The Magicians Assistant, Ann Patchett
The Magicians Assistant, Ann Patchett
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The Magician's Assistant

Author: Ann Patchett

Narrator: Karen Ziemba

Unabridged: 11 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 05/13/2008

Synopsis

From the bestselling author of The Dutch House, a secretive magician’s death becomes the catalyst for his partner’s journey of self-discovery in this “enchanting” book (San Francisco Chronicle) “that is something of a magic trick in itself.” (Newsweek)When Parsifal, a handsome and charming magician, dies suddenly, his widow Sabine—who was also his faithful assistant for twenty years—learns that the family he claimed to have lost in a tragic accident is very much alive and well. Sabine is left to unravel his secrets, and the journey she takes, from sunny Los Angeles to the bitter windswept plains of Nebraska, will work its own magic on her.Sabine's extraordinary tale, “with its big dreams, vast spaces, and disparate realities lying side by side” captures the hearts of its readers and “proves to be the perfect place for miraculous transformations.” (The New Yorker)

About Ann Patchett

It seems that some people are just natural born authors. American author, Ann Patchett, is one of those people. She was born in Los Angeles, California in 1963 to a police captain and a nurse, who divorced when Ann was a young girl. Her mother remarried and moved the family to Nashville, Tennessee in 1969.

Ann attended St Bernard Academy school for girls in Nashville, then attended Sarah Lawrence College, followed by the Iowa Writer's Workshop at University of Iowa and Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts. It was Provincetown where she wrote her first novel, The Patron Saint of Liars, followed by Taft, The Magician's Assistant, Bel Canto, Run, State of Wonder, and Commonwealth. Three of her books are non-fiction......Truth and Beauty, What Now?, and This is the Story of a Happy Marriage. Her first children's book came in 2019, Lambslide, and was beautifully illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser. Her books have been translated into more than 30 languages.

After winning numerous literary awards and being on bestseller lists, Ann co-founded her own bookstore, Parnassus Books in Nashville, Tennessee with Karen Hayes. She currently lives in Nashville with her husband, Karl VanDevender, and their dog Sparky.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Laura on August 05, 2008

I know you are thinking, is there a book you don't like, Laura? Here's the deal. If I don't like a book I can barely read it, much less finish it. So if I do read it-I like it, in varying degrees, but I like it. So tonight I read the Magician's Assistant, by Ann Patchett. If you have read Bel Canto,......more

Goodreads review by Kara on April 16, 2011

This book surprised me. Throughout the whole thing, I was never exactly sure how much I was enjoying it, and yet I couldn't wait to pick the book back up and continue reading. By time the book was done, I wanted to read more, and wanted the story to continue. The story itself is strange, very strange......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on June 02, 2008

I enjoyed reading the book, but after reading it I couldn't say that I loved it (hence, three stars). Sabine, the main character, spends time with her dead husband's family, none of whom she knew existed. The reader is supposed to come along on the journey with her to discover the missing parts of h......more

Goodreads review by Jsiva on July 06, 2024

I have no good reason as to why it took me so long to read another Patchett Book after how much I loved "Bel Canto" (which I also passed over numerous times over the years before I read it). I really liked Sabine and her strength, her loving parents and even the Fetters clan. I liked the pragmatic a......more

Goodreads review by Karen on August 30, 2023

Catching up on my book reviews for Goodreads. The book starts with Parsifal’s death. His character, drives the story, even though readers never meet him. Sabine’s entire adult life has been defined by her relationship to him. She was his magic assistant and his wife. As readers we spend the entire no......more

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