Clare and henry attempt to live normal lives, pursuing familiar goalssteady jobs, good friends, children of their own. The time travellers wife by audrey niffenegger childrens books. Audrey niffenegger is writing a sequel to her bestselling debut novel the time travelers wife vintage. The time travelers wife by audrey niffenegger librarything. About the author audrey niffenegger is a professor in the m. The sequel is one of two books the author is currently working on, she revealed on. The time travelers wife is a controversial novel, and when my book club discussed it, there were burning pitchforks, buckets of hot tar and glasses of p wow. The time travelers wife has made the author of the book very much famous.
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And after some days of the initial publication of the book, it became one of the most famous books of the time as well. This is her first novel, which in hardcover was a selection of todays book club. The time travelers wife is the debut novel of american author audrey niffenegger, published in 2003. The time travelers wife begins with a prologue in which the main characters, henry and clare, introduce the nature of their relationship as a time traveler and a time travelers wife. I originally read it 11 years ago then reread it, and took a bunch of.
The time travelers wife is an inspirational piece of literature. The story is sometimes told by clare, sometimes by henry. Audrey niffeneggers innovative debut, the time travelers wife, is the story of clare, a beautiful art student, and henry, an adventuresome librarian, who have known each other since clare was six and henry was thirtysix, and were married when clare was twentythree and henry thirtyone. Time travelers wife sequel from niffenegger the bookseller. Their struggle to lead normal lives in the face of a force they can neither prevent nor control is intensely moving and entirely unforgettable. The time travelers wife is one of my favorite books. Buy the time travelers wife by audrey niffenegger online at alibris. The time travelers wife is an unconventional love story that centers on a man with a strange genetic disorder that causes him to unpredictably time travel, and his wife, an artist who has to cope with his frequent absences and dangerous experiences. A dazzling novel in the most untraditional fashion, this is the remarkable story of henry detamble, a dashing, adventuresome librarian who travels involuntarily through time, and clare abshire, an artist whose life takes a natural sequential course. The film version of the time travelers wife is visually stunning and a wonderful adaptation. The time travelers wife by audrey niffenegger youtube. For example, henry has foreknowledge of the september 11 attacks but does nothing to try to prevent them. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page.
Impossible but true, because henry is one of the first people diagnosed with chronodisplacement. I am either one sick or one inspired woman or both. The author takes on the challenge of writing in an unconventional manner in regards to story development. The time travelers wife, you realize youre going to be devastated. The time travelers wife is audrey niffenegger s second novel. Our home life was deteriorating and my emotions were spinning out of control as i began to read the nonlinear love story of henry and clare, which opens when henry is 28 and clare is 20, and, though hes never met clare before, shes. Niffenegger has no intention of watching the movie because she stated that the characters are only truly hers in the book, not in the movie. Mainstreamed time travel romance, cleverly executed and tastefully furnished if occasionally overwrought. Slip between past, present, and future with these riveting novels. While the many iterations and loops here are intricately woven, the plot, proper, is fairly simple. The time travelers wife is a 2009 american romantic science fiction drama film based on audrey niffeneggers 2003 novel of the same name. Niffeneggers debut novel, the time travelers wife, was published in 2003 and was a bestseller. The time travel has a huge affect on the plot because it continuously changes where and when the story will take place. Unfortunately, in condensing the novel the story loses a lot of its charm and the substance that makes it so good.
The time travelers wife is the debut novel of american author audrey niffenegger, published. The book in question is the other husband, the longawaited sequel to the time travelers wife, which niffenegger embarked on in 20 but readers shouldnt expect to see copies in the shops in. The time travelers wife depicts the effects of time travel on henry and clares passionate love for each other with grace and humour. A timetravel love story par excellenceit will be a hardhearted reader who is not moved to tears by the dangers henry and clare ultimately face, and by the authors soaring celebration of the victory of love over time.
