Verlag | Random House UK |
Auflage | 2009 |
Seiten | 224 |
Format | 12,9 x 19,8 x 1,4 cm |
B-format paperback | |
Gewicht | 166 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
ISBN-10 | 0099520974 |
EAN | 9780099520979 |
Bestell-Nr | 09952097EA |
Knockemstiff is the world of Vernon God Little by a writer who depicts poor America like no other. Donald Ray Pollock is an astonishing new voice in American fiction.
Klappentext:
Blunt, brutal, but infused with a deep sympathy, Knockemstiff is a pitch-dark and hilarious collection of stories set in a tiny town in Southern Ohio.
The youth of Knockemstiff grow up in the malignant shadow of their parents; raised on abuse, alcohol, drugs and cigarettes, they are stunted in every possible way: emotionally, mentally, sometimes physically. They talk a lot about escape but they never so much as cross the county line.
Rezension:
To get an idea of Donald Ray Pollock's astonishing new book, one could try to imagine a drunken punch-up between a redneck Hemingway and an amphetamine-fuelled Raymond Carver... A fiendishly enjoyable collection Daily Telegraph