From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant
Autor Alex Gilvarryen Limba Engleză Paperback – 23 dec 2012 – vârsta de la 18 ani
Unveiling two of America's most illusory realms—high fashion and Homeland Security—Alex Gilvarry's widely acclaimed first novel is the story of designer Boy Hernandez: Filipino immigrant, New York glamour junkie, Guantánamo detainee. Locked away indefinitely and accused of being linked to a terrorist plot, Boy prepares for the tribunal of his life with this intimate confession, a dazzling swirl of soirees, runways, and hipster romance that charts one small man's pursuit of the big American dream—even as the present nightmare of detainment chisels away at his vital wit and chutzpah. From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant is funny, wise, and beguiling, a Kafkaesque tale for our strange times.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780143123064
ISBN-10: 0143123068
Pagini: 302
Dimensiuni: 136 x 208 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.24 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
ISBN-10: 0143123068
Pagini: 302
Dimensiuni: 136 x 208 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.24 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Recenzii
“Delicious . . . A left-handed love letter to America.”
—Daniel Asa Rose, The New York Times Book Review
“Lively . . . Hilarious . . . [This] whirligig of a book draws some striking parallels between the way we mythologize stars and the way we look at terrorists.”
—John Freeman, The Boston Globe
“It's rare for a novel to tread so fearlessly into the political and yet to emerge so deeply funny and humane. Gilvarry is a young talent on the rise. Watch him gallop through the mess we’ve made of our civilization with style and panache.”
—Gary Shteyngart, author of Super Sad True Love Story and Absurdistan
“The deepest intelligence is poetic, incisive and inordinately funny. Heads up, folks. Alex Gilvarry just walked through the door.”
—Colum McCann, author of Let the Great World Spin and Zoli
“Finally, a young American novelist who has the guts to confront the absurdity of the last decade. Gilvarry has given us a sly, hilarious, and wickedly insightful book about living in the United States (or trying to live in the U.S.) in the aftermath of September 11th. Fashion, terrorism, New York and Guantanamo Bay: in the hands of Gilvarry, hilarity ensues. A brilliant debut.”
—Michael Hastings, author of The Operators
—Daniel Asa Rose, The New York Times Book Review
“Lively . . . Hilarious . . . [This] whirligig of a book draws some striking parallels between the way we mythologize stars and the way we look at terrorists.”
—John Freeman, The Boston Globe
“It's rare for a novel to tread so fearlessly into the political and yet to emerge so deeply funny and humane. Gilvarry is a young talent on the rise. Watch him gallop through the mess we’ve made of our civilization with style and panache.”
—Gary Shteyngart, author of Super Sad True Love Story and Absurdistan
“The deepest intelligence is poetic, incisive and inordinately funny. Heads up, folks. Alex Gilvarry just walked through the door.”
—Colum McCann, author of Let the Great World Spin and Zoli
“Finally, a young American novelist who has the guts to confront the absurdity of the last decade. Gilvarry has given us a sly, hilarious, and wickedly insightful book about living in the United States (or trying to live in the U.S.) in the aftermath of September 11th. Fashion, terrorism, New York and Guantanamo Bay: in the hands of Gilvarry, hilarity ensues. A brilliant debut.”
—Michael Hastings, author of The Operators
Notă biografică
Alex Gilvarry was born in Staten Island, New York, in 1981. He is the author ofFrom the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant, winner of the Hornblower Award for First Fiction (from the New York Society Library), Best New Voice by Bookspan, and selected by theNew York Times as an Editor’s Choice. He’s a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 nominee and he has received fellowships from the Harry Ransom Center and the Normal Mailer Center. His essays and criticism have appeared inThe New York Times Book Review,The Nation, Boston Globe, NPR’sAll Things Considered, and many other publications. His second novel,Eastman Was Here, was nominated for the PEN Open Book Award. He is a professor of creative writing at Monmouth University where he teaches fiction.
Descriere
Boyet Hernandez arrives in New York in 2002, fresh out of design school in Manila, and sets up shop in Brooklyn. But mere weeks after a high-end retail order promises to catapult his (B)oy label to the big time, the flamboyant ex-Catholic Boyet is brought to Gitmo, handed a Koran, and locked away indefinitely on suspicion of being linked to a terrorist plot.