Nights Below Station Street - Brossura

Richards, David Adams

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ISBN 10: 0771074611 ISBN 13: 9780771074615

Casa editrice: McClelland & Stewart, 1989

Riassunto

David Adams Richards’ Governor General’s Award-winning novel is a powerful tale of resignation and struggle, fierce loyalties and compassion. This book is the first in Richards’ acclaimed Miramichi trilogy. Set in a small mill town in northern New Brunswick, it draws us into the lives of a community of people who live there, including: Joe Walsh, isolated and strong in the face of a drinking problem; his wife, Rita, willing to believe the best about people; and their teenage daughter Adele, whose nature is rebellious and wise, and whose love for her father wars with her desire for independence. Richards’ unforgettable characters are linked together in conflict, and in articulate love and understanding. Their plight as human beings is one we share.
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Praise for Nights Below Station Street:

“David Adams Richards has illuminated the human struggle for love and belonging....”
–Maclean’s

“Richards depicts his characters with such searing fidelity that we are forced to marvel at his talent.”
–Globe and Mail

“An exploration of the nature of love and the process of redemption....”
–Ottawa Citizen

“A warning label should be attached to every copy: You’ll hate for this book to end.”
–Halifax Daily News
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L'autore:

David Adams Richards was born in Newcastle, New Brunswick, in 1950. He has published ten acclaimed novels, including the award-winning Miramichi trilogy – Nights Below Station Street, winner of the 1988 Governor General’s Award; Evening Snow Will Bring Such Peace (1990), winner of the Canadian Authors Association Award; and For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down (1993), winner of the Thomas Raddall Award – Hope in the Desperate Hour (1996), The Bay of Love and Sorrows (1998), and, most recently, Mercy Among the Children (2000), co-winner of the prestigious Giller Prize. In 1993, Richards received the Canada-Australia Prize.

Richards has also published three non-fiction books, most recently the Governor General’s Award-winning fishing memoir Lines on the Water (1998), and has written Gemini Award-winning screenplays for the CBC-TV adaptations of his novels For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down and Nights Below Station Street. “Small Gifts,” his original screenplay for CBC-TV, won a Gemini Award and the New York International Film Festival Award for Best Script.

Richards now lives in Toronto with his wife, Peggy, and their two sons.
From the Hardcover edition.

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• Editore: McClelland & Stewart
• Data di pubblicazione: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0771074611
• ISBN 13: 9780771074615
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile