In this entrancing first collection of stories, a master storyteller focuses on a fresh and fascinating range of human behaviour, revealing himself as an even more versatile and accomplished writer than his acclaimed novels have shown. As with all Russo's characters, we warm to these newcomers almost in spite of themselves. In the title story, a septuagenarian nun resolutely invades the narrator's college writing workshop with an incredible saga; a seasoned Hollywood moviemaker uncovers a 25-year-old flame he never knew he'd harboured; a precious fifth-grader puzzles over life, love and baseball as he watches his parents' marriage dissolve; another child is forced into a harrowing cross-country escape; and an elderly couple rediscover the power - and misery - of their relationship during a long-awaited retreat to a hurricane-swept resort island.
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Arrow (Random)
ISBN: 9780099437529
Idioma: Inglés
Número de páginas: 288
Tiempo de lectura:
5h 55m
Encuadernación: Tapa blanda
Fecha de lanzamiento: 01/01/2003
Año de edición: 2003
Plaza de edición: Reino Unido
Especificaciones del producto
Escrito por Richard Russo
Richard Russo, escritor estadounidense, posee una producción literaria interconectada por un profundo sentido de lo cómico. Su obra, imbuída siempre de elementos contempóraneos como puede ser la política, ha recibido gran apoyo de la crítica y del público, como demuestra la obtención del Premio Pultizer.