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The Great Believers

by Rebecca Makkai
The Great Believers - Thryft
The Great Believers - Thryft

Tragic AIDS pandemic takes a heavy toll.

"The Great Believers" is a heart wrenching story of the AIDS pandemic in the 80s and how it affected the lives of the people, their relationships, and the aftermath. The novel explores a deep friendship and the impact of the tragic pandemic on the lives of the people around them. Through the story, the author captures the essence of the AIDS epidemic and the emotional toll it took on people's lives. A must-read for anyone interested in exploring the social and emotional impacts of the pandemic.

  • Pulitzer Prize Nominee for Fiction (2019)
  • Stonewall Book Award for Literature (2019)
  • Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction (2018)
  • Andrew Carnegie Medal for Fiction (2019)
  • National Book Award Finalist for Fiction (2018)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction (2018)
  • Premi Llibreter de narrativa for Altres literatures (2022)
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The Great Believers

by Rebecca Makkai
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ISBN: 9780735223523
Authors: Rebecca Makkai
Publisher: Viking
Date of Publication: 2018-06-01
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Contemporary, Historical Fiction
Related Topics: Queer, LGBT
Goodreads rating: 4.28
(rated by 131533 readers)

Description

In 1985, Yale Tishman, the development director for an art gallery in Chicago, is about to pull off an amazing coup, bringing in an extraordinary collection of 1920s paintings as a gift to the gallery. Yet as his career begins to flourish, the carnage of the AIDS epidemic grows around him. One by one, his friends are dying and after his friend Nico's funeral, the virus circles closer and closer to Yale himself. Soon the only person he has left is Fiona, Nico's little sister.Thirty years later, Fiona is in Paris tracking down her estranged daughter who disappeared into a cult. While staying with an old friend, a famous photographer who documented the Chicago crisis, she finds herself finally grappling with the devastating ways AIDS affected her life and her relationship with her daughter. The two intertwining stories take us through the heartbreak of the eighties and the chaos of the modern world, as both Yale and Fiona struggle to find goodness in the midst of disaster.The Great Believers has become a critically acclaimed, indelible piece of literature; it was selected as one of New York Times Best 10 Books of the Year, a Washington Post Notable Book, a Buzzfeed Book of the Year, a Skimm Reads pick, and a pick for the New York Public Library’s Best Books of the year.
 

Tragic AIDS pandemic takes a heavy toll.

"The Great Believers" is a heart wrenching story of the AIDS pandemic in the 80s and how it affected the lives of the people, their relationships, and the aftermath. The novel explores a deep friendship and the impact of the tragic pandemic on the lives of the people around them. Through the story, the author captures the essence of the AIDS epidemic and the emotional toll it took on people's lives. A must-read for anyone interested in exploring the social and emotional impacts of the pandemic.

  • Pulitzer Prize Nominee for Fiction (2019)
  • Stonewall Book Award for Literature (2019)
  • Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction (2018)
  • Andrew Carnegie Medal for Fiction (2019)
  • National Book Award Finalist for Fiction (2018)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction (2018)
  • Premi Llibreter de narrativa for Altres literatures (2022)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.