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Paradise Sky

Autor Joe R. Lansdale
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 26 sep 2017

Ritmul este amețitor, o cursă contra cronometru prin praful și sângele Vestului Sălbatic. Găsim în această carte o energie brută care nu lasă loc de respiro. Willie, un tânăr de culoare, fuge din Texas după ce un moșier îi ucide tatălul. Devine Nat Love, apoi legendarul Deadwood Dick. Apreciem modul în care Joe R. Lansdale transformă biografia reală într-o epopee a supraviețuirii. Remarcăm antrenamentul riguros sub îndrumarea mentorului său, Loving, care îl învață să tragă, să citească și să grădinărească. Tensiunea crește când Nat ajunge soldat Buffalo și se împrietenește cu faimosul Wild Bill Hickok. Forța narativă a lui Pete Dexter în Deadwood combinată cu sensibilitatea istorică din Life and Adventures of Nat Love — dar cu un glas propriu, mult mai percutant și ironic. Dacă în seria Hap and Leonard, prin titluri precum The Two-Bear Mambo sau Bad Chili, autorul explora noir-ul texan contemporan, aici aplică aceeași violență stilizată și umor negru peisajului istoric de frontieră. Este o vânătoare de oameni unde miza este demnitatea. Hăituit de aceiași „demoni” care i-au distrus familia, Nat Love pornește spre o confruntare finală inevitabilă. Stilul este direct, tăios, specific unui autor care stăpânește artele marțiale și economia cuvintelor.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780316329347
ISBN-10: 0316329347
Pagini: 416
Dimensiuni: 141 x 209 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Editura: Hachette Book Group

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Pentru cititorii care caută un western revizionist, rapid și violent, în spiritul filmului Django Unchained. Câștigați o perspectivă rară asupra cowboy-ilor afro-americani, bazată pe fapte reale, dar livrată cu adrenalina unui thriller modern. Este o poveste despre transformarea traumelor în putere și despre prețul libertății într-o Americă aflată la granița dintre legendă și brutalitate.


Despre autor

Joe R. Lansdale este un scriitor american versatil, maestru al genurilor western, horror și suspans, fiind totodată instructor de arte marțiale. Proza sa, adesea adaptată pentru film și televiziune, i-a adus numeroase distincții prestigioase, printre care Edgar Award și unsprezece premii Bram Stoker. Este recunoscut pentru vocea sa „foarte texană”, combinând umorul bizar cu acțiunea viscerală. Prin Paradise Sky, Lansdale își consolidează reputația de cronicar al Americii marginale, explorând teme de justiție și identitate prin prisma personajelor sale dure, dar profund umane.


Descriere scurtă

A Library Journal Best Book of 2015!

A rollicking novel about Nat Love, an African-American cowboy with a famous nickname: Deadwood Dick.

Young Willie is on the run, having fled his small Texas farm when an infamous local landowner murdered his father. A man named Loving takes him in and trains him in the fine arts of shooting, riding, reading, and gardening. When Loving dies, Willie re-christens himself Nat Love in tribute to his mentor, and heads west.

In Deadwood, South Dakota Territory, Nat becomes a Buffalo Soldier and is befriended by Wild Bill Hickok. After winning a famous shooting match, Nat's peerless marksmanship and charm earn him the nickname Deadwood Dick, as well as a beautiful woman. But the hellhounds are still on his trail, and they brutally attack Nat Love's love. Pursuing the men who have driven his wife mad, Nat heads south for a final, deadly showdown against those who would strip him of his home, his love, his freedom, and his life.

Notă biografică

Joe R. Lansdale is the author of more than three dozen novels, including The Thicket, Edge of Dark Water, The Bottoms, and A Fine Dark Line. He has received the British Fantasy Award, the American Mystery Award, the Edgar Award, the Grinzane Cavour Prize for Literature, and nine Bram Stoker Awards. He lives with his family in Nacogdoches, Texas.

Recenzii

"Fantastic . . . Lansdale has pulled out all the stops to deliver a rip-roaring tale."—Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times
"[A] breakout novel . . . Addictive fun . . . A rollicking ride that's suspenseful, hilarious and satisfyingly redemptive. . . . Lansdale at his funniest and most energetic, with some of the most engaging writing you'll read this year. . . . Lansdale has unleashed something remarkable."—Dwight Silverman, Houston Chronicle
"Joe R. Lansdale takes on Nat Love and the legend of Deadwood Dick in his new novel, Paradise Sky, and hosannas should be sung to him for doing so. Paradise Sky is a remarkable achievement, an instant classic of Western lit. . . . It sometimes seems as if [Lansdale] has published around a thousand novels, and he, no doubt, will publish many more. Paradise Sky may well prove to be Lansdale's best."—W.K. Stratton, Dallas Morning News
"A deftly told yarn. Everything about Paradise Sky is classic Western drama . . . You can almost smell the beans heating up on the campfire and see the rugged beauty of the frontier."—Evan Rodriguez, Austin American-Statesman
"Lansdale is a master storyteller and this novel is a prime example of his talent. Paradise Sky is at times exciting, inspiring, surreal, and heartbreaking. In other words, the novel is true to life."—Josef Hernandez, Examiner.com
"Beautiful literary prose . . . He fills each page with heartbreak, suspense, hope, and laughter."—Eric J. Guignard, New York Journal of Books
"Folksy, cinematic . . . Lansdale fills his pages with true-hearted heroes, dastardly scoundrels, and rollicking adventures."—Publishers Weekly (starred)
"Paradise Sky is a rowdy, funny, suspenseful, and often quite moving yarn."—Booklist (starred)
"This fast-paced Western with its multicultural cast of characters is a winner."—Library Journal (starred)
"It is a full-blooded western, served up unapologetically and masterfully Lansdale-style and set in the 1870s....Paradise Sky is an unblinking and unvarnished look at a rough-edged time and place in United States history, one that never becomes overburdened with the sorrow of tragic events while respecting the good times and recognizing their temporary nature. Lansdale is one of those very rare authors who can have his readers howling with laughter during one sentence while bringing tear to their eyes with the next."—BookReporter
PRAISE FOR JOE LANSDALE:

"Reading Joe Lansdale is like listening to a favorite uncle who just happens to be a fabulous storyteller."—Dean Koontz

"Too often overlooked in American literature is that lineage descending from our early humorists such as Bierce, and from Twain: regional, darkly comic, bizarre. That's where Joe Lansdale lives. He's very Texan, very American, very funny--and a stone brilliant writer."—James Sallis, author of Drive

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'True American original' Joe Lansdale's wildly entertaining novel based on the real-life figure of Nat Love, an African-American cowboy and Buffalo Soldier. If you enjoyed Deadwood or Django Unchained, this is for you.