Shelter - Rilegato

Phillips, Jayne Anne

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0771069979 ISBN 13: 9780771069970

Casa editrice: McClelland & Stewart, 1994

Riassunto

In a West Virginia forest in 1963, a group of children at summer camp enter a foreboding Eden and experience an unexpected rite of passage. Shelter is an astonishing portrayal of an American loss of innocence as witnessed by a mysterious drifter named Parson, two young sisters, Lenny and Alma, and a feral boy called Buddy. Together they come to understand bravery and the importance of compassion.
Phillips unearths a dangerous beauty in this primeval terrain and in the hearts of her characters. Lies, secrets, erotic initiations, and the bonds of love between friends, families, and generations are transformed in a leafy wilderness undiminished by societal rules and dilemmas. Cast in Phillips’ stunning prose, with an unpredictable cast of characters and a shadowy, suspenseful narrative, Shelter is a an enduring achievement from one of the finest writers of our time.
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Recensione:

"Written in prose that is often breathtakingly beautiful, Shelter is a rich, vivid novel of moral and psychological complexity destined  to stand alongside works by Faulkner and other masters of southern literature." --Vanity Fair

"[Phillips] combines great lyric intensity with a powerful and uncommon ability to witness and record the bleak spectacle of skewered human lives." --London Free Press

"Astonishing...Phillips has gone into the garden and headed straight for the serpent's throat." --The Boston Globe


From the Trade Paperback edition.

L'autore:

Jayne Anne Phillips is the author of the bestselling novel Machine Dreams, nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award, and two previous collections of short stories, Fast Lanes and Black Tickets. She lives near Boston.
From the Trade Paperback edition.

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• Editore: McClelland & Stewart
• Data di pubblicazione: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0771069979
• ISBN 13: 9780771069970
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1