📗 Libro en inglés AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE

Name: AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE
Author: Tayari Jones

Tayari Jones

ONEWORLD PUBLICATIONS- 9781786075192

Literatura en inglés

Sinopsis de AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE

LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION, 2019 ''A moving portrayal of the effects of a wrongful conviction on a young African-American couple.'' - Barack Obama Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of the American Dream. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. Until one day they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. Roy is arrested and sentenced to twelve years for a crime Celestial knows he didn''t commit. Devastated and unmoored, Celestial finds herself struggling to hold on to the love that has been her centre, taking comfort in Andre, their closest friend. When Roy''s conviction is suddenly overturned, he returns home ready to resume their life together. A masterpiece of storytelling, An American Marriage offers a profoundly insightful look into the hearts and minds of three unforgettable characters who are at once bound together and separated by forces beyond their control.

Ficha técnica

Editorial: Oneworld Publications

ISBN: 9781786075192

Idioma: Inglés

Número de páginas: 336

Tiempo de lectura:

6h 55m

Encuadernación: Tapa blanda bolsillo

Fecha de lanzamiento: 01/01/2019

Año de edición: 2019

Especificaciones del producto

Escrito por Tayari Jones

Tayari Jones (1970) es ganadora de los premios Hurston-Wright Legacy de Primera Novela 2003 y el Lillian Smith Book Award 2005. Se graduó por Spelman College y continuó sus estudios superiores en la Universidad Estatal de Arizona y la Universidad de Iowa. Ha sido profesora de Escritura Creativa en la Universidad de Illinois y la Universidad de George Washington. Actualmente, imparte clases en el Máster de Escritura Creativa de la Universidad Rutgers-Newark, en Nueva Jersey, y escribe sobre literatura en su blog, http://www.tayarijones.com/blog. " Un matrimonio americano " es su cuarta novela.

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