The Darling: A Novel - Brossura

Banks, Russell

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0060957352 ISBN 13: 9780060957353

Casa editrice: Perennial, 2005

Riassunto

Having fled to West Africa in the late 1970s for her work as a political radical and member of the Weather Underground, Hannah Musgrave befriends notorious former Liberian president Charles Taylor, whom she helps to escape from prison and who years later leads a rebellion that threatens Hannah's family. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 75,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“Banks’s novel is a vivid account of a time of terror, exposing the secrets of the soul.” (O magazine)

“Powerful and evocative...” (Newsweek)

“Banks creates a heroine every bit as complex and flawed as someone out of Jane Austen.” (Hartford Courant)

“A powerful new novel.” (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

“Hannah’s story shows why Banks ranks among our boldest artists.” (Boston Globe)

“Banks has created a heroine every bit as complex and flawed as something out of Jane Austen.” (St. Petersburg Times)

“Reverberating with ideas and startling prose.” (Village Voice)

“In The Darling, he is working at full strength, and his readers are in his debt.” (Washington Post Book World)

“Once again, he has produced a novel that is searing, demanding and unforgettable.” (Newsweek)

“Banks has written a novel that is utterly accessible, forcefully wrought and undeniably passionate.” (Lisa Ko, author of The Leavers)

L'autore:

Russell Banks, twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, is one of America’s most prestigious fiction writers, a past president of the International Parliament of Writers, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His work has been translated into twenty languages and has received numerous prizes and awards, including the Common Wealth Award for Literature. He lives in upstate New York and Miami, Florida.

 

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• Editore: Perennial
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0060957352
• ISBN 13: 9780060957353
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 391