Fun with Problems - Rilegato

Stone, Robert

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ISBN 10: 0618386254 ISBN 13: 9780618386253

Casa editrice: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010

Riassunto

In Fun with Problems, Robert Stone demonstrates once again that he is "one of our greatest living writers" (Los Angeles Times). The pieces in this new volume vary greatly in length—some are almost novellas, others no more than a page—but all share the signature blend of longing, violence, black humor, sex and drugs that has helped Stone illuminate the dark corners of the human soul. Entire lives are laid out with remarkable precision, in captivating prose: a screenwriter carries on a decades-long affair with a beautiful actress, whose descent into addiction he can neither turn from nor share; a bored husband picks up a mysterious woman only to find that his ego has led him woefully astray; a world-beating Silicon Valley executive receives an unwelcome guest at his mansion in the hills; a scuba dive guides uneasy newlyweds to a point of no return. Fun with Problems showcases Stone's great gift: to pinpoint and make real the impulses--by turns violently coercive and quietly seductive--that cause us to conceal, reveal, and betray our very selves.

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Informazioni sull?autore

ROBERT STONE is the author of seven novels: A Hall of Mirrors, Dog Soldiers(winner of the National Book Award), A Flag for Sunrise, Children of Light, Outerbridge Reach, Damascus Gate, andBay of Souls. His story collection, Bear and His Daughter, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and his memoir,Prime Green, was published in 2006.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0618386254
• ISBN 13: 9780618386253
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 195
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• Persona responsabile: non disponibile