In Revere, in Those Days: A Novel - Rilegato

Merullo, Roland

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ISBN 10: 0609610325 ISBN 13: 9780609610329

Casa editrice: Crown Pub, 2002

Riassunto

Anthony Benedetto, a young boy in a large extended Italian-American family, describes growing up in the working-class community of Revere, Massachusetts, but his idyllic and charmed youth is changed forever by the tragic deaths of his parents, in a coming-of-age story. 25,000 first printing.

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“This coming-of-age novel is so true that it has the authenticity of a memoir. It will, I think, be compared—and favorably—to A Separate Peace. I admired the loving portrait of working-class Revere, the pitch-perfect dialogue and the entirely believable way that life manages to shift from humor to pathos in an instant. His creation of Uncle Peter is nothing short of brilliant. I can’t remember the last time I was moved to tears by a novel in the way that I was, at several junctures, with In Revere, In Those Days. It is an extraordinary achievement.” —Anita Shreve, author of The Pilot’s Wife and The Weight of Water

“Most writers begin with their coming-of-agers, but Merullo was wise to wait. His artistic maturity gives us a tale of sentiment without sentimentality as he conveys the inevitability of loss and the divisions of class with sadness but not bitterness. Emotionally complex, politically intelligent, beautifully written: among the best from a novelist in the classic American tradition.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred)

“A beautiful story—told with the compelling voice of a writer who is willing to approach the enormous question of redemption, and does so with truthfulness and striking decency.”—Elizabeth Strout, author of Amy and Isabelle

“Roland Merullo’s beautifully written new coming-of-age novel, In Revere, In Those Days, is a clear-eyed and compassionate fictional memoir of family, place, and first love, squarely in the tradition of such American masterworks as Richard Russo’s Empire Falls and Kent Haruf’s Plainsong.”—Howard Frank Mosher, author of The Fall of the Year

L'autore:

Roland Merullo is a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy and Brown University. He has written forNewsweek, Forbes FYI, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, thePhiladelphia Inquirer, and many other publications. He is the author of three previous, highly praised novels, the most recent of which,Revere Beach Boulevard, was a finalist for the L. L. Winship/PEN New England Award. He lives with his wife and two children in western Massachusetts.

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• Editore: Crown Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0609610325
• ISBN 13: 9780609610329
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 302