Rich Boy
Autor Sharon Pomerantzen Limba Engleză Paperback – 12 iul 2011
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780446563192
ISBN-10: 0446563196
Pagini: 528
Dimensiuni: 133 x 203 x 38 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Editura: Grand Central Publishing
Colecția Twelve
ISBN-10: 0446563196
Pagini: 528
Dimensiuni: 133 x 203 x 38 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Editura: Grand Central Publishing
Colecția Twelve
Notă biografică
Sharon Pomerantz is a graduate of the University of Michigan's M.F.A. program. Her short fiction has appeared in numerous journals, including The Missouri Review and Ploughshares. Her story "Ghost Knife" was included in The Best American Short Stories 2003, and "Shoes" was nationally broadcast on NPR's Selected Shorts. She currently teaches writing at the University of Michigan. Rich Boy is her first novel.
Recenzii
"This
debut
novel
does
something
quite
rare.
It
manages
to
be
both
detailed
and
general--
to
tell
a
single
story
and
make
of
it
a
parable,
to
chart
the
rise
and
fall
of
a
representative
figure
in
'the
American
century.'
Sharon
Pomerantz
reminds
us
of
a
truth
that
fiction
can
embody:
however
bright
the
flame
or
dark
the
burn-out,
however
commercial
the
marriage
or
spectacular
the
fraud,
there
are
human
beings
at
risk.
Her
character
of
Robert
Vishniak
is
the
poorRich
Boywrit
large."—Nicholas
Delbanco,
author
of
What
Remains
and
The
Vagabonds
"Very rarely, a writer comes along who understands the very rich, and those who are determined to become very rich. Think Fitzgerald and Gatsby, Bellow and Augie March, Wolfe andBonfire of the Vanities. And now here comes Sharon Pomerantz, bringing to life in an utterly compelling and convincing way Manhattan in the 1970s and 1980s, with all its avarice, ambition, snobbery, love, lust, and self-delusion. If you want to understand what made Bernie Madoff possible, I can think of no more serious, sensitive, and intelligent novel to read than Rich Boy."—Eileen Pollack author ofIn the Mouth,The Rabbi in the Attic, andParadise, New York
"At once a panoramic portrayal of American life from the 60s to the 80s and an intimate study of one restless dreamer of the American dream, Rich Boy offers us a vivid examination of class - the sharp and subtle distinctions between both rich and poor, and rich and wealthy. Pomerantz's book is a noteworthy addition to that long and distinguished line of American fiction about money stretching fromThe Great GatsbytoThe Bonfire of the Vanities."—Peter Ho Davies, author ofThe Welsh Girl
"ReadingRICH BOY, I remember how much I lovedMarjorie Morningstar... The same thing is happening here with Robert Vishniak, who spends his life trying to escape a past that he is not proud of as he infiltrates the most elite social circles. It takes place over four decades, and the story is rich and full of detail. Pomerantz worked on it for 10 years, and her attention to the craft is evident."—BookReporter
"Very rarely, a writer comes along who understands the very rich, and those who are determined to become very rich. Think Fitzgerald and Gatsby, Bellow and Augie March, Wolfe andBonfire of the Vanities. And now here comes Sharon Pomerantz, bringing to life in an utterly compelling and convincing way Manhattan in the 1970s and 1980s, with all its avarice, ambition, snobbery, love, lust, and self-delusion. If you want to understand what made Bernie Madoff possible, I can think of no more serious, sensitive, and intelligent novel to read than Rich Boy."—Eileen Pollack author ofIn the Mouth,The Rabbi in the Attic, andParadise, New York
"At once a panoramic portrayal of American life from the 60s to the 80s and an intimate study of one restless dreamer of the American dream, Rich Boy offers us a vivid examination of class - the sharp and subtle distinctions between both rich and poor, and rich and wealthy. Pomerantz's book is a noteworthy addition to that long and distinguished line of American fiction about money stretching fromThe Great GatsbytoThe Bonfire of the Vanities."—Peter Ho Davies, author ofThe Welsh Girl
"Compelling,
finely
crafted...Pomerantz's
sweeping
tale
captures
the
intimate
truths
and
hypocrisies
of
class,
identity,
and
one
man's
quintessential
American
experience."
—Booklist
(starred
review)"ReadingRICH BOY, I remember how much I lovedMarjorie Morningstar... The same thing is happening here with Robert Vishniak, who spends his life trying to escape a past that he is not proud of as he infiltrates the most elite social circles. It takes place over four decades, and the story is rich and full of detail. Pomerantz worked on it for 10 years, and her attention to the craft is evident."—BookReporter