Asta's Book
by Barbara Vine
List Price:
Our Price: $0.01
You Save: $4.98 (100%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Barbara VineEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1994-01
ISBN: 0140176616
Number of pages: 448
Publisher: Penguin UK
Book Reviews of Asta's Book
Book Review: A true work of literature
Summary: 5 Stars
Asta's Book is a rich and rewarding novel, not only a "mystery" but a complex social history of an immigrant family, Edwardian London, criminal trials and the place of women in society. The story centers on Asta, a hopelessly middle class Danish lady who moves to London with her husband and two young sons in 1905. Over the next several years, a series of events unfold that reveal questions about murder and a missing child. The format of the book is two fold; one voice is Asta's, her diary. The other belongs to Asta's granddaughter, Ann, who in the present time is trying to discover the secrets Asta removed from her diary. Secrets concerning the parentage of a daughter, Ann's aunt. Secrets concerning jealousy and rage, violence, and the terrible lies within he family. This story is like an onion with many skins; each chapter peels back slowly and reveals the next layer. Asta is a formidable character, full of contractions, and one of the most believable historic female voices in fiction. This book was a marvelous, wonderful find for me, a true gem.
Literature & Fiction Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in Literature & Fiction Books
Little Womenby Louisa May Alcott
Scribner; Published: 1986-06-30; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.49
Price in other shops:
The Killing Groundby JACK HIGGINS
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS LTD; Published: 2007; Hardcover; Book
Saving Fish from Drowningby Amy Tan
4th Estate; Published: 2005; Paperback; Book
Life Expectancyby Dean Koontz
Harpercollins Pb; Published: 2005-08-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.00
Constant Princessby Philippa Gregory
Touchstone/Simon & Schuster; Published: 2005; Hardcover; Book
Wolf of the Plains (Conqueror, Book 1)by Conn Iggulden
Harper; Published: 2007; Paperback; Book
Saharaby Clive Cussler
Harper Collins Pb; Published: 2005-03-21; Paperback; Book
Perelandra (Cosmic Trilogy)by C. S. Lewis
Voyager; Published: 2005-11; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.79
Price in other shops:
The Lord Of The Rings: Part 2 The Two Towersby J. R. R. Tolkien
Harper Collins Publishers; Published: 2001; Paperback; Book
Red Marsby Kim Stanley Robinson
Trafalgar Square; Published: 2001-06; Paperback; Book
Similar books summaries and other product reviews
Going Wrongby Ruth Rendell
Arrow Books; Published: 1991-08-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.49
The Chimney Sweeper's Boyby Barbara Vine
Washington Square Press; Published: 2006-04-25; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.84
Price in other shops:
The Minotaurby Barbara Vine
Vintage; Published: 2007-03-13; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.00
Price in other shops:
Tigerlily's Orchids: A Novelby Ruth Rendell
Scribner; Published: 2011-06-14; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $3.89
Price in other shops:
Grasshopperby Barbara Vine
Vintage; Published: 2002-06-11; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.45
Price in other shops:
House of Stairsby Barbara Vine
Penguin; Published: 1989-05-11; Paperback; Book
Best price: $56.06
The Blood Doctor: A Novelby Barbara Vine
Vintage; Published: 2003-11-11; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.00
Price in other shops:
A Dark-Adapted Eye (Plume)by Ruth Rendell
Plume; Published: 1993-10-01; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $19.00
Anna's Bookby Ruth Rendell
Onyx; Published: 1994-10-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.50