Lions
Autor*in: Nadzam, Bonnie; Kosinski, Jerzy
Jahr: 2016
Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: 288 S.
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- Inhalt:
- The author of the critically acclaimed, award-winning debut novel, Lamb returns with “a story of haunted histories and broken promises" (O, The Oprah Magazine, Must-Read Book of the Summer).  Set on the Colorado high plains, the town of Lions is nearly deserted. Built to be a glorious city, it was never fit for farming, mining, trading, or any of the industries its pioneers imagined. The Walkers have been settled on its barren terrain for generationsâ€"a simple family in a town still enthralled by promises of bigger, better, and brighter. But when a stranger appears, his unsettling presence sets off a chain reaction that will change the fates of everyone he encounters.  When the patriarch John Walker dies, his son Gordon must choose between leaving for college with his girlfriend, Leigh, or staying with his family to look after their failing welding shopâ€"and carry on a mysterious family legacy. While Leigh is desperate to make a better life in the world beyond Lions, Gordon is strangely hesitant to leave it behind. And as more families abandon the town, it seems that listening to reason must come at the cost of betraying his own heart.  “Nadzam weaves a strange and mesmerizing story" that explores ambition and an American obsession with self-improvement, the responsibilities we have to ourselves and each other, as well as the everyday illusions that pass for a life worth living (Publishers Weekly).
- Bonnie Nadzam has published fiction and essays in many journals and magazines, includingGranta, Harper’s Magazine, Orion Magazine, The Iowa Review, Epoch, The Kenyon Review, and many others. Her first novel,Lamb, was recipient of the Center for Fiction’s first novel award in 2011,and was longlisted for the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction. It has been translated into several languages and made into a film that will be released in 2016. She is also co-author with Dale Jamieson of Love in the Anthropocene (OR Books, 2015).
Titelinformationen
Titel: Lions
Autor*in: Nadzam, Bonnie; Kosinski, Jerzy
Verlag: Perseus Book Group
ISBN: 9780802189912
Kategorie: Belletristik & Unterhaltung, Romane & Erzählungen
Format: ePub
Max. Ausleihdauer: 28 Tage