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Pete Beatty

    Pete Beatty je rodák z oblasti Clevelandu, který se proslavil svým debutovým románem. Beatty vyučoval psaní na Kent State University a University of Alabama a nyní pracuje pro University of Alabama Press. Jeho literární styl se vyznačuje pronikavým pohledem na lidskou povahu a společenské nuance, což čtenářům nabízí poutavý a myšlenkově podnětný zážitek. Beattyho romány se ponořují do složitých témat a zkoumají hlubiny lidské zkušenosti s vypravěčskou zručností a jedinečným hlasem, který rezonuje čtenáři.

    Cuyahoga
    • 2020

      Cuyahoga

      • 272 stránek
      • 10 hodin čtení
      3,5(1036)Ohodnotit

      Big Son is a spirit of the times--the times being 1837. Behind his broad shoulders, shiny hair, and church-organ laugh, Big Son practically made Ohio City all by himself. The feats of this proto-superhero have earned him wonder and whiskey toasts but very little in the way of fortune. And without money, Big cannot become an honest husband to his beloved Cloe (who may or may not want to be his wife, honestly). In pursuit of a steady wage, our hero hits the (dirt) streets of Ohio City and Cleveland, the twin towns racing to become the first great metropolis of the West. Their rivalry reaches a boil over the building of a bridge across the Cuyahoga River--and Big stumbles right into the kettle. The resulting misadventures involve elderly terrorists, infrastructure collapse, steamboat races, wild pigs, and multiple ruined weddings. Narrating this ... tale is Medium Son--known as Meed--apprentice coffin maker, almanac author, orphan, and the younger brother of Big. Meed finds himself swept up in the action, and he is forced to choose between brotherly love and his own ambitions

      Cuyahoga