The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel - Brossura

Wroblewski, David

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0061374237 ISBN 13: 9780061374234

Casa editrice: Ecco Pr, 2009

Riassunto

A best-selling selection in Oprah's Book Club celebrates the ancient alliance between humans and dogs and follows 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. Reprint. 500,000 first printing.

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“A stunning first novel...a ranging story that is part coming of age, part mystery and part tragedy on the order of Hamlet...Wroblewski executes with elan, building an addicting tale peopled by fully dimensional characters. He carries the reader, with authority and confidence, on a thought-provoking ride.” (Denver Post)

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

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

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 literary thriller with commercial legs, this stunning debut is bound to be a bestseller.” (Publishers Weekly (starred review))

“A stately, wonderfully written debut novel...[Wroblewski] takes an intense interest in his characters; takes pains to invest emotion and rough understanding in them; and sets them in motion with graceful language... a boon for dog lovers, and for fans of storytelling that eschews flash. Highly recommended.” (Kirkus Reviews (starred review))

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

“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)

“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 most enchanting debut novel of the summer....a great, big, mesmerizing read, audaciously envisioned as classic Americana...One of the great pleasures of The Story of Edgar Sawtelle is its free-roaming, unhurried progress, enlivened by the author’s inability to write anything but guilelessly captivating prose. (New York Times)

L'autore:

David Wroblewski grew up in rural Wisconsin, not far from the Chequamegon National Forest where The Story of Edgar Sawtelle is set. He earned his master's degree from the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers and now lives in Colorado with his partner, the writer Kimberly McClintock, and their dog, Lola. This is his first novel.

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• Editore: Ecco Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0061374237
• ISBN 13: 9780061374234
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 562