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Little Known Facts: A Novel

Autor Christine Sneed
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 12 apr 2014
The people who orbit around Renn Ivins, an actor of Harrison Ford-like stature-his girlfriends, his children, his ex-wives, those on the periphery-long to experience the glow of his flame. Anna and Will are Renn's grown children, struggling to be authentic versions of themselves in a world where they are seen as less-important extensions of their father. They are both drawn to and repelled by the man who overshadows every part of them. Most of us can imagine the perks of celebrity, butLittle Known Factsoffers a clear-eyed story of its effects-the fallout of fame and fortune on family members and others who can neither fully embrace nor ignore the superstar in their midst. WithLittle Known Facts, Christine Sneed emerges as one of the most insightful chroniclers of our celebrity-obsessed age, telling a story of influence and affluence, of forging identity and happiness and a moral compass; the question being, if we could have anything on earth, would we choose correctly?
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781608199679
ISBN-10: 1608199673
Pagini: 304
Ilustrații: N/A
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Caracteristici

Award-winning author:Winner of the Grace Paley Prize in Short Fiction; Finalist, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction; Winner, the Ploughshares Zacharis Award; Winner, the Chicago Writers Association Book of the Year Award.

Notă biografică

Christine Sneed has a creative writing MFA from Indiana University and has lived in Chicago and Evanston, IL since 1998. She teaches creative writing at DePaul University, Northwestern University and Pacific University. Her story collection,Portraits of a Few of the People I've Made Cry, won AWP's 2009 Grace Paley Prize in Short Fiction, was a finalist for theLos Angeles TimesBook Prize, first-fiction category, was named the Chicago Writer's Association Book of the Year, and has been chosen as the recipient of Ploughshares' 2011 first-book prize, the John C. Zacharis Award. It was also long-listed for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award and named one of the seven best books of the year byTime Out Chicago. Her stories have appeared or are forthcoming inBest American Short Stories,PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories,Ploughshares, Southern Review, Massachusetts Review, New England Review, Notre Dame Review,and a number of other journals. Visit her web site at http://www.christinesneed.com.

Recenzii

An entertaining, formally inventive read . . . the world that Sneed creates inLittle Known Facts--a blend of truth and fiction that weaves real life actors and directors into Renn's everyday life--makes for a clever take and a fun read.
Sneed possesses uncanny insight into the power dynamics in families, friendships and workplaces. Exquisitely structured, with its spotlight segueing among characters, bits of tabloids, journal entries and overheard conversations,Little Known Factsis one of those rare novels that is both profound and fun.
Sneed is a graceful prose stylist; sentence by sentenceLittle Known Factsis clean, spare and uncluttered.
Sneed's wit, curiosity, empathy, and ability to divine the perfect detail propel this psychologically exquisite, superbly realized novel of intriguing, caricature-transcending characters and predicaments.

Descriere

"Impressive. . . hypnotic. . . hard to put down. . . . [Sneed's] depiction of both proximity to celebrity and celebrity itself had me totally convinced." --Curtis Sittenfeld,New York Times Book Review(cover)