The Minor Outsider - Brossura

Mcdermott, Ted

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0992918278 ISBN 13: 9780992918279

Casa editrice: One, 2016

Riassunto

Ed and Taylor, both aspiring young writers, fall in love during a summer of aimless drinking and partying in their university town of Missoula, Montana. Lonely and looking for love, they connect despite their profound differences: Ed is brooding, ambitious and self-destructive, living in denial of a mysterious tumour spreading from his limbs to his brain. Beautiful Taylor is positive, full of hope and emotional generosity, but like everyone, she has her limits. Their difficult relationship is intense, exciting yet doomed from the start, complicated further when Taylor falls pregnant. As Ed resists the harmony she brings to his life, Taylor's need to protect herself and their child also grows, until a dramatic finale.
Ted Mc Dermott's stark book speaks truthfully and with a touch of dark humor for and to today's generation of young people trying to find hope in what feels to many like an existential void. The Minor Outsider will be read as the young literary voice of our dark times.

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Recensione:

'McDermott is sharp on the indulgences of the creative set and, above all, portraying the life of many young men - drifting, hard to reach, doomed to try to make sense of a world that resists all explanation and interpretation' -- Financial Times

'McDermott writes about academia and small-town America with an enjoyable mix of cynicism and affection... a hip, touching and thoroughly readable story that presents young adulthood as a frustrating, alien place' -- Guardian

'There is a Russian-roulette effect to the storytelling that will keep readers turning the page... impressive, focusing on life's contradictions and absurdities' -- Irish Times

'Vivid, fast-paced prose... a fresh, spirited debut set against a stunning backdrop' -- Big Issue in the North

'Quite brilliant. An honest unflinching account of a man and his frailties' -- Irish Examiner

'Marks the emergence of a formidable talent... [Ted McDermott] demonstrates a vision that leaves the reader eager for more' -- The Lady

'Wry, sharp-eyed, fresh as mountain air' -- Jonathan Trigell, author of Boy A and Genus

'A major debut. McDermott's witty and stirring love story tracks so many of the wonderful ways we doom our happiness. It's thrillingly sad! And quite funny' -- Sam Lipsyte

'A round of applause for Ted McDermott, please. He's earned it. The Minor Outsider is a spirited, audacious, and drolly funny debut novel' --Patrick deWitt

'McDermott has successfully captured a glimpse of what it is like to be a young, privileged, creative type in small-town America' -- Missoulian

'Darkly comic' -- Montana Standard

'A surprising, smart, and memorable novel' --Publishers Weekly

L'autore:

Ted McDermott was born in Delaware in 1982, grew up in South Carolina. He has worked as a cook, a mover, a baker, a college instructor, an encyclopedist and a reporter for an alternative weekly. His fiction and non-fiction have appeared in VICE, Believer, Portland Review, Minus Times and elsewhere. In 2009, he was nominated for The Essay Prize. The Minor Outsider is his first novel.

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• Editore: One
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0992918278
• ISBN 13: 9780992918279
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 220