A gun is pointed at 21-year-old Ellis as she walks through a New York park. Although she escapes unharmed she is left psychologically reeling. Over the next few weeks Ellis keeps everyone at bay: the police, suitors who want to save her, and the university therapist who hints that her sweaters are too tight. But when Ellis accompanies her mother, a nurse, on a mission in the Philippines, she finds the life - even if held up - cannot be held back, and neither, finally, can she.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"The First Lady of Alt Lit" * Vogue * "Consistently a pleasure to read" * Independent on Sunday * "A sneakily engaging and ultimately astounding first novel... A delight from the first page to the last" * Big Issue * "A spare but polished miniature that isn't ashamed to strive for small truths instead of great lumbering ones" * New York Times Book Review * "Utterly gripping, a book to be read in one sitting" * Times Literary Supplement *
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Verlagsort
Verlagsgruppe
Produkt-Hinweis
Maße
Höhe: 198 mm
Breite: 130 mm
Dicke: 14 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-0-09-945214-0 (9780099452140)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Vendela Vida has worked at the Paris Review and the New York Review of Books. She is the author of the non-fiction book Girls on the Verge. She and Dave Eggers have recently opened a writing lab for teenagers in San Francisco.
