The Illustrated Version of Things - Couverture souple

Konar, Affinity

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1573661473 ISBN 13 : 9781573661478

Editeur : Fiction Collective 2, 2011

Synopsis

The Illustrated Version of Things is the tale of a young woman, raised in foster homes, juvenile halls, and a mental hospital, on a quest to reunite her disparate family and track down her missing mother. There are her grandparents, Holocaust survivors who reckon with history by staying in bed with their cowboy boots on; her father, a nurse who makes vitamins as a hobby; and her half-brother, an overachiever who doesn’t know whether his name is Moses or Miguel, but is certain that his sister isn’t capable of leading a steady life. More than these, she longs for her mother, and she embarks on a search that leads her into the company of pedophiles, vagrant gamblers, fortune tellers, and musical ghosts. Enchantment and conjured memories become her only hope for finding her mother, until she undertakes a last-chance gambit—voluntary incarceration in the jail that might hold her mother—that will either set her free or follow her for life. Konar’s characters, incredible, tragic, and sympathetic, keep us in a state of deranged rapture, making The Illustrated Version of Things an original and irresistible fiction debut.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Affinity Konar is the author of MISCHLING, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year 2016 and an Amazon.com Book of the Year.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Fiction Collective 2
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1573661473
• ISBN 13: 9781573661478
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 229
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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