Astray - Softcover

Donoghue, Emma

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0316224170 ISBN 13: 9780316224178

Verlag: LITTLE BROWN & CO, 2012

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Book by Donoghue Emma

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"Time and again, Emma Donoghue writes books that are unlike anything I have ever seen before, and ASTRAY is no exception. There is such a deep and compassionate imagination at work in every story in this collection that ASTRAY feels almost like an act of clairvoyance."---Ann Patchett, author of State of Wonder

"This book demonstrates once again that there's little she can't do well; indeed, the afterword is as moving as the stories....The short story can be a precious, self-enclosed form, but in Donoghue's bold hands, it crosses continents and centuries to claim kinship with many kinds of people.... Another exciting change of pace from the protean Donoghue."--Kirkus Reviews

..".Masterful.... Revolutionary-era New Jersey, Civil War-era Texas, the gold rush Yukon, and many other settings come to life in this wonderfully imaginative, transporting collection."--Kristine Huntley, Booklist (Starred Review)

"Donoghue establishes a distinct voice and person [and] the stories are vivid, curious, and honest..."--Publishers Weekly

"The stories are showcases for a wide range of speaking voices studded with period vernacular."--Sam Sacks, The Wall Street Journal

"Fans of... Room will recognize the same imaginative flexibility and ventriloquism in ASTRAY, only multiplied and lightly patinated.... A refreshing break from the trend of linked collections; each story is entirely discrete, and strong enough to be read in isolation."--Holloway McCandless, Shelf Awareness

"Haunting.... These seekers and their stories pull you in-and stir your heart."--People (4 stars)

"From England, Canada and the United States, Donoghue has created a restless world of travelers, finders and seekers, as well as a book that is an interactive narrative hybrid, one that gets us lost in other lives, that probes our history, that reveals the artist behind the word and that ultimately shows us something fresh, unsettling and enduring about ourselves."--Caroline Leavitt, The San Francisco Chronicle

"Donoghue is...something of a literary archaeologist, speaking in voices that have been lost.... Donoghue's empathic imagination is remarkable...so convincing[] that the reader feels these stories could be actual historical narratives."--Patricia Hagen, Minneapolis Star Tribune

"Donoghue is gifted at imagining narrators from all walks of life.... Anyone who appreciates a well-told tale will enjoy these 14 short stories. It's perfect for the bedside table or the quiet commute-rich tales by a writer near the top of her game."--Rob Merrill, Associated Press

Reseña del editor:

The fascinating characters that roam across the pages of Emma Donoghue's stories have all gone astray: they are emigrants, runaways, drifters, lovers old and new. They are gold miners and counterfeiters, attorneys and slaves. They cross other borders too: those of race, law, sex, and sanity. They travel for love or money, incognito or under duress.

With rich historical detail, the celebrated author of Room takes us from puritan Massachusetts to revolutionary New Jersey, antebellum Louisiana to the Toronto highway, lighting up four centuries of wanderings that have profound echoes in the present. Astray offers us a surprising and moving history for restless times.

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• Verlag: LITTLE BROWN & CO
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0316224170
• ISBN 13: 9780316224178
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 421