Издания и произведения

Иллюзии и превращения были частью жизни Сабины. Как ассистентка известного фокусника она знала, откуда в шляпе появляется кролик, умела исчезать на глазах у зрителей и мило улыбаться, будучи распиливаемой на части. Как его жена она полагала, что хорошо знает человека, с которым состоит в браке… Однако после внезапной смерти Парсифаля оказалось, что свой самый сложный фокус он исполнил не на сцене, а в жизни: выяснилось, что он жил под чужим именем, а его семья, якобы погибшая в результате трагического несчастного случая, на самом деле жива…

Third – and breakthrough – novel by an acclaimed American writer with an enchanting, quirky voice. ‘The Magician’s Assistant’ is at once a love story and a brilliant portrayal of reinvention about a magician who dies leaving his assistant/wife to discover he has lied about his past. A magician (with one memorable appearance on the Johnny Carson Show to his credit) takes the name Parsifal. He is gay. He has a Vietnamese lover, Phan. When Phan dies of AIDS, Parsifal marries the woman who has always adored him and who has lived with them both, his assistant Sabine. Then Parsifal himself dies in California, suddenly and…

When Parsifal, a handsome and charming magician, dies suddenly, his widow Sabine—who was also his faithful assistant for twenty years—learns that the family he claimed to have lost in a tragic accident is very much alive and well. Sabine is left to unravel his secrets, and the adventure she embarks upon, from sunny Los Angeles to the bitter windswept plains of Nebraska, will work its own magic on her. Sabine's extraordinary tale captures the hearts of its readers just as Sabine is captured by her quest.