by Alice Hoffman · Vintage · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099286523
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«The River King» is Alice Hoffman's mystery and magical realism novel, published by Vintage in paperback (336 pages, in English).
In Haddan, Massachusetts, an invisible line separates the townspeople from the students of Haddan School. An inexplicable death in October unites both worlds and brings the town's secrets to light. Carlin Leander, Betsy Chase, August Pierce, and Officer Abel Grey intertwine their lives in a story of forgiveness, hope, innocence, and evil.
This Vintage edition was published on July 5, 2001; the novel was nominated for the Massachusetts Book Award in the fiction category.
Recommended for readers of contemporary fiction with a mystery and magical realism atmosphere, as well as for fans of Alice Hoffman.
Alice Hoffman is an American novelist and young-adult and children's writer, best known for her 1995 novel Practical Magic, which was adapted for a 1998 film of the same name and went on to spawn a media franchise. Many of her works fall into the genre of magic realism and contain elements of magic, irony, and non-standard romances and relationships.
