by Oscar Hijuelos · Bloomsbury Publishing PLC · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780747526056
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«Mr. Ives' Christmas» is the contemporary novel by Oscar Hijuelos, published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC in paperback (248 pages, in English).
Mr. Ives is a New York advertising man adopted as a child, married with two children, who believes he is on his way to achieving the American dream. When his son Robert, who was preparing for the priesthood, is murdered at Christmas, grief plunges him into a crisis of faith and forces him to reassess his life, love, loss and spiritual peace.
This edition of «Mr. Ives' Christmas» was published on October 3, 1996; its author, Oscar Hijuelos, is a Pulitzer Prize winner.
A work for readers of literary fiction and book clubs, with a story of grief, faith and the search for spiritual peace in a Christmas context.
Oscar Jerome Hijuelos was an American novelist of Cuban descent, during a year-long convalescence from a childhood illness spent in a Connecticut hospital he lost his knowledge of Spanish, his parents' native language. He was educated in New York City, and wrote short stories and advertising copy.
