The invisible life of Addie LaRue / V.E. Schwab.
Making a Faustian bargain to live forever but never be remembered, a woman from early eighteenth-century France endures unacknowledged centuries before meeting a man who remembers her name.
France, 1714. In a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever-- and cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. Addie LaRue's life will play out across centuries and continents, across history and art. After nearly 300 years, Addie stumbles across a young man in a hidden bookstore. He remembers her name-- and everything changes. How far will she go to leave her mark on the world?
Record details
- ISBN: 9780765387561
- ISBN: 0765387565
- Physical Description: 444 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First U.S. edition.
- Publisher: New York : Tor, 2020.
- Copyright: ©2020
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General Note: | "A Tom Doherty Associates book." |
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Subject: | Memory > Fiction. Immortalism > Fiction. Deals > Fiction. Paris (France) > Fiction. New York (N.Y.) > Fiction. FICTION / Fantasy / Historical. FICTION / Literary. |
Genre: | Fantasy fiction. Historical fiction. Fantasy fiction. Historical fiction. Fantasy fiction. Historical fiction. |
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The Invisible Life of Addie Larue
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The Invisible Life of Addie Larue
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER USA TODAY BESTSELLER NATIONAL INDIE BESTSELLER THE WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLER Recommended by Entertainment Weekly , Real Simple , NPR , Slate , and Oprah Magazine #1 Library Reads Pick -- October 2020 #1 Indie Next Pick -- October 2020 BOOK OF THE YEAR (2020) FINALIST -- Book of The Month Club A "Best Of" Book From: Oprah Mag * CNN * Amazon * Amazon Editors * NPR * Goodreads * Bustle * PopSugar * BuzzFeed * Barnes & Noble * Kirkus Reviews * Lambda Literary * Nerdette * The Nerd Daily * Polygon * Library Reads * io9 * Smart Bitches Trashy Books * LiteraryHub * Medium * BookBub * The Mary Sue * Chicago Tribune * NY Daily News * SyFy Wire * Powells.com * Bookish * Book Riot * Library Reads Voter Favorite * In the vein of The Time Traveler's Wife and Life After Life , The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is New York Times bestselling author V. E. Schwab's genre-defying tour de force. A Life No One Will Remember. A Story You Will Never Forget. France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever--and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue, and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries and continents, across history and art, as a young woman learns how far she will go to leave her mark on the world. But everything changes when, after nearly 300 years, Addie stumbles across a young man in a hidden bookstore and he remembers her name. Also by V. E. Schwab Shades of Magic A Darker Shade of Magic A Gathering of Shadows A Conjuring of Light Villains Vicious Vengeful