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Crossing to safety

The story of two American couples, one from the East and one from the West, who form a fast and lifelong friendship during the mid-thirties of the Depression.

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  • "Tracing the lives, loves, and aspirations of two couples who move between Vermont and Wisconsin, it is a work of quiet majesty, deep compassion, and powerful insight into the alchemy of friendship and marriage."
  • "Deux couples d'enseignants à l'âge de la retraite, qui se connaissent depuis de nombreuses années, se retrouvent dans une maison le temps des vacances au milieu de la forêt. Passé et présent jouent à cache-cache et la mort rôde..."
  • "The story of two American couples, one from the East and one from the West, who form a fast and lifelong friendship during the mid-thirties of the Depression."@en
  • "The story of two American couples, one from the East and one from the West, who form a fast and lifelong friendship during the mid-thirties of the Depression."
  • "A novel of the friendships and woes of two couples, which tells the story of their lives in lyrical, evocative prose by one of the finest American writers of the late 20th century."
  • "Traces the lives, loves, and aspirations of two couples who move between Vermont and Wisconsin -- a work of quiet majesty, deep compassion, and powerful insight into the alchemy of friendship and marriage."@en
  • "Traces the lives, loves, and aspirations of two couples who move between Vermont and Wisconsin -- a work of quiet majesty, deep compassion, and powerful insight into the alchemy of friendship and marriage."
  • "?Introduction by Terry Tempest Williams Afterword by T. H. Watkins ?Called a "magnificently crafted story . . . brimming with wisdom" by Howard Frank Mosher in The Washington Post Book World, Crossing to Safety has, since its publication in 1987, established itself as one of the greatest and most cherished American novels of the twentieth century. Tracing the lives, loves, and aspirations of two couples who move between Vermont and Wisconsin, it is a work of quiet majesty, deep compassion, and powerful insight into the alchemy of friendship and marriage. From the Trade Paperback edition."@en
  • "Read by John Randolph Jones."@en
  • "Tracing the interlocking lives of four lifelong friends who move between Vermont and Wisconsin, this novel explores their loves and aspirations and offers a powerful insight into what makes us human."
  • "Tracing the interlocking lives of four lifelong friends who move between Vermont and Wisconsin, this novel explores their loves and aspirations and offers a powerful insight into what makes us human."@en

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  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Contemporary fiction"@en
  • "Powieść amerykańska"
  • "Didactic fiction"@en
  • "Didactic fiction"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Large type books"@en

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  • "Crossing to safety : a novel"
  • "Crossing to safety"
  • "Crossing to safety"@en
  • "En lieu sûr"
  • "Wat behouden blijft"
  • "Crossing to Safety"@en
  • "Zeit der Geborgenheit Roman"
  • "En lugar seguro"@es
  • "En lugar seguro"
  • "Zeit der Geborgenheit : Roman"
  • "Crossing to safety : [a novel]"
  • "En lloc segur"
  • "En lloc segur"@ca

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