Amanda is rich, bored and middle-aged, a would-be-writer who has left her husband and traded New Orleans for the hill country of Arkansas. There she is happily translating an obscure 18th-century French poetess whose illicit affair led to imprisonment and suicide.Amanda finds herself infatuated with a student. What starts as a fling becomes a grand and impossible passion. Then she discovers she is pregnant, as was the woman whose poems she re-creates, and we watch as the parallel stories of these two women unfold, each ending tragically."Gilchrist's manner is both stylish and idiomatic--a rare and potent combination." (Times Literary Supplement)
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Ellen Gilchrist, winner of the National Book Award for VICTORY OVER JAPAN, has been writing fiction for over twenty-five years and is the author of many story collections and novels. She was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and now lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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If you like those crazy southern women . . .,
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This review is from: The Annunciation (Paperback)
A great book. The first I have read of Gilchrist. I found it strange that I didn't really get attached to any one character and felt anger toward Amanda, the main character for many of the BAD choices she made again and again. If you don't want to know the ending before you read it, don't read the next review . . . she gives it all away!!!A great story, albiet a bit dark.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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It's a wonderful, complex story with engaging characters.,
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This review is from: The Annunciation (Paperback)
I had never heard of Ellen Gilchrist but was given a tattered copy of "The Annuciation" by a friend. After the first page I was hooked. The writing is sharp and descriptive and the characters are intriguing. The story begins with the lead character, Amanda, as a little girl and follows her life through middle age as she searches for herself, her child and her passions. There's much to connect with for women and while there were one or two times when I thought things were a little far-fetched, overall it was a great read.
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Gilchrist's writing is hypnotic,
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I have twenty pages left to the end of the book and I'm savoring every last page. She creates such vivid characters and the story draws you in immeadiately. Great writer and great read.
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