We Live in Water: Cărțile preferate de Barack Obama
Autor Jess Walteren Limba Engleză Paperback – 2 iul 2014
We Live in Waterbrings to vivid life a world of lost fathers and redemptive con men, of personal struggles and diminished dreams, a world marked by the wry wit and generosity of spirit that has made Jess Walter one of America's most talked-about writers.
In 'Thief', a blue-collar worker turns unlikely detective to find out which of his kids is stealing from the family vacation fund. In 'We Live in Water', a lawyer returns to a corrupt North Idaho town to find the father who disappeared thirty years earlier. In 'Anything Helps', a homeless man has to 'go to cardboard' to raise enough money to buy his son the new Harry Potter book. In 'Virgo', a local newspaper editor tries to get back at his superstitious ex-girlfriend by screwing with her horoscope. The final story transforms slyly from a portrait of Walter's hometown into a moving contemplation of our times.
'A ridiculously talented writer'The New York Times
'One of my favourite young American writers' Nick Hornby
'Darkly funny, sneakily sad, these stories are very, very good'Publisher's Weekly
'A witty and sobering snapshot of recession-era America'Kirkus
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 0241003857
Pagini: 192
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 12 mm
Greutate: 0.14 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Seria Cărțile preferate de Barack Obama
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Jess Walter is the author of six novels, including The Financial Lives of the Poets, published by Penguin. Beautiful Ruins was a New York Times bestseller, and We Live in Water was one of Barack Obama's books of 2019. Jess Walter lives in Spokane, Washington with his family.
Recenzii
Awittyandsoberingsnapshot of recession-era America
Wildly entertainingandthought-provoking
A genius of the modern American movement
Jess Walter has impressive command of the short story...Since 13 stories should be plenty for a collection,maybe the best compliment we might pay the author is to object that this book is too short
A more expansive, wittier Raymond Carver
One for the hols
Clever, original and a little dark
There's no sudden resolution, but there's enough wit to help you get through the messy bits
A collection of punchy stories . . .Sold and sold
Descriere
From Jess Walter, the bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins, comes We Live in Water - a darkly funny, utterly compelling collection of stories about the American family.
We Live in Water brings to vivid life a world of lost fathers and redemptive con men, of personal struggles and diminished dreams, a world marked by the wry wit and generosity of spirit that has made Jess Walter one of America's most talked-about writers.
In 'Thief', a blue-collar worker turns unlikely detective to find out which of his kids is stealing from the family vacation fund. In 'We Live in Water', a lawyer returns to a corrupt North Idaho town to find the father who disappeared thirty years earlier. In 'Anything Helps', a homeless man has to 'go to cardboard' to raise enough money to buy his son the new Harry Potter book. In 'Virgo', a local newspaper editor tries to get back at his superstitious ex-girlfriend by screwing with her horoscope. The final story transforms slyly from a portrait of Walter's hometown into a moving contemplation of our times.
'A ridiculously talented writer' The New York Times
'One of my favourite young American writers' Nick Hornby
'Darkly funny, sneakily sad, these stories are very, very good' Publisher's Weekly
'A witty and sobering snapshot of recession-era America' Kirkus