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In The Ruins - Couverture souple

Minto, John

 
9780595360772: In The Ruins
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0595360777 ISBN 13 : 9780595360772
Editeur : iUniverse, 2005

Synopsis

Parole Officer Maria Peres confronts Brooklyn's volatile streets and disturbing incidents in her own past while hunting a parole violator who has committed a particularly heinous crime. More profoundly, the novel explores a young woman's search for a meaningful life in a flawed world where morality is relative and terrible acts are committed gratuitously.The poetry of one of the novel's characters provides a further level of exploration. While ostensibly narrating the Aztec's fall to the conquistadors, the verse, by suggesting a parallel between the historical characters in the poem and the characters in the novel itself, leads to reflections on the ambiguous nature of individuality and its relationship to the past.This inward journey uses flashbacks and time shifts to create an ambiance of simultaneity as well as a portrait of the city-a city that emerges as one of the novel's unifying themes.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Parole Officer Maria Peres confronts Brooklyn's volatile streets and disturbing incidents in her own past while hunting a parole violator who has committed a particularly heinous crime. More profoundly, the novel explores a young woman's search for a meaningful life in a flawed world where morality is relative and terrible acts are committed gratuitously.The poetry of one of the novel's characters provides a further level of exploration. While ostensibly narrating the Aztec's fall to the conquistadors, the verse, by suggesting a parallel between the historical characters in the poem and the characters in the novel itself, leads to reflections on the ambiguous nature of individuality and its relationship to the past.This inward journey uses flashbacks and time shifts to create an ambiance of simultaneity as well as a portrait of the city-a city that emerges as one of the novel's unifying themes.

Biographie de l'auteur

Jean D. Minton worked as a parole officer in Brooklyn where the incidents occurred upon which this novel is loosely based. Since turning to writing the author has published 2 other novels. Fireflies explores the benign face of ambition while Pipe Dreams examines its more specious expression.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2005
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595360777
ISBN 13 
9780595360772
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
220
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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