The City of Your Final Destination - Couverture souple

Cameron Mbbs MD Facem, Professor Cepmlp University Of Dundee And Professor Robert Schuman Centre Peter

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0312656548 ISBN 13 : 9780312656546

Editeur : Picador USA, 2010

Synopsis

The City of Your Final Destination is a touching, clever and wonderfully comic novel from Peter Cameron, now a major motion picture starring Anthony Hopkins, Laura Linney, and Charlotte Gainsbourg.

Omar Razaghi posts a letter on September 13, 1995 that will change the course of his life forever. A doctoral student at the University of Kansas, he writes to the estate of the Latin American author Jules Gund, requesting permission to write Gund's authorized biography. His request is refused, but Omar has already accepted a fellowship from the university, and with his girlfriend's vehement encouragement, he goes in person to Uruguay to petition to Gund's three executors.

Although Caroline Gund, Jules' wife, and Arden Langdon, Jules' mistress and mother of his child, are initially opposed to the idea of a biography, Omar has the support of Adam, Jules' older brother, and hopes to be able to persuade the two women. Omar's unexpected arrival in Uruguay reverberates through this odd and isolated little family group, and his stay in the languid, dreamy Ochos Rios makes him question his former life in Kansas, and his ability-even his desire-to write an "authorized" life.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Peter Cameron is the author of Andorra, The City of Your Final Destination, and Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, Grand Street, and The Paris Review. He lives in New York City.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Picador USA
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0312656548
• ISBN 13: 9780312656546
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
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• Personne responsable: non disponible