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Faced with the sale of the century-old family summer house on Cape Cod where he had spent forty-two summers, George Howe Colt recounts returning for one last stay with his wife and children in this stunning memoir that was a National Book Award Finalist and a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.This poignant tribute to the eleven-bedroom jumble of gables, bays, and dormers that watched over weddings, divorces, deaths, anniversaries, birthdays, breakdowns, and love affairs for five generations interweaves Colt’s final visit with memories of a lifetime of summers. Run-down yet romantic, The Big House stands not only as a cherished reminder of summer’s ephemeral pleasures but also as a powerful symbol of a vanishing way of life.
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The Big House, George Howe Colt
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- Année de publication
- 2004
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- (souple),
- État du livre
- Bon
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- Titre
- The Big House
- Sous-titre
- A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- George Howe Colt
- Éditeur
- Scribner
- Publié
- 2004
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 336
- ISBN10
- 074324964X
- ISBN13
- 9780743249645
- Séries
- Catégories
- Mots clés
- Nonfiction, Art / Culture, Sciences sociales, Thème historique, Histoires vraies, Biographies, Loisirs et maison, Manuels et guides, Architecture, Architecture et urbanisme, Famille, Autobiographies et mémoires, États-Unis, 20e siècle, Littérature américaine, Sociologie, Souvenirs, Vie, Mystèrieux, Passé, Histoire des États-Unis, Maison & Décoration, Enfance, Critique, Maison, Histoire sociale, Usages et coutumes, Générations et différences générationnelles, Théorie de l'architecture, Anciens
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- Faced with the sale of the century-old family summer house on Cape Cod where he had spent forty-two summers, George Howe Colt recounts returning for one last stay with his wife and children in this stunning memoir that was a National Book Award Finalist and a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.This poignant tribute to the eleven-bedroom jumble of gables, bays, and dormers that watched over weddings, divorces, deaths, anniversaries, birthdays, breakdowns, and love affairs for five generations interweaves Colt’s final visit with memories of a lifetime of summers. Run-down yet romantic, The Big House stands not only as a cherished reminder of summer’s ephemeral pleasures but also as a powerful symbol of a vanishing way of life.