The Long Take - Couverture rigide

Robertson, Robin

 
9781509846887: The Long Take
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1509846883 ISBN 13 : 9781509846887
Editeur : Picador, 2018

Synopsis

A noir narrative written with the intensity and power of poetry, The Long Take is one of the most remarkable - and unclassifiable - books of recent years. Walker is a D-Day veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder; he can't return home to rural Nova Scotia, and looks instead to the city for freedom, anonymity and repair. As he moves from New York to Los Angeles and San Francisco we witness a crucial period of fracture in American history, one that also allowed film noir to flourish. The Dream had gone s

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À propos de l?auteur

Robin Robertson is from the north-east coast of Scotland. He has published six previous books of poetry and received various accolades, including the Petrarca-Preis, the E.M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and all three Forward Prizes. His last book, The Long Take – a narrative poem set in post-war America – won the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, the Goldsmiths Prize for innovative fiction, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

A noir narrative written with the intensity and power of poetry, The Long Take is one of the most remarkable - and unclassifiable - books of recent years. Walker is a D-Day veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder; he can't return home to rural Nova Scotia, and looks instead to the city for freedom, anonymity and repair. As he moves from New York to Los Angeles and San Francisco we witness a crucial period of fracture in American history, one that also allowed film noir to flourish. The Dream had gone s

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Éditeur
Picador
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1509846883
ISBN 13 
9781509846887
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
256
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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