The Ecstatic: Or Homunculus - Brossura

LaValle, Victor

Brossura

ISBN 10: 037571331X ISBN 13: 9780375713316

Casa editrice: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2003

Riassunto

Returning home to care for his family--an ailing grandmother, violent sister, and promiscuous mother--and a daunting mother, Anthony is unaware of his own advancing schizophrenia and unable to deal with his secret failures, while the three women in his life struggle to understand and save him from himself. A first novel. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

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Recensione

“A compassionate mystery of madness . . . gritty and funny, both smart-alecky and dark.”
—Los Angeles Times

“Bristles with visionary energy.” —Vanity Fair

“One of our most talented young writers.” —Charles Baxter

“His characters remind one of Chester Himes and Charles Wright, but LaValle is special.” —Ishmael Reed

Proves that Victor LaValle is a voice to be reckoned with for years to come.” —Ernesto Quiñonez, author of Bodega Dreams

“[The] characters are as beautifully rendered as they are bizarrely believable. . . . LaValle . . . writes prose that hums in your ear and appeals to your intellect.” —The Washington Post Book World

L'autore

Victor LaValle is the author of the short story collection Slapboxing with Jesus, winner of the PEN Open Book Award. He has also been awarded the key to Southeastern Queens. He lives in California, where he is the Distinguished Visiting Writer at Mills College.

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• Editore: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 037571331X
• ISBN 13: 9780375713316
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 288