- Fiction, Holocaust survivors, Young men, Good and evil
The gripping, unforgettable story of Stingo, a 22-year-old writer; Sophie, a Polish-Catholic beauty who survived the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz; and Nathan, her mercurial lover. The three friends share magical, heart-warming times until doom overtakes them as Sophie's and Nathan's darkest secrets are revealed.
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Earnest, overwhelming, grave and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- William Styron
- First published
- 1979
- Pages
- 626
- Publisher
- France Loisirs, Modern Library, Shinchōsha
- Editions
- 47
- Language
- Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, English
- ISBN
- 9781936317189
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