Rear View: Stories - Couverture souple

Duval, Peter

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0618441409 ISBN 13 : 9780618441402

Editeur : Mariner Books, 2004

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

"[These stories] illuminate the lives of working-class people with moments of rare beauty..." Kirkus Reviews, Starred

"Duval is an inventive stylist." Publishers Weekly

"A fresh voice and approach..." Booklist, ALA

"Intriguing . . . Duval is the master of convincing details." Boston Globe

"A confident, hard-muscled debut from a writer who knows how to handle the wheel even while flicking glances up at the mirror where all those miles recede behind us." The San Francisco Chronicle

"Honest, funny, sad . . .Pete Duval's sense of story is as unerring as his generosity toward his people is heartening." -- Stewart O'Nan

"Knocks you back, makes you rethink your life, with its daily rhythms, small epiphanies, moments of hope and despair, and glimpses of grandeur. . . an auspicious debut." -- Jay Parini

Présentation de l'éditeur :

With uncanny insight and deadpan humor, the twelve stories in Pete Duval's debut collection feature night shift workers, lapsed Catholics, bullies, and smalltime thieves struggling with their jobs, their religion, and their families. Duval records in a fresh, off-kilter voice the desperate measures, heated confrontations, and moments of grace that occur in working-class communities. Throughout the collection, Duval explores his characters with compassion and candor and an eye for the surprising moment.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Mariner Books
• Date d'édition: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0618441409
• ISBN 13: 9780618441402
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 176