Chasing Shakespeares is breezy, erudite, never ponderous, a love story about how we make our heroes, and how they make us.”—Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked “Romance, intrigue, and the literary whodunit of our time--Chasing Shakespeares is a romp and I savored every moment of it.”—Hallie Ephron, author of Careful What You Wish For. And Joe and Posy find that, when you start chasing Shakespeares, what you find is not only who he was, but who you are, and how far you're willing to go. A first-rate mystery from one of the masters of the genre, Chasing Shakespeares is also a literary shell game, a love story, and a profound meditation on identity and ownership. Sarah Smith has created a novel that rivals A. S. Byatt's Possession in its /5(40). Sarah Smith. Washington Square Press, - Young Adult Fiction - pages. 11 Reviews. With this exhilarating novel from the author the San Francisco Chronicle calls "daring" and 4/5(11).
Chasing Shakespeares: A Novel by Sarah Smith. Atria. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, that'll have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. Sarah Smith: Chasing Shakespeares: Washington Square Press (Trade Paperback), ISBN Sarah Smith, Ph.D. in English from Harvard, writes a historic mystery based upon a literary shell game. This entertaining and fun read knits together quirky characters, authentic dialogue, great information and stellar research. Compare book prices from over , booksellers. Find Chasing Shakespeares: A Novel () by Smith, Sarah.
Overview. With this exhilarating novel from the author the San Francisco Chronicle calls "daring" and "splendid," Sarah Smith cuts to the heart of one of literature's most fascinating and enduring mysteries: the enigma of Sir William Shakespeare. Meet Joe Roper, a thoroughly modern graduate student who has landed the job of a lifetime working in the famed Kellogg Collection of Elizabethan texts and curiosities. And Joe and Posy find that, when you start chasing Shakespeares, what you find is not only who he was, but who you are, and how far you're willing to go. A first-rate mystery from one of the masters of the genre, Chasing Shakespeares is also a literary shell game, a love story, and a profound meditation on identity and ownership. Sarah Smith has created a novel that rivals A. S. Byatt's Possession in its rich and fast-moving blend of literary history and page-turning suspense. Chasing Shakespeares. by Sarah Smith. Atria Books, June, Hardcover, pages. ISBN: Rarely does one come across a book that in which each chapter is complete enjoyment and fascination. Chasing Shakespeare is a feast set before the reader. It serves up an almost unending amount of little known, but up to date, details about that elusive period that produced Shakespeare and the King James version of the Bible.
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