Waterloo
Autor Karen Olssonen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 oct 2006
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Nick Lasseter is in a slump--as a reporter for the "Waterloo Weekly, " and in every other part of his life as well. When he grudgingly agrees to write a piece about a rising female Republican legislator, he stumbles onto a political fight in which the good guys and bad guys start to seem interchangeable. And not even the deceased can be relied upon to stick to their stories when Nick gets involved with a political insider. As they search the dim depths of a civic past that's anything but dead and buried, they find that some things never change--things like the moral ambiguity of practical politics and the sad, hilarious cluelessness of young men in love.
Bittersweet and biting, elegiac and sharply observed, "Waterloo" is a portrait of a generation in search of itself--and a love letter to the slackers, rockers, hustlers, hacks, and hangers-on who populate Austin, Texas--from a formidable new intelligence in American fiction.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780312425593
ISBN-10: 0312425597
Pagini: 307
Dimensiuni: 142 x 208 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Editura: Picador USA
ISBN-10: 0312425597
Pagini: 307
Dimensiuni: 142 x 208 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Editura: Picador USA
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Recenzii
"Olsson's dry irony, nuanced observations and enjoyably moody atmosphere build into a sophisticated portrait of her hometown . . . A debut to be enjoyed by idealists everywhere, and one bound to get Austin locals gossiping."--"Kirkus Reviews (June 15, 2005 issue)
"Tart and melancholy, Waterloo is a sharply focused snapshot of contemporary journalists, rockers, politicos, lovers, and losers adrift in post-millennial Texas. Karen Olsson elegantly superimposes these modern lives on an affecting portrait of their forebears. The result is complex, beautifully rendered, and deeply satisfying ." --Seth Greenland, author of THE BONES
"Karen Olsson is the most incisive and engaging writer to hit the Texas literary scene in a long time." --Larry McMurtry
""Waterloo is a wonderful book, in both senses of the word: it's a consummate work of literary art, beautiful in design and unfaltering in its realization, as intricate and well-finished as a hand-carved chest. And inside there are these wonders, too: men and women engaged in the graceful-ungainly pursuit of life, love, and political power. It's a broad book, and a deep one, but it's written with the lightest of touches. It should find its audience in anyone who cares how the world once went, and how it goes." --Jim Lewis, author of "Why the Tree Loves the Ax
"A melancholy comedy of Texas politics Ýwritten¨ with great wit and assurance."--Mark Costello, "The New York Times Book Review"
"Frank, clever prose."--"The Believer"
"Pleasantly ambles along like a Patsy Cline ballad. . . . Olsson masterfully incorporates . . . a theme of transience . . . into each story line."--"Time Out New York" "Olsson's true achievement: connecting the real world of state politics and raw deals to an imaginary world of human frailty and complexity . . . What makes "Waterloo" transcendent of its time and place is Olsson's ability to draw out the common humanity between liberal journalist Nick Lasseter and conservative politician Beverley Flintic."--"Austin American-Statesman" "An affectionate and gently humorous tribute to . . . Austin . . . Politics and journalism play a major role in the story and are handled with intelligence and insight. . . . This debut has much to recommend it."--"Library Journal" "Acid-sweet tale of life, love and politics in slackerville . . . Olsson's dry irony, nuanced observations and enjoyably moody atmosphere build into a sophisticated portrait of her hometown. A debut to be enjoyed by idealists everywhere."--"Kirkus Reviews" "Intricate, ambitious . . . Clean, brisk prose."--"Publishers Weekly" "Ambling, amiable, and super-smart."--"Daily Candy" "Wistfully mischievous . . . A shrewd "roman a clef" Ýand¨ that rare accomplishment, a provincial fiction that finds the universe in a grain of Texas silt . . . A melancholy, jolly take on human imperfection."--"San Antonio Current"
"A melancholy comedy of Texas politics [written] with great wit and assurance."--Mark Costello, "The New York Times Book Review"
"Frank, clever prose."--"The Believer"
"Pleasantly ambles along like a Patsy Cline ballad. . . . Olsson masterfully incorporates . . . a theme of transience . . . into each story line."--"Time Out New York" "Olsson's true achievement: connecting the real world of state politics and raw deals to an imaginary world of human frailty and complexity . . . What makes "Waterloo" transcendent of its time and place is Olsson's ability to draw out the common humanity between liberal journalist Nick Lasseter and conservative politician Beverley Flintic."--"Austin American-Statesman" "An affectionate and gently humorous tribute to . . . Austin . . . Politics and journalism play a major role in the story and are handled with intelligence and insight. . . . This debut has much to recommend it."--"Library Journal" "Acid-sweet tale of life, love and politicse
