num_pages: 242
description: By the time she dies at age 106, Esther Gottesfeld, the last survivor of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire, has told the story of that day many times. But her own role remains How did she survive? Are the gaps in her story just common mistakes, or has she concealed a secret over the years? As her granddaughter seeks the real story in the present day, a zealous feminist historian bears down on her with her own set of conclusions, and Esther's voice vies with theirs to reveal the full meaning of the tragedy.A brilliant chronicle of the event that stood for ninety years as New York's most violent disaster, Triangle forces us to consider how we tell our stories, how we hear them, and how history is forged from unverifiable truths.
language: English
title: Triangle
titlecomplete: Triangle
genres: Book Club, Jewish, New York, Mystery, Fiction, American History, Historical Fiction, Adult, Music, Historical
ratings_count: 1184
places: New Haven, Connecticut
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Connecticut Book Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: John Gardner Book Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Paterson Fiction Prize
publisher: Picador