Red Stag: A Novel - Brossura

De LA Valdene, Guy

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1592286275 ISBN 13: 9781592286270

Casa editrice: Lyons Pr, 2011

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?Red Stag is one of the best novels I have read in years: a story set in the beautifully evoked deep countryside of Normandy, a landscape that surrounds the characters the way a river does a trout.” ?Field & Stream

 

?A compelling novel of the hunt for a stag, a lost love, and the murderer of the hero’s uncle. Beautifully written, it is both a fine sporting novel and literature.” ?Jim Harrison, author of Dalva and True North

?This book offers many old-fashioned pleasures. . . . Highly recommended.” ?Library Journal

 

?A gripping, deeply felt story embedded in a cherished and closely observed world still ruled by the laws of nature.” ?Thomas McGuane, author of Nothing But Blue Skies and Ninety-Two in the Shade

 

?An absolutely beautiful book. . . . Reading Red Stag is like walking outside on the most glorious October afternoon of your life?you are moved by grandeur.” ?Doug Stanton, author of In Harm’s Way

 

?A debut with the feel of a nineteenth-century novel. . . . De la Valdene’s descriptions of the Norman forests and wildlife are rich and graceful.” ?Publishers Weekly

 

Guy de la Valdene was born and raised in France. His other books include The Fragrance of Grass (Lyons Press), as well as For a Handful of Feathers and Making Game: An Essay on Woodcock. His articles have appeared in Sports Afield and Field & Stream. He lives on an 800-acre farm near Tallahassee, Florida.

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L'autore:

Guy de la Valene was born and raised in France. His earlier books include For a Handfulof Feathers, and Making Game: An Essay on Woodcock. He is the also the author of the forthcoming The Fragrance of Grass. His articles have appeared in Sports Afield, Field & Stream, among other publications. He lives on an 800-acre farm. Red Stag is his first novel.

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Red Stag is a tantalizing coming of age love story set against the backdrop of a lush estate in Normandy, France. Nineteen-year-old Vincent, the son of the Countess’s maid (and whose childhood was one of ambiguous privilege) has just returned from his last year at boarding school to spend the summer on the Count's estate, where his uncle is gamekeeper and where Vincent himself was raised. Shortly after his return, his uncle is discovered brutally murdered and Vincent vows revenge. Meanwhile, the village is in a state of agitation, anticipating the opening day of the ritualized hunt, with hounds and horses, for the royal red stag. In the midst of it all, Nicole, the count’s daughter, returns to the estate from America.
As the search for the murderer’s identity intensifies and the stag hunt approaches, Nicole and Vincent find themselves inexorably drawn together. The secrets revealed leave no one innocent, exposing the potential of extremes—from devout loyalty to bitter cruelty—within the human heart.
Atmospheric and exotic, Red Stag is textured by the wildlife and the rivers and woods of Normandy. It is beautifully written, near-cinematic in its clarity, suspenseful, and utterly unforgettable.|Red Stag is a tantalizing coming of age love story set against the backdrop of a lush estate in Normandy, France. Nineteen-year-old Vincent, the son of the Countess’s maid (and whose childhood was one of ambiguous privilege) has just returned from his last year at boarding school to spend the summer on the Count's estate, where his uncle is gamekeeper and where Vincent himself was raised. Shortly after his return, his uncle is discovered brutally murdered and Vincent vows revenge. Meanwhile, the village is in a state of agitation, anticipating the opening day of the ritualized hunt, with hounds and horses, for the royal red stag. In the midst of it all, Nicole, the count’s daughter, returns to the estate from America.
As the search for the murderer’s identity intensifies and the stag hunt approaches, Nicole and Vincent find themselves inexorably drawn together. The secrets revealed leave no one innocent, exposing the potential of extremes—from devout loyalty to bitter cruelty—within the human heart.
Atmospheric and exotic, Red Stag is textured by the wildlife and the rivers and woods of Normandy. It is beautifully written, near-cinematic in its clarity, suspenseful, and utterly unforgettable.

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• Editore: Lyons Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1592286275
• ISBN 13: 9781592286270
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 382