The Cloud Atlas - Rilegato

Callanan, Liam

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ISBN 10: 0385336942 ISBN 13: 9780385336949

Casa editrice: Delacorte Pr, 2004

Riassunto

Drifting through the night, whisper-quiet, they were the most sublime manifestations of a desperate enemy: Japanese balloon bombs. Made of rice paper, at once ingenious and deadly, they sailed thousands of miles across the Pacific...and once they started landing, the U.S. scrambled teams to find and defuse them, and then keep them secret from an already anxious public. Eighteen-year-old Louis Belk was one of those men. Dispatched to the Alaskan frontier, young Sergeant Belk was better trained in bomb disposal than in keeping secrets. And the mysteries surrounding his mission only increased when he met his superior officer - a brutal veteran OSS spy hunter who knew all too well what the balloons could do - and Lily, a Yup'ik Eskimo woman who claimed she could see the future.
Louis's superior ushers him into a world of dark secrets; Lily introduces Louis to an equally disorienting world of spirits - and desire. But the world that finally tests them all is Alaska, whose vastness cloaks mysteries that only become more frightening as they unravel. Chasing after the ghostly floating weapons, Louis embarks upon an adventure that will lead him deep into tundra. There, on the edge of the endless wilderness, he will make a discovery and a choice that will change the course of his life.

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Recensione:

"Atmospheric and moving, this is an impressively assured debut."—Publishers Weekly

“First-time novelist expertly fictionalizes one of WWII’s least-known stories...a haunting story that will remind many of Ondaatje’s The English Patient–and that merits the comparison.”—Kirkus Reviews

“A poignant and lyrical first novel written with the assurance of a master—Alaska is beautifully realized in all its harshness and native magic.”—T. C. Boyle, Drop City

“A gifted and interesting writer, a writer to notice, a writer to watch, a writer any reader of serious fiction will be proud to have read.”—Alan Cheuse, NPR's All Things Considered

"Beautifully written and astonishingly well researched.... It was the setting that swept me away, but the characters that I will remember."
--Mark Johnson, The San Jose Mercury News

L'autore:

Liam Callanan teaches creative writing at Georgetown University and frequently appears on NPR’s Morning Edition and in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and a number of other publications. This is his first novel.

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• Editore: Delacorte Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0385336942
• ISBN 13: 9780385336949
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 360