Coronado: Stories - Brossura

Lehane, Dennis

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0061139718 ISBN 13: 9780061139710

Casa editrice: William Morrow & Co, 2007

Riassunto

The best-selling author of the Shamus Award-winning A Drink Before the War presents a compilation of some of his best previously published short works, in a volume that includes an original short tale and the story "Until Gwen," which has been adapted for the New York stage as the drama Coronado. Reprint. 50,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“A knockout performance...This one is a classic.” (Kirkus Reviews (starred review))

“There’s not a wasted word in these dark, spare tales about disenfranchised males of the South” (Library Journal (starred review))

“[Dennis Lehane is} an author whose stories make us dig down unto our own hopes and fears.” (USA Today)

“a brilliant, insightful and intriguing literary voyage” (Boston Herald)

“the kind of lyrical writing that is to literature what John Prine and Tom Waits are to music.” (San Jose Mercury News)

“the stuff of a reliable pro” (Daily News)

“Lehane has a startling capacity for assessing broken people ” (Entertainment Weekly)

“Five richly vernacular stories and one play...Powerfully envisioned lives, recounted unflinchingly.” (Publishers Weekly)

L'autore:

Dennis Lehane is the author of ten previous novels—including the New York Times bestsellers Live by Night; Moonlight Mile; Gone, Baby, Gone; Mystic River; Shutter Island; and The Given Day—as well as Coronado, a collection of short stories and a play. He lives in California with his family.

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• Editore: William Morrow & Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0061139718
• ISBN 13: 9780061139710
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 232