The Rabbit Factory: A Novel - Couverture souple

Brown, Larry

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0743245245 ISBN 13 : 9780743245241

Editeur : Atria, 2004

Synopsis

In an ambitious narrative structure reminiscent of Robert Altman's classic film Nashville, Larry Brown weaves together the stories of a sprawling cast of eccentric and lovable characters, each embarked on a quest for meaning, fulfillment, and love -- with poignant and uproarious results.
Set in Memphis and North Mississippi, The Rabbit Factory follows the colliding lives of, among others, Arthur, an older, socially ill-at-ease man of considerable wealth married to the much younger Helen, whose desperate need for satisfaction sweeps her into the arms of other men; Eric, who has run away from home thinking his father doesn't want him and becomes Arthur's unlikely surrogate son; and Anjalee, a big-hearted prostitute with her own set of troubles who crashes into the lives of the others like a one-woman hurricane.
Teeming with pitch-perfect creations that include quirky gangsters, colorful locals, seemingly straitlaced professors, and fast-and-loose police officers, Brown's spellbinding and often hilarious story is about the botched choices and missed chances that separate people -- and the tenuous threads of love and coincidence that connect them. With all the subtlety and surprise of life itself, the story turns on a dime from comical to violent to moving. Masterful, profound, and full of spirit, The Rabbit Factory is literary entertainment of the highest order.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Larry Brown was the author of eight previous books. A recipient of the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award for Literature, the Southern Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, the University of North Carolina's Thomas Wolfe Prize, and the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Award, he passed away in 2004.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Set in Memphis, "The Rabbit Factory" brings together a sprawling cast of eccentric and lovable rapscallions on a quest for meaning and fulfillment--with poignant and uproarious results.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Atria
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0743245245
• ISBN 13: 9780743245241
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 354
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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