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Snow in August: A Novel

Autor Pete Hamill
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 10 iun 2013
Brooklyn, 1947. The war veterans have come home. Jackie Robinson is about to become a Dodger. And in one close-knit working-class neighborhood, an eleven-year-old Irish Catholic boy named Michael Devlin has just made friends with a lonely rabbi from Prague.

Snow in August is the story of that unlikely friendship -- and of how the neighborhood reacts to it. For Michael, the rabbi opens a window to ancient learning and lore that rival anything in Captain Marvel. For the rabbi, Michael illuminates the everyday mysteries of America, including the strange language of baseball. But like their hero Jackie Robinson, neither can entirely escape from the swirling prejudices of the time. Terrorized by a local gang of anti-Semitic Irish toughs, Michael and the rabbi are caught in an escalating spiral of hate for which there's only one way out -- a miracle....

Deeply affecting and wonderfully evocative of old New York, Snow in August is a brilliant fable for our time and all time -- and another triumphfor Pete Hamill.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780316242820
ISBN-10: 0316242829
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Back Bay Books

Notă biografică

Pete Hamill is a novelist, journalist, editor, and screenwriter. He is the author of twenty-two books, including the bestselling novelsTabloid City,North River,Forever, andSnow in August, and the bestselling memoirA Drinking Life. He lives in New York City.

Recenzii

"Magic....This page-turner of a fable has universal appeal."—New York Times Book Review
"A tender novel....When it comes to evoking the sights and sounds of postwar Brooklyn streets Pete Hamill has no peer....When you finish that roller-coaster last chapter you'll wonder if the shade of Isaac Bashevis Singer whispered in his ear."—Frank McCourt, author ofAngela's Ashes
"Strong and soulful-a wonderful addition to a compelling body of work. Few are as good at evoking New York City's life and heart as Pete Hamill."—Oscar Hijuelos, author of Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love