Now You See It: A Novel

By Cornelia Nixon

Book Overview

In a series of interconnected stories, this tells of the Hooper family, as seen by Ella and Edward, two of their children and one of Edward's lovers. Edward, a Harvard-trained philosopher, has just returned from war in Europe with his wife, Ella, a German refugee related to Nazis.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316611700
• ISBN13: 9780316611701
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Little Brown & Co
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A Berkeley Family in the 1960's

These short stories form an interesting account of a family. The family's story is told in 5 or 6 inter-locking short stories from the vantage point of different family members. Time passes from the 1950's to Berkeley in the 1960's. The atmosphere and political charge in Berkeley is caught well. Dad is a philosophy professor who is an absentee father and unfaithful husband. Mom is a boot weaver, speaks 5 languages and is a German ex-patriot. The kids are all geniuses and have anti-social traits. While not immediately titillating, the book leaves a sensibility and memory that makes it worth reading.