Wolf In White Van - Softcover

Darnielle, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1783781106 ISBN 13: 9781783781102

Verlag: Granta Books, 2015

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A terrible event leaves Sean Phillips disfigured when he is only seventeen. In the weeks following the incident he creates an adventure game he calls the 'Trace Italian', where players awake in an apocalyptic America and make their way to safety across an irradiated landscape, decision by difficult decision. The years pass and Sean lives a quiet life enriched by his games., But when a pair of teenage sweethearts try to seek the Trace in the real world their actions prove fatal, and Sean is forced to confront the dangers of his creation and its origins in his own troubled past. A beguiling story of contingency, solitude and escape, Wolf in White Van is a heart-stopping debut from a musician and songwriter known for the transcendent power of his words.

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Biografía del autor:

JOHN DARNIELLE is a writer, composer, guitarist, and vocalist for the band The Mountain Goats; he is widely considered one of the best lyricists of his generation. He lives in Durham, North Carolina, with his wife and son.

Reseña del editor:

Sean Phillips' face was scarred in a terrible accident when he was still young. These days, Sean lives a quiet life curating 'Trace Italian', an adventure game in which players awake in an apocalyptic America and make their way to safety across an irradiated landscape, decision by difficult decision. But when a pair of teenage sweethearts try to seek the Trace in the real world their actions prove fatal, and Sean must confront the tragedy that changed his life so many years ago. A beguiling story of contingency, solitude and escape, Wolf in White Van is a heart-stopping debut from a musician and songwriter known for the transcendent power of his words.

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• Verlag: Granta Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1783781106
• ISBN 13: 9781783781102
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 224