Descripción
«This novel is a page-turner with a relentless pace» (Kate Saunders The Times)»Has a strangely mesmerising effect . . . absolutely excellent.» (New Statesman)»Kennedy is skilled at zigzag plotting, blending domestic twists with turns created by global affairs.» (Observer)»An ambitious tale from a reliably compelling story teller.» (Sunday Mirror)»Douglas Kennedy sensitively engages with issues that still affect America to this day and creates a story with realism and heart» (Woman’s Weekly)?Accomplished?a strangely mesmerising effect?absolutely excellent?New StatesmanNew York, 1980s Alice Burns ? a young book editor ? is deep into a manuscript about the morass of family life. The observations within resonate, perhaps, because she has just watched her own family implode.As she reads she wonders: When did the sadness start? And could it be that unhappiness is a choice?Thus begins a great American epic which follows Alice as she navigates high school, first love and sexism at an elite college, a spell in 1970s Ireland, and a tragedy that sends her stateside as the US embraces a cowboy actor named Reagan.But it is also the tale of her endlessly complex parents and brothers ? how their destinies are written by the lies they tell themselves and others.The Great Wide Open is an immensely ambitious and compulsive saga; a novel which will speak volumes to anyone who has marvelled at that pain that can only be caused by family itself.
- Encuadernación Tapa blanda
- Autor/es Kennedy, Douglas
- ISBN13 9780099585220
- ISBN10 0099585227
- Páginas 584
- Año de Edición 2019
- Idioma Inglés