Shy - Couverture rigide

Max Porter

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0771004494 ISBN 13 : 9780771004490

Editeur : Strange Light, 2023

Synopsis

In a dilapidated mansion, in the middle of the night, a young man is considering what could be his final decision in this world.The rucksack is shockingly heavy.The floorboards complain.He checks again, the spliff is diagonal-snug in the empty Embassy box.The daytime check is a half-dream away.The room is molten soft. Tempting.Jumpy.The rucksack is shockingly heavy.It's 3:13 a.m.Shy. A troubled teen, a "dangerous young man," a reject from the social structures that no longer wish to nurture him. Shy knows that society has not failed him, he has failed it--parents, schooling, friends and sometime girlfriends. Judged and found wanting, he now lives at Last Chance , a boarding school for boys like him.Set over a few hours of a single evening, Shy exists between the stillness and beauty of a nocturne and the exhilarating shout of simultaneous teenage joy and anguish. With leaps of linguistic brilliance and wild energy, this is an utterly immersive novel in its authenticity and heart-breaking honesty. As with all Porter's writing, the darkness is indivisible from a core of humour and humanity. It is his greatest feat of empathy yet.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Strange Light
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0771004494
• ISBN 13: 9780771004490
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible