| Synopsis: |
In this extraordinary story, Stingo, an inexperienced twenty-two-year-old Southerner, takes us back to the summer of 1947 ad a boarding house in a leafy Brooklyn suburb. There he meets Nathan, a fiery Jewish intellectual, and Sophie, a beautiful and fragile Polish Catholic. Stingo is drawn into the heart of their passionate and destructive relationship as witness, confidant, and supplicant. Ultimately he arrives at the dark core of Sophie's past: her memories of pre-war Poland, the concentration camp, and--the essence of her terrible secret--her choice... Mery] Streep starred in the film version of "Sophie's Choice, winning as Academy Award for Best Actress. |