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Magician's Assistant Paperback - 2023

by Ann Patchett

The national bestseller--now in paperback. When the magician Parsifal dies, his assistant, Sabine, who was also for only the last few months of his life married to Parsifal, must sort out the emotional baggage she inherits.s


Summary

"A secretive magician’s death becomes the catalyst for his partner’s journey self-discovery in this “enchanting” book (San Francisco Chronicle) “that is something of a magic trick in itself” (Newsweek).
 
 
When Parsifal, a handsome and charming magician, dies suddenly, his widow Sabine—who was also his faithful assistant for twenty years—learns that the family he claimed to have lost in a tragic accident is very much alive and well. Sabine is left to unravel his secrets, and the journey she takes, from sunny Los Angeles to the bitter windswept plains of Nebraska, will work its own magic on her. Sabine's extraordinary tale, “with its big dreams, vast spaces, and disparate realities lying side by side” captures the hearts of its readers and “proves to be the perfect place for miraculous transformations” (The New Yorker). "

From the publisher

From the bestselling author of The Dutch House, a secretive magician's death becomes the catalyst for his partner's journey of self-discovery in this "enchanting" book (San Francisco Chronicle) "that is something of a magic trick in itself." (Newsweek)

When Parsifal, a handsome and charming magician, dies suddenly, his widow Sabine--who was also his faithful assistant for twenty years--learns that the family he claimed to have lost in a tragic accident is very much alive and well. Sabine is left to unravel his secrets, and the journey she takes, from sunny Los Angeles to the bitter windswept plains of Nebraska, will work its own magic on her.

Sabine's extraordinary tale, "with its big dreams, vast spaces, and disparate realities lying side by side" captures the hearts of its readers and "proves to be the perfect place for miraculous transformations." (The New Yorker)


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  • Title Magician's Assistant
  • Author Ann Patchett
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st
  • Pages 368
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harper Perennial, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.
  • Date 2023-03-07
  • ISBN 9780156006217 / 0156006219
  • Weight 0.76 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.02 x 5.31 x 0.89 in (20.37 x 13.49 x 2.26 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1990's
    • Cultural Region: Plains
    • Cultural Region: West Coast
    • Geographic Orientation: California
    • Geographic Orientation: Nebraska
    • Locality: Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA
    • Sex & Gender: Gay
    • Topical: Death/Dying
    • Topical: Family
  • Library of Congress subjects Los Angeles (Calif.), Gay men
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 97002139
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Citations

  • New York Times, 10/18/1998, Page 36
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