) (1999)
* "Horsefly" (paintings by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher) (2000)
* "Moondog" (with Wolfe Martin; illustrated by Yumi Heo) (2004)

External links

* [http://www.alicehoffman.com/ Alice Hoffman's website]
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* [http://www.victorialautman.com/ontherecord.shtml#hoffman Radio Interview on WFMT's Writers on the Record with Victoria Lautman]

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