Loon Lake - 9780812978216
Un libro in lingua di Doctorow E. L. edito da Random House Inc, 2007
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The hero of this dazzling novel by American master E. L. Doctorow is Joe, a young man on the run in the depths of the Great Depression. A late-summer night finds him alone and shivering beside a railroad track in the Adirondack mountains when a private railcar passes. Brightly lit windows reveal well-dressed men at a table and, in another compartment, a beautiful girl holding up a white dress before her naked form. Joe will follow the track to the mysterious estate at Loon Lake, where he finds the girl along with a tycoon, an aviatrix, a drunken poet, and a covey of gangsters. Here Joe's fate will play out in this powerful story of ambition, aggression, and identity. Loon Lake is another stunning achievement of this acclaimed author.
“Powerful . . . [a] complex and haunting meditation on modern American history.”
–The New York Times
“A genuine thriller . . . a marvelous exploration of the complexities and contradictions of the American dream . . . Not under any circumstances would we reveal the truly shattering climax.”
–The Dallas Morning News
“A dazzling performance . . . [Loon Lake] anatomizes America with insight, passion, and inventiveness.”
–The Washington Post Book World
“Hypnotic . . . tantalizes long after it has ended.”
–Time
“Compelling . . . brilliantly done.”
–St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“A masterpiece.”
–Chicago Sun-Times
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Loon Lake
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Doctorow E. L.
- Editore: Random House Inc
- Collana: Random House Inc (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 11 Settembre '07
- Genere: FICTION
- Argomenti : Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.) Fiction Depressions Fiction Young men Fiction
- Pagine: 258
- Peso gr: 203
- Dimensioni mm: 203 x 133 x 19
- ISBN-10: 0812978218
- EAN-13: 9780812978216