The Truth - Rilegato

Rips, Geoff

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 1930974736 ISBN 13: 9781930974739

Casa editrice: New Issues Poetry & Prose, 2008

Riassunto

In his debut novel, The Truth, Geoff Rips creates a mythic universe in a series of tales narrated by the palsied hunchback Chuy Pingarron who spends his days on the front porch of a San Antonio whorehouse and is proud to be dubbed "the standard of perversion" by those whose stories he tells. Through his twisted perspective we meet the Midwife who is also the house's madam, the philosopher Don Apolo who lives in an iron lung, and Angelita, famous for her hands. Chuy relates the sad story of the impenetrable Soledad, deemed by her mother to be a saint; of la Ramona, whose one eye looks into your soul while the other looks away; and of the enigmatic la Verdad, whose customers seek her out to learn their fortunes. At turns comic and tragic, Chuy's story meditates on the most ancient questions: how do you live a life and what does it mean?

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Recensione

Ten reflective, connected vignettes set in a San Antonio, Tex., whorehouse comprise the haunting debut by former Texas Observer editor Rips. . . . Unsparing and a little raunchy, the novel bears out the Midwife's aphorism: Everything that happens in the world sooner or later drags itself into this house. --Publishers Weekly"

L'autore

GEOFF RIPS was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas. He is a former editor of the Texas Observer and has been a Soros Open Society Institute Fellow. He has worked as the Freedom-to-Write Committee coordinator for PEN American Center and was principal author of its report, UnAmerican Activities (City Lights Books, 1981). Rips has worked with community organizations along the Texas/Mexico border to bring water and wastewater services to border colonias. He has published poetry, fiction and journalism in various places over the years. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife, Nancy Maniscalco, and two daughters, Gabriela and Sascha.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: New Issues Poetry & Prose
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1930974736
• ISBN 13: 9781930974739
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 196
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile