The Jumper - Couverture souple

Parrish, Tim

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1937875288 ISBN 13 : 9781937875282

Editeur : Texas Review Press, 2013

Synopsis

The Jumper is an old-fashioned, modern novel both dark and funny. Its central character, Jimmy Strawhorn, grows up on a ranch in West Texas thinking he's an orphan but is summoned to Baton Rouge, where he discovers his past is stranger than he can imagine.

Jimmy tries to navigate his urge to jump from high places, his fear of falling in love, and a complex family history full of deceit and racial ambiguity. At the same time, two other eccentric main characters, named Sandra and J. T., deal with dangerous pasts and presents of their own as Jimmy's arrival alters their lives.

Winner of the 2012 George Garrett Prize for Fiction

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

TIM PARRISH is the author of Fear and What Follows: The Violent Education of a Christian Racist and of the story collection Red Stick Men. A native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, he lives in New Haven, Connecticut, where he teaches fiction writing in the MFA and undergraduate programs at Southern Connecticut State University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Texas Review Press
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1937875288
• ISBN 13: 9781937875282
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 296
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• Personne responsable: non disponible