Sara Macdonald: 14 books

A rich, multi-generational saga, set in Singapore and New Zealand. The mysterious disappearance of a young child sets in motion a series of events that will haunt future generations of the family. Singapore in the 1970s. A handsome army officer falls in love with the young daughter of his captain....

Recovering Hegel from the Critique of Leo Srauss offers a defense of modernity against the critique of the influential mid-twentieth century political philosopher, Leo Strauss. Strauss, whose influence on contemporary conservative political theory is well documented, discovered the ground of much...

Both critically and commercially successful filmmakers, the Coen brothers have written, produced, and directed numerous acclaimed films over the past three decades. Sara MacDonald and Barry Craig demonstrate that their comedies, in particular, which are often dismissed as mere entertainments, actually...

Combining a detailed study of Hegel's political philosophy with close readings of two important literary works that help clarify his thought, MacDonald traces the historical development of an enduring link between personal lives and stable political communities. While Sophocles' Antigone highlights...

‘A great read, a moving story of family history, love deception, passion and heartbreak’ Cornwall Today Two women, living more than a hundreds years apart yet against the same wild backdrop of sea and landscape, make a rash bid for freedom to live another life. But for both of them, that choice...

This book studies several of Mark Helprin’s novels in terms of their relation to Dante’s Divine Comedy. The authors demonstrate that A Soldier of the Great War, In Sunlight and in Shadow, and Winter’s Tale substantially correspond to, respectively, Dante’s Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso....

A chance meeting between two old friends. The unveiling of long-hidden secrets… Jenny and Ruth were best friends at school until Ruth abruptly moved away from their Cornish village and they lost all contact. Fourteen years later, a chance meeting on a train throws both their lives into turmoil....

A haunting story of family ties and wartime secrets The house opposite the church, overlooking the Cornish coast, is home to three generations of Tremains. Fred Tremain, the country doctor who built the house for his wife, Martha (and for whose sake he became estranged from his family); Anna, the...

This book explores the understanding of freedom developed in the later novels of celebrated Canadian author, David Adams Richards. Many reviewers highlight two interconnected features in Richards novels: a seemingly rigid determinism of setting and sociodemographics, and a resulting hopelessness....

A sweeping, evocative story of love, secrets and betrayal, set against the stunning backdrops of Karachi and Cornwall. Perfect for readers who love Santa Montefiore, Rosanna Ley and Dinah Jefferies. When Gabby’s husband accepts a transfer to Pakistan, she discovers a new world of heat and colour,...

Singapur, 1970: Ein attraktiver Offizier verliebt sich in die Tochter seines Chefs. Fleur, die eigentlich Balletttänzerin werden wollte, erwidert Davids Gefühle und wird seine Frau. Nach ein paar glücklichen Jahren stirbt David bei einem tragischen Flugzeugabsturz und lässt Fleur mit ihren beiden...

In ihrer Kindheit waren Ruth und Jenny unzertrennliche Freundinnen, doch dann verließen die Eltern von Ruth das idyllische Cornwall und zogen nach Toronto. Viele Jahre später - Jenny ist untröstlich über den Tod ihres Mannes und ihrer kleinen Tochter - treffen sich die Frauen überraschend im...

Eine wunderschöne Gallionsfigur zierte eins die Lady Isabella - Bildnis einer unerreichten Liebe aus vergangenen Zeiten. Als Mark und Gabrielle versuchen, das Leben der wahren Isabella zu verfolgen, entdecken sie nicht nur eine unendlich tragische Geschichte. Sie müssen plötzlich selbst in eine...

ALTERNATIVE TRUTHS, a fvisionairy anthology dreamed up by two Pacific Northwest authors In the aftermath of the presidential inauguration, Bob Brown and Phyllis Irene Radford asked the science fiction writers they know to imagine a post-Trump, post-truth world ALTERNATIVE TRUTHS is about the...