West of Here - Couverture souple

Evison, Jonathan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1616200820 ISBN 13 : 9781616200824

Editeur : Algonquin Books, 2012

Synopsis

At the foot of the Elwha River, the muddy outpost of Port Bonita is about to boom, fueled by a ragtag band of dizzyingly disparate men and women unified only in their visions of a more prosperous future. A failed accountant by the name of Ethan Thornburgh has just arrived in Port Bonita to reclaim the woman he loves and start a family. Ethan’s obsession with a brighter future impels the damming of the mighty Elwha to harness its power and put Port Bonita on the map. More than a century later, his great-great grandson, a middle manager at a failing fish- packing plant, is destined to oversee the undoing of that vision, as the great Thornburgh dam is marked for demolition, having blocked the very lifeline that could have sustained the town. West of Here is a grand and playful odyssey, a multilayered saga of destiny and greed, adventure and passion, that chronicles the life of one small town, turning America’s history into myth, and myth into a nation’s shared experience.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jonathan Evison is the author of the novels All About Lulu, West of Here, The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving, This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance!, Lawn Boy, and Legends of the North Cascades. He lives with his wife and family in Washington State.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Algonquin Books
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1616200820
• ISBN 13: 9781616200824
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 512
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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