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Jayne Anne Phillips - Lark and Termite, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

Lark and Termite

Av Jayne Anne Phillips

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A powerful tale of grief and survival - from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Night Watch'This novel is cut like a diamond, with such sharp authenticity and bursts of light' ALICE MUNRO'Extraordinary and luminous... the best novel I've read this year' JUNOT DIAZ'Incandescent and utterly original' NEW YORK TIMES'A glowing, powerful and immensely readable paean to the power of family' INDEPENDENTIn 1950s West Virginia, seventeen-year-old Lark and her younger half-brother Termite, who is unable to walk or talk, are being raised by their Aunt Nonie. Their mother Lola is absent, Termite's father is still caught up in the chaos of the Korean War, and Lark doesn't even know who her father is.One night, a flood roars through town. Amid the debris and destruction, the truths of Lark's personal history begin to surface. And as the mysteries of the past come to light, the lives of Lark and Termite will be changed forever.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2026-04-02
  • Mått: 126 x 196 x 22 mm
  • Vikt: 240 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 304
  • Förlag: Little, Brown Book Group
  • ISBN: 9780349725550
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Jayne Anne Philips was born in Buckhannon, West Virginia. She is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of six novels, including Night Watch, Quiet Dell, Lark And Termite, MotherKind, Shelter, and Machine Dreams, and two story collections, Fast Lanes, and Black Tickets, a debut that influenced a generation of writers. Twice nominated for the National Book Award, and twice a finalist for the National Book Critics' Circle Award, she is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships, and a Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship. Awarded the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction, Phillips is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Letters. Her work has been translated into twelve languages and has appeared in Granta, Harper's, The New York Times and The Norton Anthology of Contemporary Fiction. See information and text source photographs at her website, www.jayneannephillips.com.

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