The Longitude of Grief - Couverture souple

Daddona, Matthew

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798218246433

Editeur : Wandering Aengus Press, 2024

Synopsis

"Daddona's immersive debut is both a coming-of-age story and a portrait of a community...There are big ideas aplenty in here-and some bleak moments of moral horror as well. A philosophical, intentionally digressive exploration of masculinity, toxic and otherwise."

-Kirkus Reviews

Henry Manero wants to grow up. But growing up is seldom the same as moving on. In this poetic and at times philosophical coming-of-age novel, Henry must learn to navigate his inherited guilt and trauma alongside several generations of dispirited loners-among them his absent father, suffering mother, three wild cousins, and bumbling stepfather. When Henry befriends an elderly man, Josef, whose sagaciousness presents new possibilities in life, he wonders if he can escape the trappings of his small town, and of his own mind. Will Henry achieve a newfound sense of self with the help of Josef, or is Josef yet another false star in a constellation of malevolent men with which Henry is surrounded?

Combining the lyricism of Justin Torres' We the Animals with the kaleidoscopic visions of boyhood in David Mitchell's Black Swan Green, Matthew Daddona's debut novel The Longitude of Grief is a tender rumination on the familial bonds that entangle and entrance us all.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Matthew Daddona is the author of the poetry collection House of Sound, which Publishers Weekly called "ruminative...a glimpse into a mind on the search for answers." A multi-hyphenate writer, his work has appeared in dozens of publications, including The New York Times, Newsday, Electric Literature, Whalebone, Tin House, and McSweeney's Internet Tendency. He lives on the North Fork of Long Island, where, in addition to writing, he shucks oysters, installs irrigation systems, and volunteers as a firefighter. The Longitude of Grief is his first novel.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wandering Aengus Press
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798218246433
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 242
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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