The Testament of Gideon Mack - Brossura

Robertson, James

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0143113194 ISBN 13: 9780143113195

Casa editrice: Penguin Group USA, 2008

Riassunto

Surviving a deadly accident, atheist minister Gideon Mack is suspended from the church and publicly mocked for claiming he was rescued by the devil, a circumstance that forces him to go into hiding to record the unusual story of his life, marked by a repressive father and a spiritual awakening. Reprint.

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Recensione:

"Provocative . . . [Gideon's] testament will affirm your faith in the power of fiction."
-The Washington Post

"Haunting, memorable, and completely compelling."
-Los Angeles Times

"Uncommonly thought-provoking and serious-minded . . . Gideon Mack's story raises disquieting questions most modern fiction prefers to ignore."
-San Francisco Chronicle

L'autore:

James Robertson was born in Scotland in 1958. He is the author of several short story and poetry collections and has published the novels The Fanatic, Joseph Knight, and The Testament of Gideon Mack, among others. Joseph Knight won the Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year and the Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year, and The Testament of Gideon Mack was longlisted for the 2006 Man Booker Prize. Robertson runs the independent publishing house Kettillonia, and he is co-founder and general editor of the Scots language imprint Itchy Coo, which produces books in Scots for children and young adults.

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• Editore: Penguin Group USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0143113194
• ISBN 13: 9780143113195
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 386