As a Friend

Gander, Forrest

ISBN 10: 0811217450 / ISBN 13: 9780811217453

Verlag: New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2008

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers G0811217450I4N00

Inhaltsangabe:

"Heroism is a secondary virtue," Albert Camus noted, "but friendship is primary." In his gem-like first novel, Forrest Gander writes of friendship, envy, and eros as a harmonic of charged overtones. Set in a rural southern landscape as vivid as its indelible characters, As a Friend tells the story of Les, a gifted man and land surveyor, whose impact on those around him (his friend Clay, his girlfriend Sarah) provokes intense self-examination and an atmosphere of dangerous eroticism. With poetic insight, Gander explores the nature of attraction, betrayal, and loyalty. What he achieves is brilliant in style and powerfully unsettling.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Forrest Gander teaches in the Comparative Literature and Literary Arts programs at Brown University.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: As a Friend
Verlag: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Very Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket