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With the turn of each page, the characters that roam across these pages go astray. They are emigrants, runaways, drifters; gold miners and counterfeiters, attorneys and slaves. They cross borders of race, law, sex, and sanity. They travel for love or money, under duress or incognito. This fascinating collection from Emma Donoghue, author of the internationally bestselling Room, is a sequence of fourteen fact-inspired fictions about travels to, in and from North America, Astray offers a past in scattered pieces, a surprising and moving history for restless times.
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‘Time and again, Emma Donoghue writes books that are unlike anything I have ever seen before, and Astray is no exception.’ Ann Patchett, author of State of Wonder
‘Emma Donoghue is one of the great literary ventriloquists of our time. Her imagination is kaleidoscopic. She steps borders and boundaries with great ease and style. In her hands the centuries dissolve, and then they crystallize back again into powerful words on the page.’ Colum McCann, author of Let the Great World Spin
‘Superb . . . read this book. It is a gem.’ Sunday Times
‘Vivid and moving’ Good Housekeeping
‘A pitch-perfect collection of short stories, inspired by real-life characters whose lives have gone awry’ Marie Claire
‘Donoghue’s affinity for yesteryear’s untold tales is charming, and her talent for dialect is hard to overstate . . . Each and every one of Donoghue’s characters leaves an impression’ TIME
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‘Emma Donoghue is one of the great literary ventriloquists of our time. Her imagination is kaleidoscopic. She steps borders and boundaries with great ease and style. In her hands the centuries dissolve, and then they crystallize back again into powerful words on the page.’ Colum McCann, author of Let the Great World Spin
‘Superb . . . read this book. It is a gem.’ Sunday Times
‘Vivid and moving’ Good Housekeeping
‘A pitch-perfect collection of short stories, inspired by real-life characters whose lives have gone awry’ Marie Claire
‘Donoghue’s affinity for yesteryear’s untold tales is charming, and her talent for dialect is hard to overstate . . . Each and every one of Donoghue’s characters leaves an impression’ TIME
‘Emma Donoghue writes books that are unlike anything I have ever seen before, and Astray is no exception. There is such a deep and compassionate imagination at work in every story in this collection that Astray feels almost like an act of clairvoyance.’ Ann Patchett, Orange prize-winning author of Bel Canto
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- EditorePicador
- Data di pubblicazione2013
- ISBN 10 1447209508
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- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine288
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Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Counterfeiter. Dishwasher. Prostitute. Attorney. Sculptor. Mercenary. Elephant. Corpse. The fascinating characters that roam across the pages of Emma Donoghue's latest fact-inspired fictions have all gone astray: they are emigrants, runaways, drifters. They cross other borders, too: those of race, law, sex and sanity. They travel for love or money, incognito or under duress. Donoghue describes the brutal plot hatched by a slave in conjunction with his master's wife to set them both free; she draws out the difficulties of gold mining in the Yukon, even in the supposedly plentiful early days, and she takes us to an early Puritan community in Massachusetts unsettled by an invented sex scandal. Astray also includes The Hunt, a shocking confession of one soldier's violent betrayal during the American Revolution, which has been shortlisted for the 2012 Sunday Times Short Story Award. Astray is a sequence of fourteen stories by the prize-winning author of Room and The Sealed Letter. These strange, true tales light up four centuries of wanderings, offering a past made up of deviations, and a surprising and moving history for restless times. ASTRAY is a sequence of fourteen stories, all with fascinating characters, who are emigrants, runaways, drifters - they cross the borders of race, law, sex and sanity. They have all gone astray. Included are the brutal plot hatched by a slave to set both himself and his master's wife free; the early Puritan community unsettled by an invented sex scandal; and a shocking confession of one soldier's violent betrayal during the American Revolution. These strange, true tales light up four centuries of wanderings, offering a past made up of deviations, and a surprising and moving history for restless times. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9781447209508
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Descrizione libro Condizione: New. 'Emma Donoghue writes books that are unlike anything I have ever seen before, and Astray is no exception. There is such a deep and compassionate imagination at work in every story in this collection that Astray feels almost like an act of clairvoyance.' Ann Patchett, Orange prize-winning author of Bel Canto Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238. . 2013. 0th Edition. Paperback. . . . . Codice articolo V9781447209508
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Descrizione libro Condizione: New. 'Emma Donoghue writes books that are unlike anything I have ever seen before, and Astray is no exception. There is such a deep and compassionate imagination at work in every story in this collection that Astray feels almost like an act of clairvoyance.' Ann Patchett, Orange prize-winning author of Bel Canto Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238. . 2013. 0th Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Codice articolo V9781447209508
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