Driftless Area - Couverture souple

Drury, Tom

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0802143040 ISBN 13 : 9780802143044

Editeur : Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press, 2007

Synopsis

The new novel from the award-winning author of The End of Vandalism is a wry and sophisticated heist drama. Set in the rugged region of the Midwest that gives the novel its title, The Driftless Area is the story of Pierre Hunter, a young bartender with unfailing optimism, a fondness for coin tricks, and an uncanny capacity for finding trouble. When he falls in love, with the mysterious and isolated Stella Rosmarin, Pierre becomes the central player in a revenge drama he must unravel and bring to its shocking conclusion. Along the way he will liberate $77,000 from a murderous thief, summon the resources that have eluded him all his life, and come to question the very meaning of chance and mortality. For nothing is as it seems in The Driftless Area. Identities shift, violent secrets lie in wait, the future can cause the past, and love becomes a mission that can take you beyond this world. In its tender, cool irony, The Driftless Area recalls the best of neonoir, and its cast of bona fide small-town eccentrics adrift in the American Midwest make for a clever and deeply pleasurable read from one of our most beloved authors.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

'Drury is a wonder of modern fiction'
INDEPENDENT

'Tom Drury's spooky neo-noir novel proves there is no one better at tangling up the lives of small Midwestern weirdos'
VANITY FAIR

'A near-masterpiece . . . Drury imbues the landscape with an impersonal, threatening and ancient chill . . . reminiscent of Twin Peaks . A hypnotic and memorable read'
TIME OUT

'A major figure in American literature, author of a string of novels without a dud in the bunch ... Drury gives us the wondrous and engaging stuff of real storytelling'
NEW YORK TIMES

'If you read The End of Vandalism you will become one of those people who try to foist it upon other people, your eyes shining with the unsettling delight of having lived through it.'
JON MCGREGOR

'Astonishing ... Drury's descriptions are so tangible that it feels almost surprising that his characters don't wander out of the pages and shake you by the hand ... The best way to do justice to the book is to urge you to read it. When I first saw a copy I noted that Jonathan Franzen was quoted on the front. At the time, I thought Drury had done well to get such an endorsement. Now I've read The End of Vandalism, I realise it's the other way round. To be associated with something this good would be an honour for any writer.'
INDEPENDENT

'Brilliant, wonderfully funny ... It's hard to think of any novel -- let alone a first novel -- in which you can hear the people so well. This is indeed deadpan humour, and Tom Drury is its master'
ANNIE DILLARD

'Wry, dry and genuinely funny ... Drury has...the ability to create a world readers can really immerse themselves in'
DAILY MAIL

'A rare master at the art of seeing.'
YIYUN LI

'The always fresh perspective of this one-of-a-kind writer will have you responding like his character who ''laughed with surprise in her heart''.'
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Présentation de l'éditeur

Set in the remote, beautiful region of the American Midwest that gives the novel its title, The Driftless Area tells the story of Pierre Hunter, a young bartender with unfailing optimism, a fondness for coin tricks, and an uncanny capacity for finding trouble.
When he falls in love with the mysterious and isolated Stella Rosmarin, Pierre becomes the central player in a revenge drama he must unravel and bring to its shocking conclusion. Along the way he will liberate $77,000 from a murderous thief, summon the resources that have eluded him all his life, and come to question the very meaning of chance and mortality.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0802143040
• ISBN 13: 9780802143044
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible