Oyster: A Novel - Brossura

Biguenet, John

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0060514477 ISBN 13: 9780060514471

Casa editrice: Ecco Pr, 2003

Riassunto

A rivalry between two Louisiana oystering families erupts in 1957 when Felix and Mathilde Petitjean offer their young daughter, Therese, in marriage to fifty-two-year-old Horse Bruneau, who holds the papers on their boat and house and harbors long-time feelings for Mathilde. A first novel. Reader's Guide available. Reprint.

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Recensione:

“A rich gumbo of incest and longing that simmers with tension.” (Playboy)

“Gripping.... An unforgettable look at the effects of generations of bad blood between two families.” (Booklist (starred review))

“A masterful tale of deadly rivalries.” (New Orleans Times-Picayune)

“Biguenet’s calm, lucid prose is consistently entrancing.” (New York Times Book Review)

“Biguenet explores with startling honesty the virtues and flaws that reveal themselves when we encounter extraordinary situations.” (Yale Review of Books)

“An astonishing, occasionally daunting imagination.” (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)

“An outstanding first novel. . . full of mollusks, menace, and murder.” (Esquire)

“A thrilling read filled with a complex and unpredictable plot.” (Daily Mississippian)

“[Oyster] unfolds like a Rube Goldberg blueprint, ... whose complicated network ... entwines the lives of two families.” (San Francisco Chronicle)

“Truths. . . as universal as any Euripides might have contemplated.” (Washington Post)

L'autore:

John Biguenet's fiction has appeared in such publications as Esquire, Granta, Playboy, Story, and Zoetrope. The winner of an 0. Henry Award for short fiction, he lives in New Orleans. Ecco published his debut collection of stories, The Torturer's Apprentice, in 2001. Oyster is his first novel.

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• Editore: Ecco Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0060514477
• ISBN 13: 9780060514471
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 291