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Saint Mazie
Jami Attenberg
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Beschreibung
From the bestselling author of The Middlesteins comes comes this unique novel about a forgotten heroine of the 1930s.
Meet Mazie Phillips: big-hearted and feisty, she runs The Venice, the famed movie theatre in the rundown Bowery district of New York City. She spends her days taking tickets, chatting with drunks and eccentrics, and chasing out the troublemakers. After closing up, the nights are her own, and she fills them with romance and booze aplenty-even during Prohibition.
When the Great Depression hits, and homelessness soars, Mazie opens The Venice to those in need, giving them shelter and dimes for food and booze, and earning the nickname 'Saint Mazie'. Inspired by Joseph Mitchell's essay about Mazie in Up in the Old Hotel, acclaimed author Jami Attenberg's novel honours an extraordinary life and heralds a completely original approach to writing historical fiction.
Weaving together fictionalised diaries, writings and interviews, Attenberg has constructed an utterly convincing portrait of Mazie Philips, which is also a deeply moving portrait of New York as it passed through the First World War, Prohibition, the boom of the '20s, and then the terrible depression of the '30s.
Rezensionen
Wonderful
Fierce, feisty and moving, this is a fine portrait of an inspiring woman
Jami Attenberg's fictional reconstruction of Mazie's life is a bold departure from how historical novels are usually written. Split between fictionalised diary entries, excerpts from <i>The Unpublished Autobiography of Mazie Phillips-Gordon</i> (also fiction) and Attenberg's invented interviewees, the structure resonates a relentless energy that keeps the narrative rattling along ... Attenberg captures Mazie's voice so vividly you can close the book and still hear her talking. She is a tremendous achievement ... and you sure won'
Fresh and witty... <i>Saint Mazie</i> looks deep into the spirit of generosity. Jami Attenberg'
<i>Saint Mazie</i> is a novel with as much style and moxie as its titular character. I missed Mazie Gordon-Phillips and her family when I was finished reading, but I missed New York, too. By telling this one woman'
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Engaging and demanding.
A hard-nosed heroine with a heart of gold, Mazie will leave her mark on you
Fascinating ... Attenberg's prose is sharp, fast-paced and economical, brilliantly channelling Mazie's vivacious character. And despite being set firmly in the past, Mazie'
Attenberg'
Tender-hearted and loose-living. Mazie is the unlikely guardian angel of New York City's Depression-era down-and-outs. You'
Full of love and drink and dirty sex
A terrific novel, touching, funny and big-hearted
Ingeniously constructed.... An attentive character study that also happens to be rich in city lore and period detail, <i>Saint Mazie </i>is an edifying, companionable and moving novel
<i>Saint Mazie</i> offers proof again that Jami Attenberg is a brilliant, lion-hearted storyteller
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