"Tart and melancholy, Waterloo is a sharply focused snapshot of contemporary journalists, rockers, politicos, lovers, and losers adrift in post-millennial Texas. Karen Olsson elegantly superimposes these modern lives on an affecting portrait of their forebears. The result is complex, beautifully rendered, and deeply satisfying ." --Seth Greenland, author of THE BONES
"Karen Olsson is the most incisive and engaging writer to hit the Texas literary scene in a long time." --Larry McMurtry
""Waterloo is a wonderful book, in both senses of the word: it's a consummate work of literary art, beautiful in design and unfaltering in its realization, as intricate and well-finished as a hand-carved chest. And inside there are these wonders, too: men and women engaged in the graceful-ungainly pursuit of life, love, and political power. It's a broad book, and a deep one, but it's written with the lightest of touches. It should find its audience in anyone who cares how the world once went, and how it goes." --Jim Lewis, author of "Why the Tree Loves the Ax
"A melancholy comedy of Texas politics Ýwritten¨ with great wit and assurance."--Mark Costello, "The New York Times Book Review"
"Frank, clever prose."--"The Believer"
"Pleasantly ambles along like a Patsy Cline ballad. . . . Olsson masterfully incorporates . . . a theme of transience . . . into each story line."--"Time Out New York" "Olsson's true achievement: connecting the real world of state politics and raw deals to an imaginary world of human frailty and complexity . . . What makes "Waterloo" transcendent of its time and place is Olsson's ability to draw out the common humanity between liberal journalist Nick Lasseter and conservative politician Beverley Flintic."--"Austin American-Statesman" "An affectionate and gently humorous tribute to . . . Austin . . . Politics and journalism play a major role in the story and are handled with intelligence and insight. . . . This debut has much to recommend it."--"Library Journal" "Acid-sweet tale of life, love and politics in slackerville . . . Olsson's dry irony, nuanced observations and enjoyably moody atmosphere build into a sophisticated portrait of her hometown. A debut to be enjoyed by idealists everywhere."--"Kirkus Reviews" "Intricate, ambitious . . . Clean, brisk prose."--"Publishers Weekly" "Ambling, amiable, and super-smart."--"Daily Candy" "Wistfully mischievous . . . A shrewd "roman a clef" Ýand¨ that rare accomplishment, a provincial fiction that finds the universe in a grain of Texas silt . . . A melancholy, jolly take on human imperfection."--"San Antonio Current"
"A melancholy comedy of Texas politics [written] with great wit and assurance."--Mark Costello, "The New York Times Book Review"
"Frank, clever prose."--"The Believer"
"Pleasantly ambles along like a Patsy Cline ballad. . . . Olsson masterfully incorporates . . . a theme of transience . . . into each story line."--"Time Out New York" "Olsson's true achievement: connecting the real world of state politics and raw deals to an imaginary world of human frailty and complexity . . . What makes "Waterloo" transcendent of its time and place is Olsson's ability to draw out the common humanity between liberal journalist Nick Lasseter and conservative politician Beverley Flintic."--"Austin American-Statesman" "An affectionate and gently humorous tribute to . . . Austin . . . Politics and journalism play a major role in the story and are handled with intelligence and insight. . . . This debut has much to recommend it."--"Library Journal" "Acid-sweet tale of life, love and politicse
Descriere
Nick Lasseter is in a slump--as a reporter for the "Waterloo Weekly, " and in every other part of his life as well. When he grudgingly agrees to write a piece about a rising female Republican legislator, he stumbles onto a political fight in which the good guys and bad guys start to seem interchangeable. And not even the deceased can be relied upon to stick to their stories when Nick gets involved with a political insider. As they search the dim depths of a civic past that's anything but dead and buried, they find that some things never change--things like the moral ambiguity of practical politics and the sad, hilarious cluelessness of young men in love.
Bittersweet and biting, elegiac and sharply observed, "Waterloo" is a portrait of a generation in search of itself--and a love letter to the slackers, rockers, hustlers, hacks, and hangers-on who populate Austin, Texas--from a formidable new intelligence in American fiction.
Bittersweet and biting, elegiac and sharply observed, "Waterloo" is a portrait of a generation in search of itself--and a love letter to the slackers, rockers, hustlers, hacks, and hangers-on who populate Austin, Texas--from a formidable new intelligence in American fiction.
Notă biografică
Karen Olsson
Premii
- Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award Honorable Mention, 2006