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21 produkter
Missing
E-bok, 2009
126 kr
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A masterful novel set in 1920s Louisiana, The Missing is the story of Sam Simoneaux, a floorwalker at a New Orleans department store. When a little girl is kidnapped on Sam’s watch he is haunted by guilt, grief, and ghosts from his own troubled past. Determined to find her, Sam sets out on a …
Clearing
A Novel
E-bok, 2007
110 kr
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In his critically acclaimed new novel, Tim Gautreaux fashions a classic and unforgettable tale of two brothers struggling in a hostile world. In a lumber camp in the Louisiana cypress forest, a world of mud and stifling heat where men labor under back-breaking conditions, the Aldridge brothers try …
Clearing
The gripping story of feuding brothers by a literary master
Häftad, 2004
145 kr
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'A fine and exciting novel . . . a brisk and jolting story that keeps the pages turning'- Charles Frazier, author of Cold Mountain'A gripping, action-packed tale, but also [an] intelligent one'- Guardian'The finest American novel in a long, long time'- Annie Proulx, author of The Shipping NewsA …
Waiting for the Evening News: Stories of the Deep South
Häftad, 2010
145 kr
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A petty thief is bested by a widow and her card-playing friends; a farmer must cope with raising his baby granddaughter; a train engineer inadvertently causes a major disaster and finds himself amidst a media frenzy; a young man falls in love with a voice on the radio; and a camera repairman …
Missing
Häftad, 2010
145 kr
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'Remarkable...a rip-roaring adventure novel with a true depth of feeling' Sunday Times'A joy to read' HeraldThe First World War ended the day Sam Simoneaux's regiment reached France, but he saw more than enough of its ravages. Returning to New Orleans, he determines to put mayhem and destruction …
Signals
New and Selected Stories
E-bok, 2017
126 kr
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A widely celebrated novelist gives us a generous collection of exhilarating short stories, proving that he is a master of this genre as well. Once again, "he reminds us," wrote The Miami Herald, "that great writing is a timeless art." After the stunning historical novels The Clearing and The …
Furnace Man's Lament
E-bok, 2016
16 kr
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A Vintage Shorts “Short Story Month” Original Selection These kinds of calls come with the territory. One evening, when the temperature in Minnesota drops way below zero and the winds howl, the furnace man Mel Todd gets asked out to see about a broken furnace in Sauerville six miles away. That was …
Clearing
The gripping story of feuding brothers by a literary master
E-bok, 2010
45 kr
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Byron Aldridge, heir to a timber empire, returns from the First World War a changed man and finds refuge as a company policeman in a backwoods Louisiana sawmill. Soon his younger brother Randolph tracks him down, assuming charge of the mill in the hope of
Waiting for the Evening News: Stories of the Deep South
Stories of the Deep South
E-bok, 2010
45 kr
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A petty thief is bested by a widow and her card-playing friends; a farmer must cope with raising his baby granddaughter; a train engineer inadvertently causes a major disaster and finds himself amidst a media frenzy; a young man falls in love with a voice on the radio; and a camera repairman …
Missing
E-bok, 2009
44 kr
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''Remarkable...a rip-roaring adventure novel with a true depth of feeling'' Sunday Times ''A joy to read'' Herald The First World War ended the day Sam Simoneaux''s regiment reached France, but he saw more than enough of its ravages. Returning to New Orleans, he determines to put mayhem and …
El mismo sitio, las mismas cosas
E-bok, 2018
119 kr
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"Gautreaux es un sólido y admirable escritor, aplaudido por autores brillantes como Charles Frazier y Annie Proulx". Jam Poste, The Guardian."Gautreaux es un contador de historias a la antigua, un hilandero fino con una moral". Malena Watrous, Sunday Book Review.Como si de una crónica se tratara, …
El paso siguiente en el baile
E-bok, 2019
130 kr
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Del autor de la colección de relatos El mismo sitio, las mismas cosas, llega esta novela impregnada de un extraño y marcado sentido de la tradición y las nuevas oportunidades. Paul Thibodeaux es un atractivo joven casado con Colette, la mujer más hermosa del pequeño pueblo de Luisiana en el …
Todo lo que vale
E-bok, 2021
119 kr
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Tim Gautreaux vuelve a sorprendernos con esta nueva serie de relatos publicados originalmente en Atlantic Magazine y recopilados más tarde en el libro Welding with children que da título al primer relato. Todo lo que vale son pequeñas piezas maestras llenas de humor y de ternura que narran las …
Luisiana, 1923
E-bok, 2022
133 kr
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Antes de la Gran Guerra, Byron Aldridge llevaba una vida apacible en Pensilvania como heredero de un imperio maderero. Para su hermano pequeño Randolph, Byron ejercía de guía y de ídolo. Pero tras la guerra, el carismático Byron regresa de Francia convertido en un hombre diferente. …
Desaparecidos
E-bok, 2024
160 kr
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Una novela magistral, ambientada en los barcos de vapor que recorrían el Misisipi durante las primeras décadas del siglo XX, cargados de bebida, baile y jazz. Cuando una niña es secuestrada en unos grandes almacenes de Nueva Orleans, al supervisor, Sam Simoneaux, lo atormentan la culpa, el dolor y …
