Parametry
- 304 stránek
- 11 hodin čtení
Více o knize
It is 1958 and the Phelan clan has gathered to hear Peter Phelan's will, read by the living Peter himself, an artist whose paintings about members of the family have given him belated critical recognition. The paintings illuminate the lives of his brother Francis (the exiled hero of Ironweed), and a family ancestor, Malachi McIlhenny, a true madman beset by demons, and determined to send them back to hell.Orson Purcell, bastard son of Peter, and half-mad himself, encounters his first true solace through this obsessive and close-knit family he has never quite entered; most especially through his Aunt Molly, whose intense love affair holds secrets that only another love can resurrect. It is through Orson's modern eye that we see the tragedies, obsessions, and clandestine joys of this singular family.This is climatic work in William Kennedy's Albany Cycle, riding on the melody of its language and the power of its story, which is full of surprise, comedy, terror, and earthly delight.
Nákup knihy
Very Old Bones, William Kennedy
- Jazyk
- Rok vydání
- 1993
- Vazba
- (měkká)
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- Titul
- Very Old Bones
- Jazyk
- anglicky
- Autoři
- William Kennedy
- Vydavatel
- Penguin Books
- Rok vydání
- 1993
- Vazba
- měkká
- Počet stran
- 304
- ISBN10
- 0140138986
- ISBN13
- 9780140138986
- Série
- Kategorie
- Štítky
- Historické téma, Dobrodružství, Detektivky, Láska, Rodina, Současná literatura, Povídky, Přátelství, USA, Vztahy, 20. století, Války, Americká literatura, Škola, Příběhy ze života, Manželství, Historie USA, Rasa, rasismus, Kriminalita, Rodinné ságy, Modernismus, Americana
- Anotace
- It is 1958 and the Phelan clan has gathered to hear Peter Phelan's will, read by the living Peter himself, an artist whose paintings about members of the family have given him belated critical recognition. The paintings illuminate the lives of his brother Francis (the exiled hero of Ironweed), and a family ancestor, Malachi McIlhenny, a true madman beset by demons, and determined to send them back to hell.Orson Purcell, bastard son of Peter, and half-mad himself, encounters his first true solace through this obsessive and close-knit family he has never quite entered; most especially through his Aunt Molly, whose intense love affair holds secrets that only another love can resurrect. It is through Orson's modern eye that we see the tragedies, obsessions, and clandestine joys of this singular family.This is climatic work in William Kennedy's Albany Cycle, riding on the melody of its language and the power of its story, which is full of surprise, comedy, terror, and earthly delight.