Nathan Hill

The Nix is a mother-son psychodrama with ghosts and politics, but its also a tragicomedy about anger and sanctimony in America. . . . Nathan Hill is a maestro. John Irving A Nix can take many forms. In Norwegian folklore, it is a spirit who sometimes appears as a white horse that steals children away. In Nathan Hills remarkable first novel, a Nix is anything you love that one day disappears, taking with it a piece of your heart. Its 2011, and Samuel Andresen-Andersoncollege professor, stalled writerhas a Nix of his own: his mother, Faye. He hasnt seen her in decades, not since she abandoned the family when he was a boy. Now shes re-appeared, having committed an absurd crime that electrifies the nightly news, beguiles the internet, and inflames a politically divided country. The media paints Faye as a radical hippie with a sordid past, but as far as Samuel knows, his mother was an ordinary girl who married her high-school sweetheart. Which version of his mother is true? Two facts are certain: shes facing some serious charges, and she needs Samuels help. To save her, Samuel will have to embark on his own journey, uncovering long-buried secrets about the woman he thought he knew, secrets that stretch across generations and have their origin all the way back in Norway, home of the mysterious Nix. As he does so, Samuel will confront not only Fayes losses but also his own lost love, and will relearn everything he thought he knew about his mother, and himself. From the suburban Midwest to New York City to the 1968 riots that rocked Chicago and beyond, The Nix exploreswith sharp humor and a fierce tendernessthe resilience of love and home, even in times of radical change. From the Hardcover edition.

Aux Etats-Unis, le gouverneur Packer, candidat a la présidentielle, est agressé en public par une femme d'âge mûr, Faye Andresen-Anderson. Les médias s'emparent de son histoire et la surnomment Calamity Packer. Son fils, Samuel, se voit contraint par son éditeur d'écrire la biographie de cette mère dont il ne sait presque rien. Une fresque de l'Amérique d'aujourd'hui et ses démons.

In this literary masterwork, Louise Erdrich, the bestselling author of the National Book Award-winning The Round House and the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Plague of Doves wields her breathtaking narrative magic in an emotionally haunting contemporary tale of a tragic accident, a demand for justice, and a profound act of atonement with ancient roots in Native American culture.

Aux Etats-Unis, le gouverneur Packer, candidat a la présidentielle, est agressé en public par une femme d'âge mûr, Faye Andresen-Anderson. Les médias s'emparent de son histoire et la surnomment Calamity Packer. Seul Samuel Anderson, professeur d'anglais a l'université de Chicago, passe a côté du fait divers, trop occupé a jouer en ligne. Pourtant, Calamity Packer n'est autre que sa mère.

''American storytelling at its era-spanning best . . . An immersive, multi-layered portrait of a marriage, Nathan Hills follow-up to The Nix is a work of quiet genius.'' The Observer An Oprah''s Book Club Pick. Moving from the gritty 90s Chicago art scene to a suburbia of detox diets and home renovation hysteria, Wellness is a story of marriage, middle age, our tech-obsessed health culture, and the bonds that keep people together. When Jack and Elizabeth meet as college students in the 90s, the two quickly join forces and hold on tight, each eager to claim a place in Chicagos thriving underground art scene with an appreciative kindred spirit. Fast-forward twenty years to married life, and the no-longer-youthful dreamers are forced to face their demons, from unfulfilled career ambitions to painful childhood memories of their own dysfunctional families. In the process, Jack and Elizabeth must undertake separate, personal excavations, or risk losing the best thing in their lives: each other. From the author of The Nix, Wellness mines the absurdities of modern technology and modern love to reveal profound, startling truths about intimacy and connection, reimagining the love story with healthy doses of insight, irony and heart. ''The incredible scope of this dazzlingly detailed state-of-the-nation satire almost defies description . . . Brilliant doesnt begin to describe it, but Ill say it anyway.'' Daily Mail ''I doubt I''ll enjoy many books this year as much as Wellness.'' The Times

Con una estructura aparentemente caótica, una asombrosa variedad de recursos lingüísticos y un amplio despliegue de técnicas narrativas, Nathan Hill nos conduce por este laberinto mágico de setecient

Nathan Hill's brilliant debut takes the reader from the rural Midwest of the 1960s, to New York City during Occupy Wall Street; from Chicago in 1968, to wartime Norway: home of the mysterious Nix.Meet Samuel: stalled writer, bored teacher at a local college, obsessive player of online video games. He hasn't seen his mother, Faye, in decades, not since she abandoned her family when he was a boy. Now she has suddenly reappeared, having committed an absurd politically motivated crime that electrifies the nightly news, beguiles the Internet, and inflames a divided America. The media paints Faye as a radical hippie with a sordid past, but as far as Samuel knows, his mother was an ordinary girl who married her high-school sweetheart. Which version of his mother is true? Two facts are certain: she's facing some serious charges, and she needs Samuel's help.As Samuel begins to excavate his mother's - and his country's - history, he will unexpectedly find that he has to rethink everything he ever knew about her - a woman with an epic story of her own, a story she has kept hidden from the world.

A l'aube des années 1990 à Chicago, en pleine bohème artistique, un homme et une femme vivent l'un en face de l'autre et s'épient en cachette. Rien ne semble les relier - elle est étudiante en psycho

Una afilada sátira sobre el matrimonio y los vínculos que nos mantienen unidos Corren los años noventa, Jack y Elizabeth son estudiantes universitarios y, en cuanto se conocen, tienen la certeza de haber encontrado a su alma gemela, por lo que no tardan en unir fuerzas y abrirse un hueco juntos en la floreciente escena artistica underground de Chicago. Veinte años despues estan casados y, ademas de enfrentarse a los retos de ser padres, deberan lidiar con sectas disfrazadas de grupos de mindfulness, pretendientes poliamorosos, guerras en Facebook y algo llamado Pocion de Amor Numero Nueve. Por primera vez, a Jack y Elizabeth les cuesta reconocerse mutuamente, y los antaño jovenes soñadores se veran obligados a plantar cara a sus demonios: desde ambiciones profesionales frustradas hasta dolorosos recuerdos infantiles en el seno de sus propias familias disfuncionales. Jack y Elizabeth habran de emprender caminos separados de indagacion personal o arriesgarse a perder lo mejor de sus vidas: el uno al otro. Nathan Hill regresa con una conmovedora e ingeniosa historia sobre el matrimonio, la busqueda a menudo desconcertante de una vida feliz y saludable, y sobre las historias que nos mantienen unidos. Desde la provocadora escena artistica del Chicago de los noventa hasta los actuales barrios residenciales y su obsesion por las dietas detox y las reformas en el hogar, Hill reinventa el genero amoroso con refrescantes dosis de erudicion, ironia y sensibilidad.