The Secret

Name: The Secret
Brand: Vintage
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By Eva Hoffman

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'Of course I've always had a secret. Have I always known it? I suppose I did in a way - in the way that children know such things. That is I knew and didn't know-'In this novel Eva Hoffman explores various kinds and strata of secrets: intimate secrets and secrets of family past; the kinds of secrets that can be decoded from clues and the kind that themselves seem to offer tantalizing clues to the fundamental mysteries of the human selfhood. This is a story about a peculiarly powerful mother-daughter bond and about a haunting about a young woman's quest for individuation and the challenges posed by contemporary science to our deepest notions of individuality. Using the near future to reflect on the conditions of the present Hoffman has written a tale that grapples with the oldest riddles of identity consciousness and self-knowledge - a novel of ideas for our time and an imaginative fable whose resonance is timeless.

Product details

Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: 1
Languages:: Original: English
Number of Pages:: 274
Publisher:: Vintage
Publication Date:: 2003-01-02
ISBN / EAN:: 9780099428459
Weight:: 330 g
Dimensions:: 13/20/2 cm
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]

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