The Kid
Autor Sapphireen Limba Engleză Paperback – 2 mai 2012
Abdul is nine years old when his mother dies. Parentless, he is sent to a foster home and then to a Catholic orphanage. But the priests charged to care for him abuse his trust terribly.
Abdul reacts in the most frightening way imaginable. Soon he is trapped in a dark cycle of sexual violence and betrayal. Yet through dance, in controlling his body, he discovers a way he might somehow break free and become himself . . .
A harrowing and powerful novel set in New York,The Kidis a portrait of a boy growing up in a cruel world.
'Prepare to be harrowed; I was sobbing by the end of the first chapter . . . Sapphire writes with a burning anger that gives this novel an explosive power'The Times
'Hardcore. Brave, bold, uncompromising. The breathtaking velocity and visceral power of Sapphire's prose soars off the page'Observer
'Captures the gruelling heartbreak of trying to love anything when the world doesn't love you enough'New York Herald Tribune
'A dark and punishing tale'Big Issue
'A fearless writer and thinker of enormous talent, insight and skill. Abdul's story is frighteningly realistic. A consummate work of art, style and brains. Full of the energy of pain, rage, grief and doubt'List
'Devastating. An accomplished work of art . . . hard to forget'Los Angeles Times
'Urgent, troubling, harrowing, masterfully narrated, powerful'Diva
Sapphire is the author of two poetry collections,Black Wings and Blind AngelsandAmerican Dreamsand the bestselling novelPush. The film adaptation of her novel,Precious,received the Academy Awards for Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress - for actor Mo'Nique - in addition to the Grand Jury Prize and Audience awards in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at Sundance. In 2009 she was a recipient of a United States Artist Fellowship. She lives in New York City.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780241957301
ISBN-10: 0241957303
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 1 x 1 x 1 mm
Greutate: 0.15 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0241957303
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 1 x 1 x 1 mm
Greutate: 0.15 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Sapphire
is
the
author
of
two
collections
of
poetry
and
the
bestselling
novelPush.
The
film
adaption
of
her
novel,Precious(2009),
received
the
Academy
Award
for
Best
Screenplay
and
Best
Supporting
Actress,
in
addition
to
the
Grand
Jury
Prize
and
Audience
awards
in
the
U.S.
Dramatic
Competition
at
Sundance.
In
2009
she
was
a
recipient
of
a
United
States
Artist
Fellowship.
She
lives
in
New
York
City.
Recenzii
Sapphire
never
flinches
from
the
truth
Captures the gruelling heartbreak of trying to love anything when the world doesn't love you enough
Prepare to be harrowed; I was sobbing by the end of the first chapter . . . [Sapphire] writes with a burning anger that gives this novel an explosive power
Sapphire is not your average writer. Brave, bold and uncompromising . . . The breathtaking velocity and visceral power of her prose soars off the page . . . The novel keeps you on tenterhooks
Explicit and damning in its depiction of a forgotten underclass . . . Stunning . . . Exhilarating
A dark and punishing tale
The Kidis deeply moving
Harrowing . . . Masterfully narrated . . . Powerful
Abdul's story is frighteningly realistic . . . The novel itself is a consummate work of art, style and brains, shining at times with the possibility for hope and joy . . . More accomplished than [Push] and a thousand times more frightening
Painstakingly beautiful
Captures the gruelling heartbreak of trying to love anything when the world doesn't love you enough
Prepare to be harrowed; I was sobbing by the end of the first chapter . . . [Sapphire] writes with a burning anger that gives this novel an explosive power
Sapphire is not your average writer. Brave, bold and uncompromising . . . The breathtaking velocity and visceral power of her prose soars off the page . . . The novel keeps you on tenterhooks
Explicit and damning in its depiction of a forgotten underclass . . . Stunning . . . Exhilarating
A dark and punishing tale
The Kidis deeply moving
Harrowing . . . Masterfully narrated . . . Powerful
Abdul's story is frighteningly realistic . . . The novel itself is a consummate work of art, style and brains, shining at times with the possibility for hope and joy . . . More accomplished than [Push] and a thousand times more frightening
Painstakingly beautiful
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From the bestselling author of "Push," a story of survival and awakening featuring Abdul Jones, the son of Sapphire's unforgettable heroine, Precious. Left alone by his mother's death, he is forced to confront violence, his history, and the dark corners of his own heart.
From the bestselling author of "Push," a story of survival and awakening featuring Abdul Jones, the son of Sapphire's unforgettable heroine, Precious. Left alone by his mother's death, he is forced to confront violence, his history, and the dark corners of his own heart.