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Richard Ford - Lay of the Land, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

Lay of the Land

Av Richard Ford

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‘Marvellously subtle, moving and funny’ JOHN BANVILE, OBSERVER‘Wonderfully written in every breath of every sentence’ HERMIONE LEE, GUARDIAN‘Wistful, bittersweet – and often very funny’ DAILY TELEGRAPHA FRANK BASCOMBE NOVELIt is approaching Thanksgiving weekend and Frank Bascombe has arrived at a state of optimistic pragmatism that he calls the ‘Permanent Period’ of life. Epic mistakes have already been made, dreams downsized, and Frank reflects that now at least there are fewer opportunities left in life. But the tranquility he anticipated is not to be. In fact, as Thanksgiving dinner with his children and first wife nears, the Permanent Period proves as full of possibility as life has ever offered.Graceful, expansive and filled with pathos, The Lay of the Land is a modern American masterpiece.
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  • Utgivningsdatum: 2024-07-18
  • Mått: 190 x 50 x 120 mm
  • Vikt: 515 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 736
  • Förlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • ISBN: 9781526676078
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Richard Ford was born in Jackson, Mississippi. He has published eight novels and four collections of stories, including The Sportswriter, Independence Day, The Lay of the Land and the New York Times bestseller, Canada. Independence Day was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the first time the same book had won both prizes. Let Me Be Frank with You was shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize in 2015. His work has been translated into twenty-eight languages, and most recently was awarded the Prix Femina Étranger in France and the Princess of Asturias Prize for Literature in Spain. Richard Ford lives in Maine with his wife.Richard Ford was born in Jackson, Mississippi in 1944. He has published seven novels and three collections of stories, including The Sportswriter, Independence Day, A Multitude of Sins and, most recently, The Lay of the Land. Independence Day was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the first time the same book had won both prizes.

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