The Wind Is Not a River: Library Edition

Payton, Brian

ISBN 10 : 1467664812 ISBN 13 : 9781467664813

Editeur : HarperCollins, 2014

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

“In this gripping, meditative second novel, Brian Payton explores this nearly forgotten chapter of American history.” (New York Times Book Review)

“Exquisite....[Payton] gives us images that are bright and crisp... [and] can write the heck out of Alaska and war...” (Chicago Tribune)

”A haunting love story wrapped in an engaging and unsettling history lesson...Along the way, readers will learn not just about a fascinating and largely forgotten slice of American history, but what it felt like to live through it.” (USA Today)

“Powerful... thoughtfully conceived...The pages of this book practically turn themselves... By turns greathearted and grim, “The Wind Is Not a River” probes the reasons for, and the consequences of, the human practice of war...this story may haunt you long after you’ve put the book down.” (Seattle Times)

“Payton crafts a beautiful, heart-inspiring and heart-wrenching tale of love, forgiveness, loneliness, the strength of the human spirit, and the power of faith in God and family. These are not the stories we heard from our parents, but they are believable nonetheless.” (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

“Set against a meticulously described Alaskan setting, each harrowing or quietly painful minute is portrayed in realistic detail...The book arcs poetically across the distance between Helen and John, drawing out the separation that they (and the reader) can hardly bear.” (BookPage)

“Payton, in the loveliest of prose, illuminates a little-known aspect of WWII while portraying a devoted couple who bravely face down the isolation, pain, and sacrifice of wartime.” (Booklist)

“This moving and powerfully written novel explores themes of war, life and death, morality, and love in a unique World War II battleground that very few people outside Alaska know about or remember...Payton...has written a suspenseful, beautifully researched title that readers will want to devour in one sitting.” (Library Journal (starred review))

“What a great-hearted, beautifully written, and utterly riveting novel. It has a power that brings to mind the old Greek stories of war, love, and journey.” (Ron Rash, bestselling author of Serena and Nothing Gold Can Stay)

“Beautifully written, lyrical and elegiac, The Wind Is Not A River is a novel you must read...John Easley’s struggle to survive and his wife Helen’s struggle to find him form the most triumphant and heartbreaking love story I’ve read in years.” (David Vann, author of Legend of a Suicide and Caribou Island)

Quatrième de couverture

A gripping tale of survival and an epic love story in which a husband and wife–separated by the only battle of World War II to take place on American soil–fight to reunite in Alaska's starkly beautiful Aleutian Islands

Following the death of his younger brother in Europe, journalist John Easley is determined to find meaning in his loss, to document some part of the growing war that claimed his own flesh and blood. Leaving behind his beloved wife, Helen, after an argument they both regret, he heads north from Seattle to investigate the Japanese invasion of Alaska's Aleutian Islands, a story censored by the U.S. government.

While John is accompanying a crew on a bombing run, his plane is shot down over the island of Attu. He survives only to find himself exposed to a harsh and unforgiving wilderness, known as "the Birthplace of Winds." There, John must battle the elements, starvation, and his own remorse while evading discovery by the Japanese.

Alone in their home three thousand miles to the south, Helen struggles with the burden of her husband's disappearance. Caught in extraordinary circumstances, in this new world of the missing, she is forced to reimagine who she is–and what she is capable of doing. Somehow, she must find John and bring him home, a quest that takes her into the farthest reaches of the war, beyond the safety of everything she knows.

A powerful, richly atmospheric story of life and death, commitment and sacrifice, The Wind Is Not a River illuminates the fragility of life and the fierce power of love.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: HarperCollins
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1467664812
• ISBN 13: 9781467664813
• Reliure: Lecteur digital à contenu audio pré-chargé
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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