The Story of Edgar Sawtelle - Rilegato

Wroblewski, David

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ISBN 10: 0061374229 ISBN 13: 9780061374227

Casa editrice: Ecco Pr, 2008

Riassunto

A Hamlet-style tale that also celebrates the ancient alliance between humans and dogs follow the coming-of-age of speech-disabled Wisconsin youth Edgar, who bonds with three yearling canines and struggles to prove that his sinister uncle is responsible for his father's death. 75,000 first printing.

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The Great American Novel is something like a unicorn—rare and wonderful, and maybe no more than just a notion. Yet every few years or so, we trip across some semblance of one.... [an] extraordinary debut. (Elle)

“...a stunningly well-written novel...” (Pittsburgh Tribune)

“The author’s spellbinding first novel...is nearly impossible to put down.” (Kirkus Reviews, First Fiction Special)

Don’t let the book’s massive size fool you: This is a good old-fashioned coming-of-age yarn. Grade: A (Entertainment Weekly)

“This luminescent story has the kind of sprawling, wide-lens focus that readers think of when they talk about the so-called ‘great American novel.’” (Capital Times (Madison, WI))

“An excruciatingly captivating read...Ultimately liberating, though tragic and heart-wrenching, this book is unforgettable.” (Library Journal (starred review))

“In this beautifully written novel, David Wroblewski creates a remarkable hero who lives in a world populated as much by dogs as by humans, governed as much by the past as by the present. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle is a passionate, absorbing and deeply surprising debut.” (Margot Livesey, author of The House on Fortune Street)

“I doubt we’ll see a finer literary debut this year than The Story of Edgar Sawtelle. David Wroblewski’s got storytelling talent to burn and a big, generous heart to go with it.” (Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Empire Falls)

“The Story of Edgar Sawtelle is a wooly, unlikely, daring book, and wildly satisfying.” (Mark Doty, New York Times bestselling author of Dog Years)

“I flat-out loved The Story of Edgar Sawtelle.... Wonderful, mysterious, long and satisfying....I don’t re-read many books, because life is too short. I will be re-reading this one.” (Stephen King)

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Book by Wroblewski David

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Ecco Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0061374229
• ISBN 13: 9780061374227
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 562