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The Museum of Extraordinary Things : a novel / Alice Hoffman.
The daughter of a Coney Island boardwalk curiosities museum's front man pursues an impassioned love affair with a Russian immigrant photographer who after fleeing his Lower East Side Orthodox community has captured poignant images of the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.
"An extraordinarily imaginative and immersive novel, this one set in New York from 1911-1925"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781451693560 (hardback)
- ISBN: 1451693567 (hardback)
- Physical Description: 368 pages ; 24 cm.
- Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Scribner, ©2014.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-368). |
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| Subject: | Young women > Fiction. Immigrants > New York (State) > New York > Fiction. Russians > New York (State) > New York > Fiction. Love stories. New York (State) > History > 20th century > Fiction. |
Summary:
The daughter of a Coney Island boardwalk curiosities museum's front man pursues an impassioned love affair with a Russian immigrant photographer who after fleeing his Lower East Side Orthodox community has captured poignant images of the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.
"An extraordinarily imaginative and immersive novel, this one set in New York from 1911-1925"--
"An extraordinarily imaginative and immersive novel, this one set in New York from 1911-1925"--
