The Homesman. - Couverture souple

Swarthout, Glendon

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1476754268 ISBN 13 : 9781476754260

Editeur : Simon & Schuster, 2014

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

In pioneer Nebraska, a woman leads where no man will go
Now a major motion picture directed by Tommy Lee Jones, The Homesman is a devastating story of early pioneers in 1850s American West. It celebrates the ones we hear nothing of: the brave women whose hearts and minds were broken by a life of bitter hardship. A 'homesman' must be found to escort a handful of them back East to a sanitarium. When none of the county's men steps up, the job falls to Mary Bee Cuddy -- ex-teacher, spinster, indomitable and resourceful. Brave as she is, Mary Bee knows she cannot succeed alone. The only companion she can find is the low-life claim jumper George Briggs. Thus begins a trek east, against the tide of colonization, against hardship, Indian attacks, ice storms , and loneliness -- a timeless, prize-winning classic told in a series of tough, fast-paced adventures.
A new afterword by the author's son Miles Swarthout tells of his parents Glendon and Kathryn's discovery of and research into the lives of oft-forgotten frontier women who make The Homesman as moving and believable as it is unforgettable.
'I tell friends what The Homesman is about and their eyes open wide and they can't wait to read it. And that's just the plot. Swarthout puts you there, in time and place. I love the way he writes' Elmore
Leonard
'Totally involving from its very first words ... a dangerous journey into the soul, an exploration of the relationships of men and women to each other, to their environments and -- ultimately most devastatingly -- to themselves' Los Angeles Times Book Review

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The Homesman opens in the 1850s, when early pioneers are doing anything they can to survive dreadful conditions. Women especially struggle with broken hearts and minds as they face bitter hardships: One nineteen-year-old mother loses her three children to diphtheria in three days; another woman left alone for two nights is forced to shoot wolves to protect herself.
The situation calls for a "homesman"-a person charged with taking these women, driven mad by the conditions of rural life, to asylums in the East. Not exactly a job people are lining up for, it falls to Mary Bee Cuddy, an ex-teacher and spinster, who is indomitable, resourceful, and "plain as an old tin pail." Brave as she is, Mary Bee knows she can't make it alone, so she takes along her only available companion: the lowlife and untrustworthy George Briggs.
Mary Bee and George know it won't be easy, but their endurance is truly tested as they fight the tide of colonization, Indian attacks, ice storms, loneliness, and the unceasing aggravation of a disparate group of mad women. This is the tale of their journey and a tribute to the men and women who homesteaded the frontier, whether they survived or not.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Simon & Schuster
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1476754268
• ISBN 13: 9781476754260
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 255