The Son - Couverture souple

Meyer, Philipp

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0857209442 ISBN 13 : 9780857209443

Editeur : Scribner UK, 2014

Synopsis

Part epic of Texas, part classic coming-of-age story, part unflinching portrait of the bloody price of power, The Son is an utterly transporting novel that maps the legacy of violence in the American West through the lives of the McCulloughs, an ambitious

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À propos de l'auteur

Philipp Meyer is an American novelist. He is the author of American Rust and The Son, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and a New York Times bestseller. Meyer is a chevalier (knight) in France’s Order of Arts and Letters. Both of his prior novels were adapted into television shows and translated into dozens of languages. His short stories have appeared in The New Yorker and McSweeney’s. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

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NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES: the critically acclaimed, New York Times-bestselling epic, a saga of land, blood and power, follows the rise of one unforgettable Texas family from the Comanche raids of the 1800s to the oil booms of the 20th century.
Eli McCullough is just twelve years old when a marauding band of Comanche storm his Texas homestead, brutally murder his mother and sister and take him captive. Despite their torture and cruelty, Eli - against all odds - adapts to life with the Comanche, learning their ways and language, taking on a new name, finding a place as the adopted son of the band's chief and fighting their wars against not only other Indians but white men too, which complicates his sense of loyalty, his promised vengeance and his very understanding of self. But when disease, starvation and westward expansion finally decimate the Comanche, Eli is left alone in a world in which he belongs nowhere, neither white nor Indian, civilized nor fully wild. Deftly interweaving Eli’s story with those of his son Peter and his great-granddaughter JA, The Son maps the legacy of Eli’s ruthlessness, his drive to power and his lifelong status as an outsider, even as the McCullough family rises to become one of the richest in Texas, a ranching and oil dynasty that is as resilient and dangerous as the land they claim. Yet, like all empires, the McCulloughs must eventually face the consequences of their choices. Panoramic, deeply evocative and utterly transporting, The Son is a masterpiece American novel - part epic of Texas, part classic coming-of-age story - that combines the narrative prowess of Larry McMurtry with the knife-edge sharpness of Cormac McCarthy.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Scribner UK
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0857209442
• ISBN 13: 9780857209443
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 608
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• Personne responsable: non disponible