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Faced with the sale of the century-old family summer house on Cape Cod where he had spent forty-two summers, George Howe Colt recounts returning for one last stay with his wife and children in this stunning memoir that was a National Book Award Finalist and a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.This poignant tribute to the eleven-bedroom jumble of gables, bays, and dormers that watched over weddings, divorces, deaths, anniversaries, birthdays, breakdowns, and love affairs for five generations interweaves Colt’s final visit with memories of a lifetime of summers. Run-down yet romantic, The Big House stands not only as a cherished reminder of summer’s ephemeral pleasures but also as a powerful symbol of a vanishing way of life.
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The Big House, George Howe Colt
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- Pubblicato
- 2004
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- Titolo
- The Big House
- Sottotitolo
- A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- George Howe Colt
- Editore
- Scribner
- Pubblicato
- 2004
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 336
- ISBN10
- 074324964X
- ISBN13
- 9780743249645
- Serie
- Tag
- Saggistica, Scienze sociali, Tema stórico, Biografie, Manuali e guide, Architettura, Famiglia, Autobiografie e memorie, USA, XX Secolo, Letteratura Americana, Biografie, Sociologia, Memorie, Vita, Passato, Misterioso, Storia degli Stati Uniti, Casa & Decorazioni, Infanzia, Critica, Casa, Storia sociale, Usanze e tradizioni, Generazioni e differenze generazionali, Teoria dell'architettura, Antenati
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- Faced with the sale of the century-old family summer house on Cape Cod where he had spent forty-two summers, George Howe Colt recounts returning for one last stay with his wife and children in this stunning memoir that was a National Book Award Finalist and a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.This poignant tribute to the eleven-bedroom jumble of gables, bays, and dormers that watched over weddings, divorces, deaths, anniversaries, birthdays, breakdowns, and love affairs for five generations interweaves Colt’s final visit with memories of a lifetime of summers. Run-down yet romantic, The Big House stands not only as a cherished reminder of summer’s ephemeral pleasures but also as a powerful symbol of a vanishing way of life.