Fishboy - Couverture souple

Richard, Mark

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 034062485X ISBN 13 : 9780340624852

Editeur : Sceptre, 1995

Synopsis

This account of a voyage of ill-omen is the story of an abandoned boy who stows away on a trawler manned by freaks and renegades. On a journey replete with phantoms, vultures and rogue waves, Fishboy learns his shipmates' dark secrets before returning to his watery origins to reclaim his innocence.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Mark Richard is the author of two award-winning short story collections, The Ice at the Bottom of the World and Charity, and the novel Fishboy. His short stories and journalism have appeared in the New York Times, The New Yorker, Harper’s, Esquire, Vogue, and GQ. He is the recipient of the PEN/Hemingway Award, a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, and a Whiting Foundation Writer’s Award. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and their three sons.

Présentation de l'éditeur

In the brilliant idiom of a modern Melville or Conrad, an odyssey of discovery by a bold and outrageous talent--the PEN/Hemingway Award--winning author of The Ice At The Bottom Of The World.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Sceptre
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 034062485X
• ISBN 13: 9780340624852
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 228
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible