An Untamed State - Brossura

Gay, Roxane

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1472120159 ISBN 13: 9781472120151

Casa editrice: Corsair, 2015

Riassunto

Mirielle Duval Jameson's fairy tale life is shattered when, during a visit to Haiti with her American husband and their child, she is kidnapped. Her father, a self-made millionaire, refuses to pay the ransom; and so Mirielle's captors take their revenge - pushing her beyond what she previously thought possible to endure. An Untamed State is a stunning achievement: a compelling, unflinching, deeply moving and unmissable novel.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Roxane Gay is the author of An Untamed State, Bad Feminist and the story collection Ayiti. Her work has also appeared in Glamour, Best American Short Stories, and the New York Times Book Review. She is the co-editor of PANK.

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'Captivates from its opening sentence and doesn't let go.' Time Magazine

Mireille Duval Jameson is living a fairy tale. The strong-willed youngest daughter of one of Haiti's richest sons, she has an adoring husband, a precocious infant son, by all appearances a perfect life.

The fairy tale ends one day when Mireille is kidnapped in broad daylight by a gang of heavily armed men, in front of her father's Port au Prince estate. Held captive by a man who calls himself The Commander, Mireille waits for her father to pay her ransom. As it becomes clear her father intends to resist the kidnappers, Mireille must endure the torments of a man who resents everything she represents.
An Untamed State is a novel of privilege in the face of crushing poverty, and of the lawless anger that corrupt governments produce. It is the story of a wilful woman attempting to find her way back to the person she once was, and of how redemption is found in the most unexpected of places.

'Gripping and brilliant.' John Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars

'A smart, searing novel.' Washington Post

'Written at a pace that will match your racing heart.' Edwidge Danticat

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Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Corsair
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1472120159
• ISBN 13: 9781472120151
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 384
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile