This River Awakens - Couverture souple

Erikson, Steven

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Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0593067789 ISBN 13 : 9780593067789

Editeur : Bantam Press, 2012

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Quatri�me de couverture :

It was a time and place of discord.This much my memory tells me.But memory is not enough.

It is spring, and Owen Brand and his family have just moved to the riverside town of Middlecross in yet another attempt to escape poverty.

For twelve-year-old Owen, it's the chance for a new life and an end to his family's isolation. It's the chance to make new friends too, and he quickly falls in with a gang of three local boys.

With summer comes the freedom from school, and two adults seem to preside over the boys' activities. One is Walter Gribbs, the benign old watchman from the yacht club; the other, Hodgson Fisk, a vindictive farmer tormented by his past.

Then the gang stumbles across a body in the river - a macabre discovery that, as the year turns full circle, presages a cataclysm that will envelop them all...

By turns lyrical, tender and disturbing, this powerful portrayal of a rite of passage was originally published in 1998, when critics rightfully hailed it as signalling the arrival of a prodigious new talent. The novel has been revised by the author for this new edition.

Pr�sentation de l'�diteur :

In the spring of 1971, Owen Brand and his family move to the riverside town of Middlecross in a renewed attempt to escape poverty. For twelve-year-old Owen, it's the opportunity for a new life and an end to his family's isolation and he quickly falls in with a gang of three local boys and forms a strong bond with Jennifer, the rebellious daughter of a violent, alcoholic father. As summer brings release from school, two figures preside over the boys' activities: Walter Gribbs, a benign old watchman at the yacht club, and Hogdson Fisk, a vindictive farmer tormented by his past. Then the boys stumble on a body washed up on the riverbank - a discovery whose reverberations will result, as the year comes full circle, in a cataclysm that envelops them all...

Steven Erikson first novel, This River Awakens, is a lyrical, tender and disturbing portrayal of a rite of passage that is both harsh and revelatory.

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