Dissident Gardens: A Novel
- ISBN-10
- 0307744493
- ISBN-13
- 9780307744494
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 366
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Author
- Jonathan Lethem
Description
A multigenerational saga focuses on two extraordinary women, including Rose, a tyrannical Communist who terrorizes her neighborhood with her absolute beliefs, and her daughter Miriam, who embraces the counterculture of Greenwich Village.
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