The Cloud Atlas: A Novel - Brossura

Callanan, Liam

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0385336950 ISBN 13: 9780385336956

Casa editrice: Random House Publishing Group, 2004

Riassunto

During World War II, Louis Belk, a young American bomb disposal sergeant, is sent on a mission to Anchorage, Alaska, to find and disarm the balloon bombs launched by the Japanese against North America, a search that leads him to encounters with a variety of haunting individuals and sends him on a lifelong quest to understand the meaning of faith, friendship, trust, and love. A first novel. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

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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
From the Hardcover edition.

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.
From the Hardcover edition.

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• Editore: Random House Publishing Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0385336950
• ISBN 13: 9780385336956
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 368