My Ground - Brossura

Torra, Joseph

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0575068493 ISBN 13: 9780575068490

Casa editrice: W&N, 2001

Riassunto

Following the teenage boy in Gas Station and the departmentstore salesman in Tony Luongo, the narrator in the third and final part of the My Ground trilogy is a middleaged female housecleaner. Again, Torra¿s concern is with the lives of bluecollar workers in Massachusetts, and with the attempts of an individual to carve an identity for his or herself in a harsh world.

My Ground is the story of Lauren Bell¿s less than stable life of failed relationships, a difficult childhood, weight problems and ECT treatment. It¿s bleaker than Gas Station and Tony Luongo, but the narrator¿s voice is as powerful ¿ again, there¿s the sense of the span of a human life skilfully compressed into a short novel, and the various strands are pulled together at the close into a horrific climax.

Su questo libro

Descrizione del libro:

Bleak, but powerful, final instalment of the My Ground trilogy

L'autore:

Joseph Torra is the author of Gas Station, Tony Luongo and Keep Watching the Sky, a collection of poetry.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: W&N
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0575068493
• ISBN 13: 9780575068490
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 144