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All Souls by Christine Schutt is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is All Souls about?
<p><P>In 1997, at the distinguished Siddons School on Manhattan's Upper East Side, the school year opens with distressing news: Astra Dell is suffering from a rare disease. Astra's friends try to reconcile the sick girl's suffering with their own fierce longings and impetuous attachments. Car writes unsparing letters, which the dirty Marlene, in her devotion, then steals. Other classmates carry on: The silly team of Suki and Alex pursue Will Bliss while the subversive Lisa Van de Ven makes dates with Miss Wilkes. The world of private schools and privilege in New York City is funny, poignant, cruel, and at its heart is a sick girl, Astra Dell, that pale girl from the senior class, the dancer with all the hair, the red hair, knotted or braided or let to fall to her waist, a fever and she consumed.<P>National Book Award Finalist Christine Schutt has created a wickedly original tale of innocence, daring and illness.</p><h3>The New York Times - Maud Casey</h3><p>Christine Schutt's refreshingly strange novel <i>All Souls</i> is exciting evidence that she continues to push the boundaries of fiction. Schutt's work, which includes two story collections and a previous novel, <i>Flori
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Christine Schutt
- Publisher
- Harcourt; Mariner Books
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780151014491
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction, Science
- Rating
- 3 / 5 (481 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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