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Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Through memorable language and bawdy humor, Gurganus returns to his mythological Falls, North Carolina, home of Widow. This first work in a decade offers three novellas mirroring todays face-lifted South, a zone revolutionized around freer sexuality, looser family ties, and superior telecommunications, yet it celebrates those locals who have chosen to stay local. In doing so, Local Souls uncovers certain old habitsadultery, incest, obsessionstill very much alive in our New South, a "Winesburg, Ohio" with high-speed Internet. Wells Tower says of Gurganus, "No living writer knows more about how humans matter to each other." Such ties of love produce hilarious, if wrenching, complications: "Fear Not" gives us a banker's daughter seeking the child she was forced to surrender when barely fifteen, only to find an adult rescuer she might have invented. In "Saints Have Mothers," a beloved high school valedictorian disappears during a trip to Africa, granting her ambitious mother a postponed fame that turns against her. And in a dramatic "Decoy," the doctor-patient friendship between two married men breaks toward desire just as a biblical flood shatters their neighborhood and rearranges their fates. Gurganus finds fresh pathos in ancient tensions: between marriage and Eros, parenthood and personal fulfillment. He writes about erotic hunger and social embarrassment with Twain's knife-edged glee. By loving Falls, Gurganus dramatizes the passing of Hawthornes small-town nation into those Twitter-nourished lives we now expect and relish. Four decades ago, John Cheever pronounced Allan Gurganus "the most technically gifted and morally responsive writer of his generation." Local Souls confirms Cheevers prescient faith. It deepens the luster of Gurganuss reputation for compassion and laughter. His black comedy leaves us with lasting affection for his characters and the aching aftermath of human consequences. Here is a universal work about a village. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year Finalist for the Lambda Literary Award (Fiction) and the Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBT Fiction A New York Times Book Review Editors Choice Selection This book underscores what we have long knownGurganus stands among the best writers of our time. Ann Patchett Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9780871407788
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Descrizione libro Condizione: New. "This book underscores what we have long known--Gurganus stands among the best writers of our time." --Ann Patchett Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 292. . 2014. Reprint. Paperback. . . . . Codice articolo V9780871407788
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Descrizione libro Condizione: New. "This book underscores what we have long known--Gurganus stands among the best writers of our time." --Ann Patchett Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 292. . 2014. Reprint. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Codice articolo V9780871407788
Descrizione libro Condizione: New. New from the publisher. Codice articolo 1373383