American Rust

• Utgivningsdatum: 2013-08-29
• Mått: 130 x 198 x 25 mm
• Vikt: 288 g
• Format: Häftad
• Språk: Engelska
• Antal sidor: 400
• Förlag: Simon & Schuster Ltd
• ISBN: 9781471133701

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Philipp Meyer is an American novelist. He is the author of American Rust and The Son, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and a New York Times bestseller. Meyer is a chevalier (knight) in France’s Order of Arts and Letters. Both of his prior novels were adapted into television shows and translated into dozens of languages. His short stories have appeared in The New Yorker and McSweeney’s. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

‘In Philipp Meyer a new American master is born. A tender chronicle of a civilisation’s corrosion, yet always watchful for something in the human soul that remains untarnished, American Rust is a beautiful, bleak and ultimately redemptive masterpiece. The best book to come out of America since The Road’ Chris Cleave, author of The Other Hand ‘The American dream dies and is reborn yet again. Set in a beautiful but bleak post-industrial landscape with characters who are compellingly engaging, American Rust is a startlingly mature and impressive debut’ Kate Atkinson ‘Philipp Meyer’s American Rust is written with considerable dramatic intensity and pace. It manages an emotional accuracy, a deep and detailed conviction, in its depiction of characters. It also captures a sense of a menacing society, a wider world in the throes of decay and selfdestruction’ Colm Toíbín ‘I look through his book even now because I admire his writing so much. The same way, frankly, that I do Hemingway’ Patricia Cornwell, New York Times ‘An elegiac portrait of a disintegrating society’ Financial Times ‘Meyer visits the North America immortalised by Steinbeck in this excellent Depression-era debut’ Metro ‘American Rust is so timely that it makes painful as well as enjoyable reading. The novel is a paean to the end of empire . . . Meyer’s voice is assured, and the story crackles with narrative tension. He develops his characters with impressive psychological and sociological insight . . . masterfully painted’ Economist ‘This first novel surprises you with its sureness of tone, its narrative propulsion and the singular and perceptive way in which it steers clear of all the usual redneck clichés . . . More than anything, American Rust impresses because it reminds us that even the most archetypal of situations can be given an intriguing remake in the right hands. Meyer never wears his social conscience on his sleeve and he never tries to pander to thereader’s metropolitan guilt. And, simultaneously, he does make you want to turn the page. This is a new writer who clearly knows what he’s doing’ Douglas Kennedy, The Times ‘Honour, loyalty, love and belonging are the grand themes of this powerful American novel, which owes as much to Steinbeck as Kerouac’ Summer Reads, Sunday Telegraph

10 recensioner, genomsnitt 4.6/5

1. 5/5 Anders L 2017-06-07

   Skriven för ett antal år sen men rykande aktuell i dessa trumpdagar och ger väl beskriven bild av livet och situationen och mänskorna inne ii rostbätet

2. 5/5 - 2015-10-12

   Stark skildring av ett samhälle i upplösning. Intressanta och levande karaktärer. Minst lika bra som "Sonen". Väl värd att läsa.

3. 5/5 Magnus L 2022-06-27
4. 4/5 Tobias 2022-01-11
5. 5/5 Peter 2017-09-08