As for the movie version which is inevitable, given the cinematic qualities of the book i for one am appalled by the prospect of a time travelers wife featuring brad pitt and jennifer aniston or brad pitt as. In the time travelers wife, the love between henry and clare is expressed in a variety of ways. The time travelers wife depicts the effects of time travel on henry and clares marriage and their passionate love for each other, as the story unfolds from both points of view. In the time travelers wife the conflict that seems to emerge in the plot a lot is time travel which henry has to live with. The time traveler s wife begins with a prologue in which the main characters, henry and clare, introduce the nature of their relationship as a time traveler and a time traveler s wife. Henry and clares passionate love affair endures across a sea of time and captures the two lovers in an impossibly romantic trap, and it is audrey. I became so enthralled in it i was finished in no time. There is a stairwell in the newberry library that i am afraid of. Niffenegger, frustrated in love when she began the work, wrote the story as a metaphor for. If we say that this one is a love story then it will not be wrong. Henry has a genetic condition that causes him to time travel. Download the time travelers wife full book pdf clare, a beautiful art student, and henry, an adventuresome librarian, have known each other since clare was 6 and henry was 36, married when clare 23 and henry 31. See more ideas about the time travelers wife, time travel and wife movies.
Freddie is an 11yearold british boy who loves facts. It is a love story about a man with a genetic disorder that causes him to time travel unpredictably, and about his wife, an artist, who has to cope with his frequent absences and dangerous experiences. It changes time, characters and setting, with flipping back and forth through the present and the past. The time travelers wife questions for the time travelers wife novel. The time travelers wife came to me as i was experiencing the collapse of my first big relationship. The time travelers wife when one of my book groups chose the time travelers wife. In henry and clares universe, love is a huge virtue. A description of tropes appearing in time travelers wife. Audrey niffenegger on finishing the sequel to the time. The alternating firstperson perspectives set a precedent for the rest of the story, which largely follows the chronology of clares life but also takes us along for some of. The time travelers wife is a controversial novel, and when my book club. Part of the problem, he says, was how he was forced to describe the plot in a single sentence. While it does cut a lot of the novel, obviously for time reasons, everything that is left in is a close match to the book. Clare first meets henry when she is six years old and he suddenly appears, naked, in.
Six years after the publication of her blockbuster novel, the time travelers wife, audrey niffenegger has sold a new manuscript to scribner. It is interesting how the books that defy confinement to a single genre provide the most intriging premises. Audrey niffenegger s innovative debut, the time travelers wife, is the story of clare, a beautiful art student, and henry, a a funny, often poignant tale of boy meets girl with a twist. The time travelers wife npr coverage of the time travelers wife by audrey niffenegger. The time travelers wife was the ending of the book or. The time travelers wife may be a rare opportunity to learn something about the fourth dimension in our lives. Niffenegger had almost completed the book when the september 11. Because henry unintentionally jumps in time, pulled to moments of emotional gravity, past and future. The time travelers wife by audrey niffenegger, paperback. The time travelers wife is neither romance, nor science fiction, nor pure fantasy.
The time travelers wife audiobook by audrey niffenegger. I recently read the time travelers wife and adored it, then i rewatched the movie, and im torn between the two endings. Audrey niffeneggers literary agent tells the story of how he had so much trouble getting prospective publishers to read the manuscript for the time travelers wife. This is the story of henry detamble the time traveler and clare abshire the time travelers wife. At the end of the book, i found myself wishing for a followup book, called the time travelers daughter exploring albas life. The story follows henry detamble bana, a chicago librarian with a paranormal genetic disorder that causes him to randomly time travel as he tries to build a. Why do you think niffenegger used the title the time travelers wife instead of just the time traveler. One moment that comes to mind is the brief reflection of 911. It overcomes all obstacles and even surpasses death. Thats not to say that its perfect or a work of fiction that will change the face of american literature, but i found it very engaging and hard to put down. Audrey niffenegger throws you into a pretty perplexing scenario at the start of the time travelers wife. Directed by robert schwentke, the film stars eric bana, rachel mcadams, and ron livingston. Although one of my favorite passages in the book was henrys letter, im not sure that i liked that he told her he would see her again and exactly when, although i like the element of hope that it gave her.