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Diary: a novel

Working as a hotel maid despite her dreams of being an artist, Misty keeps a diary as she sits by the side of her husband, comatose after a suicide attempt, which unlocks Misty's creative energies and causes her to paint compulsively.

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  • "This book takes the form of a 'coma diary' kept by one Misty Tracy Wilmot as her husband lies senseless in hospital after a suicide attempt. Once she was an art student dreaming of creativity and freedom; now, after marrying Peter at art school and being brought back to once quaint, now tourist-overrun Waytansea Island, she's been reduced to the condition of a resort hotel maid. But then, as if possessed by the spirit of Maura Kinkaid, a fabled Waytansea artist of the nineteenth century, Misty begins painting again, compulsively."
  • "Ce journal est celui de Misty Wilmot, une femme d'une quarantaine d'annés vivant sur une île. Son mari Peter est dans le coma après un suicide raté. Avant de sombrer, Peter avait scellé certaines pièces des résidences secondaires où il travaillait et avait bombé des messages haineux contre les touristes visitant l'île. Aidée de Jack, Misty tente de retrouver ces disparus."
  • "Working as a hotel maid despite her dreams of being an artist, Misty keeps a diary as she sits by the side of her husband, comatose after a suicide attempt, which unlocks Misty's creative energies and causes her to paint compulsively."
  • "Working as a hotel maid despite her dreams of being an artist, Misty keeps a diary as she sits by the side of her husband, comatose after a suicide attempt, which unlocks Misty's creative energies and causes her to paint compulsively."@en
  • "Diary takes the form of a "coma diary" kept by one Misty Tracy Wilmot as her husband, Peter, lies senseless in a hospital after a suicide attempt. Once Misty was an art student dreaming of creativity and freedom; now, after her marriage and return to once quaint, now tourist-overrun Waytansea Island, she is just a resort hotel maid. Peter, it turns out, has been scrawling vile messages all over the walls of the houses he has been remodeling -- an old habit of builders but dramatically overdone in Peter's case. Angry homeowners are suing left and right, and Misty's dreams of artistic greatness are reduced to ashes. But then, as if possessed by the spirit of Maura Kinkaid, a fabled Waytansea artist of the nineteenth century, Misty begins painting again, compulsively."@en
  • "Misty Wilmot has had it. Once a promising young artist, she's now stuck on an island ruined by tourism, drinking too much and working as a waitress in a hotel. Her husband, a contractor, is in a coma after a suicide attempt, but that doesn't stop his clients from threatening Misty with lawsuits over a series of vile messages they've found on the walls of houses he remodeled. Suddenly, though, Misty finds her artistic talent returning as she begins a period of compulsive painting. Inspired but confused by this burst of creativity, she soon finds herself a pawn in a larger conspiracy that threatens to cost hundreds of lives. What unfolds is a dark, hilarious story from America's most inventive nihilist, and Palahniuk's most impressive work to date."@en

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  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "American fiction"
  • "Roman psychologique"
  • "Americké romány"
  • "Popular literature"
  • "Humorous fiction"@en
  • "Humorous fiction"
  • "Psychological fiction"
  • "Psychological fiction"@en
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  • "Journal intime : roman"
  • "Diary: a novel"@en
  • "Dagboek, een roman"
  • "Diary : a novel"@en
  • "Diary : a novel"
  • "Journal intime"
  • "Diary a novel"@en
  • "Diary a novel"
  • "Das letzte Protokoll Roman"
  • "Das letzte Protokoll : Roman"
  • "Diary"@en
  • "Diary"
  • "Diary"@it
  • "Diario una novela"@es
  • "Diario : una novela"
  • "Diario : una novela"@es
  • "Deník"

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