Sketcher - Couverture souple

Watson-Grant, Roland

 
9781846883125: Sketcher
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1846883121 ISBN 13 : 9781846883125
Editeur : Alma Books Ltd, 2014

Synopsis

Atmospheric, uplifting and deeply moving, Sketcher - Roland Watson-Grant's stunning debut - is a novel about the beauty of life no matter how broken it is. Nine-year-old "Skid" Beaumont's family is stuck in the mud. Following his father's decision to relocate and build a new home, based on a drunken vision that New Orleans would rapidly expand eastwards into the wetlands as a result of the Seventies' oil boom, Skid and his brothers grow up in a swampy area of Louisiana. But the constructions stop short, the dream fizzles out, and the Beaumonts find themselves sinking in a soggy corner of 1980s Cold War America. As things on the home front get more complicated, Skid learns of his mother's alleged magic powers and vaguely remembers some eerie stories surrounding his elder brother Frico. These, as well as early events that Skid saw with his own eyes, convince him that Frico has a gift to fix things by simply sketching them. For the next few years, Skid's self-appointed mission to convince his brother to join him in his lofty plan to change their family's luck and the world they live in will lead to even more mystery and high drama in the swamp. Atmospheric, uplifting and deeply moving, Sketcher - Roland Watson-Grant's stunning debut - is a novel about the beauty of life no matter how broken it is.

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À propos de l?auteur

Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Roland Watson-Grant, a former teacher of English, studied Literature at the University of the West Indies. He now works in advertising as Creative Director. A short-story version of Sketcher won the Lightship Short Story Competition.

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Éditeur
Alma Books Ltd
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1846883121
ISBN 13 
9781846883125
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
320
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
WordUnited GmbH
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ISBN 10 :  1444821350 ISBN 13 :  9781444821352
Editeur : Ulverscroft Ltd, 2014
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