While They Slept: An Inquiry into the Murder of a Family - Rilegato

Harrison, Kathryn

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ISBN 10: 1400065429 ISBN 13: 9781400065424

Casa editrice: Random House Inc, 2008

Riassunto

Describes the brutal killings of his parents and younger sister by eighteen-year-old Billy Gilley, Jr., and the aftermath of a crime that shocked a small Midwestern town, in a study that reflects on the deadly effects of abuse and violence within a family and the impact of the crime on both the perpetrator and the only other survivor, his teenage sister. 50,000 first printing.

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“[Harrison’s] telling brings moral clarity to the dark fate of a family: the daylight gaze of narrative itself as a form of empathy.”—New York Times Book Review

“A tale at once gothic and Greek, Freudian and Shakespearean, taboo and tragic.”—Washington Post Book World

“Magnificent . . . a darkly poignant study of survival.”—USA Today

“Masterful . . . a fascinating and comprehensive examination of the before and after of a brutal triple murder, of the cyclical nature of violence and of the tragic ineffectiveness of our social support systems.”—Los Angeles Times

“Lucid, psychologically probing and disturbing...[While they Slept is] a morally nuanced story, and a culmination of Harrison’s favored themes: sex, family and power.”—Time Out New York

“You can count on Harrison for white-water prose and ferocious candor...Harrison’s intense and resonant inquiry affirms the cathartic power of the story, and reflects on the miraculous cycle of loss and death.”—Booklist

From the Paperback edition.

L'autore:

Kathryn Harrison is the author of the memoirs The Kiss and The Mother Knot. She has also written the novels Envy, The Seal Wife, The Binding Chair, Poison, Exposure, and Thicker Than Water; a travel memoir, The Road to Santiago; a biography, Saint Thérèse of Lisieux; and a collection of essays, Seeking Rapture. She lives in New York with her husband, the novelist Colin Harrison, and their children.

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• Editore: Random House Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1400065429
• ISBN 13: 9781400065424
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 290