Store besparelser
Hurtig levering
Gemte
Log ind
0
Kurv
Kurv
Suttree
Engelsk Paperback
Suttree
Engelsk Paperback

184 kr
Tilføj til kurv
Sikker betaling
6 - 8 hverdage

Om denne bog

In this semi-autobiographical work, a man abandons his life of privilege to live among eccentrics, criminals and the impoverished of Knoxville. Suttree is a humorous, compelling tapestry of life on the edge from Cormac McCarthy, author of The Road and Blood Meridian.

Suttree contains a humour that is Faulknerian in its gentle wryness, and a freakish imaginative flair'' – Times Literary Supplement


1951. Cornelius Suttree lives alone, exiled on a disintegrating houseboat on the wrong side of the Tennessee River. As we meet him, Suttree watches the police haul the body of a suicidal man from the water. Amongst the living, the river is home to hermits, sex workers, alcoholics – and a witch.

Conjuring James Joyce''s Ulysses, Suttree wanders the river with a detachment and wry humour, encountering a broad cast of humanity as he does – even as dereliction and destitution threaten the last of his remaining dignity.

''Suttree is like a good, long scream in the ear'' – New York Times


Praise for Cormac McCarthy:

‘McCarthy worked close to some religious impulse, his books were terrifying and absolute’ – Anne Enright, author of The Green Road and The Wren, The Wren

''His prose takes on an almost biblical quality, hallucinatory in its effect and evangelical in its power'' – Stephen King, author of The Shining and the Dark Tower series

''[I]n presenting the darker human impulses in his rich prose, [McCarthy] showed readers the necessity of facing up to existence'' – Annie Proulx, author of Brokeback Mountain

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
576
ISBN-13:
9781035039272
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1035039273
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
4 apr 2024
Længde:
34mm
Bredde:
130mm
Højde:
197mm
Forlag:
Pan Macmillan
Oplagsdato:
4 apr 2024
Forfatter(e):
Kategori sammenhænge