Falconer: John Cheever - Brossura

Cheever, John

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ISBN 10: 0099583135 ISBN 13: 9780099583134

Casa editrice: Vintage Classics, 2014

Riassunto

Discover John Cheever’s quirky psychological novel that is the perfect book club read.

Ezekiel Farragut is a college professor, a drug-addict and a murderer. Locked in Falconer State Penitentiary, he struggles through tormenting visits from his wife, the burden of memory and guilt, and the brutal monotony of his surroundings to retain his humanity, eventually finding the possibility of redemption through an affair with a fellow prisoner. Considered by many to be Cheever's masterpiece, Falconer is a tour de force from one of America's greatest storytellers.

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Recensione:

"A whole swathe of poor and underprivileged America is evoked by one of the country's most rarified stylists" (James Wood)

"One of the most important novels of our time.. Read it and be ennobled" (New York Times)

"Splendid...it is rough, it is elegant, it is pure. It is also indispensable, if you earnestly desire to know what is happening to the human soul in the USA." (Saul Bellow)

"One of our truly fine writers...Moving and excellent" (Washington Post)

Descrizione del libro:

The raw, rage-filled final novel from a master American storyteller

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Vintage Classics
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0099583135
• ISBN 13: 9780099583134
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 192