English Creek - 9780743271271
Un libro in lingua di Ivan Doig edito da Scribner, 2005
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In this prizewinning portrait of a time and place -- Montana in the 1930s -- that at once inspires and fulfills a longing for an explicable past, Ivan Doig has created one of the most captivating families in American fiction, the McCaskills.
The witty and haunting narration, a masterpiece of vernacular in the tradition of Twain, follows the events of the Two Medicine country's summer: the tide of sheep moving into the high country, the capering Fourth of July rodeo and community dance, and an end-of-August forest fire high in the Rockies that brings the book, as well as the McCaskill family's struggle within itself, to a stunning climax. It is a season of escapade as well as drama, during which fourteen-year-old Jick comes of age. Through his eyes we see those nearest and dearest to him at a turning point -- "where all four of our lives made their bend" -- and discover along with him his own connection to the land, to history, and to the deep-fathomed mysteries of one's kin and one's self.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: English Creek
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Ivan Doig
- Editore: Scribner
- Collana: Scribner (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 01 Giugno '05
- Genere: FICTION
- Argomenti : Rural families Fiction Ranch life Fiction
- Pagine: 339
- Dimensioni mm: 196 x 133 x 25
- ISBN-10: 0743271270
- EAN-13: 9780743271271