The Dogs of March - Couverture souple

Hebert, Ernest

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140055606 ISBN 13 : 9780140055603

Editeur : Viking Pr, 1980

Synopsis

Book by Hebert Ernest

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

His life had come to this: save a few deer from the jaws of dogs. He was a small man sent to perform a small task."" Howard Elman is a man whose internal landscape is as disordered as his front yard, where native New Hampshire birches and maples mingle with a bullet-riddled washer, abandoned bathroom fixtures, and several junk cars. Howard, anti-hero of this first novel in Ernest Hebert's highly acclaimed Darby Chronicles, is a man who is tough and tender. Howard's battle against encroaching change symbolizes the class conflict between indigenous Granite Staters scratching out a living and citified immigrants with ""college degrees and big bank accounts."" Like the winter-weakened deer threatened by the dogs of Marchthe normally docile house pets whose instincts arouse them to chase and kill for sportHoward, too, is sorely beset. The seven novels of Hebert's Darby Chronicles cover 35 years in the life of a small New England town as seen through the eyes of three familiesthe Elmans, the Salmons, and the Jordanseach representing a distinct social class. It all starts with The Dogs of March, cited for excellence in 1980 by the Hemingway Foundation (now the Pen Faulkner Award for Fiction).

Présentation de l'éditeur

His life had come to this: save a few deer from the jaws of dogs. He was a small man sent to perform a small task."" Howard Elman is a man whose internal landscape is as disordered as his front yard, where native New Hampshire birches mingle with a bullet-riddled washer, abandoned bathroom fixtures, and several junk cars. Howard, anti-hero of this first novel in Ernest Hebert's highly acclaimed Darby series, is a mixture too. Howard's battle against encroaching change symbolizes the class conflict between indigenous Granite Staters scratching out a living and citified immigrants with ""college degrees and big bank accounts."" Like the winter-weakened deer threatened by the dogs of March -- the normally docile house pets whose instincts arouse them to chase and kill for sport -- Howard, too, is sorely beset.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Viking Pr
• Date d'édition: 1980
• ISBN 10: 0140055606
• ISBN 13: 9780140055603
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 255
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible