Hunts in Dreams
Autor Tom Druryen Limba Engleză Paperback – 21 mai 2013
“Drury is a truly great writer.”—Esquire
“A beguiling novel . . . perceptive and captivating.”—The New York Times
“Startling and utterly original.”—Newsday
In this mesmerizing novel, Tom Drury once again journeys to the quiet Midwest to spend an action-packed October weekend in the lives of a precarious family whose members all want something without knowing how to get it: for Charles, an heirloom shotgun; for his wife, Joan, the imaginative life she once knew; for their young son, Micah, a knowledge of the scope and reliability of his world, aided by prowling the empty town at night; and for Joan’s daughter, Lyris, a stable foot from which to begin to grow up.
Sometimes together, sometimes crucially apart, father, mother, son, and daughter move through a series of vivid encounters that demonstrate how even the most provisional family can endure in its own particular way.
“A beguiling novel . . . perceptive and captivating.”—The New York Times
“Startling and utterly original.”—Newsday
In this mesmerizing novel, Tom Drury once again journeys to the quiet Midwest to spend an action-packed October weekend in the lives of a precarious family whose members all want something without knowing how to get it: for Charles, an heirloom shotgun; for his wife, Joan, the imaginative life she once knew; for their young son, Micah, a knowledge of the scope and reliability of his world, aided by prowling the empty town at night; and for Joan’s daughter, Lyris, a stable foot from which to begin to grow up.
Sometimes together, sometimes crucially apart, father, mother, son, and daughter move through a series of vivid encounters that demonstrate how even the most provisional family can endure in its own particular way.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780802145611
ISBN-10: 0802145612
Pagini: 192
Dimensiuni: 141 x 211 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.24 kg
Editura: Grove Atlantic
ISBN-10: 0802145612
Pagini: 192
Dimensiuni: 141 x 211 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.24 kg
Editura: Grove Atlantic
Recenzii
“Startling and utterly original.”—Newsday
“A beguiling novel . . . Perceptive and captivating.”—The New York Times
“Gorgeous, inexplicably sad and funny.”—Salon
“Drury is an absolutely delightful writer who has carved out a world of his own in American fiction, one that is odd, revealing, and yet filled with love.”—Library Journal
"Here's an author who sees and hears what others either miss or fail to note the significance of."—Richard Russo
“A beguiling novel . . . Perceptive and captivating.”—The New York Times
“Gorgeous, inexplicably sad and funny.”—Salon
“Drury is an absolutely delightful writer who has carved out a world of his own in American fiction, one that is odd, revealing, and yet filled with love.”—Library Journal
"Here's an author who sees and hears what others either miss or fail to note the significance of."—Richard Russo
Notă biografică
Tom Drury is also the author of The End of Vandalism, Hunts in Dreams, The Driftless Area, and The Black Book. His fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper’s Magazine, and The Mississippi Review, and he has been named one of Granta’s “Best Young American Novelists.”
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Grouse County, somewhere in the Midwest. Over the course of a long, autumnal weekend, each member of the Darling family is in search of something elusive. For Charles it's an heirloom shotgun; for his wife, Joan, the imaginative life she once knew; for their young son, Micah, who prowls the empty streets at night, it's a sense of the limits of his world; and for Joan's daughter, Lyris, a stable base from which to begin to grow up.
The follow-up to the cult-classic The End of Vandalism, Hunts in Dreams is a remarkable novel from a modern master.
Grouse County, somewhere in the Midwest. Over the course of a long, autumnal weekend, each member of the Darling family is in search of something elusive. For Charles it's an heirloom shotgun; for his wife, Joan, the imaginative life she once knew; for their young son, Micah, who prowls the empty streets at night, it's a sense of the limits of his world; and for Joan's daughter, Lyris, a stable base from which to begin to grow up.
The follow-up to the cult-classic The End of Vandalism, Hunts in Dreams is a remarkable novel from a modern master.