House of Sand and Fog. A Novel

Autor*innen

• Andre Dubus III

Parameter

• 384 Seiten
• 14 Lesestunden

• Belletristik
• Gegenwartsliteratur

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The National Book Award finalist, Oprah Book Club pick, #1 New York Times bestseller and basis for the Oscar-nominated motion picture. A former colonel in the Iranian Air Force yearns to restore his family's dignity. A recovering alcoholic and addict down on her luck struggles to hold on to the one thing she has left. And her lover, a married cop, is driven to extremes to win her love. In this masterpiece of American realism and Shakespearean consequence, Andre Dubus III's unforgettable characters—people with ordinary flaws, looking for a small piece of ground to stand on—careen toward inevitable conflict, their tragedy painting a shockingly true picture of the country we live in today.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• Einband: Paperback