Prizes [Paperback]

Erich Segal (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Ballantine Books (1995)
• ISBN-10: 0804114277
• ISBN-13: 978-0804114271
• ASIN: B0012Q57ZE
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,380,907 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A PRIZE WINNER, March 18, 2004

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Gail Cooke (TX, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Prizes (Hardcover)

Erich Segal proved that he knows how to pull our emotional chains as well as any contemporary writer in Love Story and Oliver's Story. He may well just have done it again in Prizes, the engrossing tale of three brilliant individuals. Their professional quests plus their lives and romances make for rapt reading.

Child prodigy Isabel da Costa has made a significant discovery, creating a formula that Einstein was unable to piece together. Sandy Raven, his personal life bordering on destruction, has capped his dedication to research by reversing the aging process in cells, and Adam Coopersmith, a physician, has developed an almost miraculous drug to help women who have been unable to become pregnant. His already full life is further complicated by his marriage to a career-minded lawyer and his introduction to Anya, an irresistible Russian emigre. Beckoning all of them is the ultimate accolade, a Nobel Prize.

A compulsively readable tale.

- Gail Cooke

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Magnifico!, March 9, 2000

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Kristine (Manila, Philippines) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Prizes (Mass Market Paperback)

First, the characters are great. Their descriptions are very thorough. You can almost see them, as if they really are true persons. Second, the plot of the story is very well-defined. Third, the flow of the story is well-timed.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of Erich Segal's best!, June 12, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Prizes (Mass Market Paperback)

This is the second book I've read from Erich Segal, the first being "The Class", and all I can say is that its a very, very enjoyable book to read. I can't put it down. After this, I'm looking forward to buying his other books as well. Good work, Mr. Segal.