Edinburgh - Couverture souple

Weston, Hilary

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0749559977 ISBN 13 : 9780749559977

Editeur : Automobile Association, 2009

Synopsis

Explore historic areas, haunted buildings and follow in the footsteps of the famous, with this exciting city tour guide. The guide offers the walker the opportunity to discover Edinburgh's history in all its gore and glory, (as well as the architecture, the skulduggery and the ghost stories), while not missing those all-important places to stop and admire the view or have a cup of coffee. First time and regular visitors will relish the carefully designed tours, which explore Edinburgh's best-known landmarks as well as the secrets only known by the locals. The easy-to-follow maps, clear route directions and running tour commentary make it easy to find your way without a guide, while the writing style is upbeat, readable and informative.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year Winner of the James Michener/Copernicus Society Fellowship Prize Lambda Literary Foundation Editor’s Choice Award   “Incomparable . . . because of its bravery, its wisdom, its vitality, and because it’s a novel that never stops haunting.” —Junot Díaz “[Chee] says volumes with just a few incendiary words.” —New York Times   “Arresting . . . profound and poetic . . . Chee’s voice is worth listening to.” —San Francisco Chronicle   “Alexander Chee gets my vote for the best new novelist I’ve read in some time. Edinburgh is moody, dramatic—and pure.” —Edmund White   Twelve-year-old Fee is a shy Korean American boy and a newly named section leader of the first sopranos in his local boys’ choir. But when Fee learns how the director treats his section leaders, he is so ashamed he says nothing of the abuse, not even when Peter, his best friend, is in line to be next. When the director is arrested, Fee tries to forgive himself for his silence. But when Peter takes his own life, Fee blames only himself. In the years that follow he slowly builds a new life, teaching near his hometown. There he meets a young student who is the picture of Peter and is forced to confront the past he believed was gone. Told with “the force of a dream and the heft of a life,”* Edinburgh marked Chee “as a major talent whose career will bear watching” (Publishers Weekly).   “A coming-of-age tale in the grand Romantic tradition, where passions run high, Cupid stalks Psyche, and love shares the dance floor with death . . . A lovely, nuanced, never predictable portrait of a creative soul in the throes of becoming.” —Washington Post

Revue de presse

“Haunting . . .complex . . . sophisticated . . . [Chee] says volumes with just a few incendiary words.” —New York Times “A coming-of-age novel in the grand Romantic tradition, where passions run high, Cupid stalks Psyche, and love shares the dance floor with death . . . A lovely, nuanced, never predictable portrait of a creative soul in the throes of becoming.” —Washington Post “Lyrical . . . arresting . . . compelling . . . Edinburgh is beautifully imagined and executed . . . Profound and poetic . . . Chee's is a voice worth listening to.” —San Francisco Chronicle “Edinburgh has the force of a dream and the heft of a life. And Alexander Chee is a brilliant new writer.” —Annie Dillard “Alexander Chee gets my vote for the best new novelist I've read in some time. Edinburgh is moody, dramatic—and pure.” —Edmund White “Few coming-of-age novels truly stir one's emotions or lead readers to consider the trauma of their own lives. Edinburgh does both.” —Newsday

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Automobile Association
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0749559977
• ISBN 13: 9780749559977
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible