The Last Days of California: A Novel - Brossura

Miller, Mary

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0871408414 ISBN 13: 9780871408419

Casa editrice: Liveright Pub Corp, 2014

Riassunto

Fourteen-year-old Jess' beliefs falter when her evangelical father packs up the family, including her secretly pregnant older sister and her long-suffering mother, to travel across the country and save souls ahead of the anticipated end of the world.

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Recensione:

"The set-up of the story in Mary Miller's debut novel is clever and alluring, and what follows does not disappoint a sharp, sensuously-written road tale that is both a satirical vision of a grotesque society and a down-to-earth coming-of-age narrative told by an appealing anti-heroine who is determined to stay hopeful against all the apocalyptic odds." --The Irish Times

"A plangent portrait of American adolescence...[Miller delivers] raw the heartbreaking futility of the Metcalfs' small triumphs, private embarrassments, and poor decisions with such hilarious precision that you become completely involved in their struggles and, ultimately, in awe of their abiding hope." --Elle

L'autore:

Mary Miller is the author of the short story collection Big World. Her work has been published in Mcsweeney's Quarterly, American Short Fiction, the Oxford American, and other journals. A former Michener Fellow in Fiction at the University of Texas, she currently serves as the John and Renée Grisham Writer in Residence at the University of Mississippi. This is her first novel.

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• Editore: Liveright Pub Corp
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0871408414
• ISBN 13: 9780871408419
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 233