Resultaten voor 'david vann'

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  1. From Before Memory
    1. David , Vann

    From Before Memory

    A discontented great-grandmother unleashes chaos across post-apocalyptic California in this hilarious and moving adventure from the author of international bestseller Legend of a Suicide. This scorching satire on power in America is Shirley Jackson's The Lottery meets Yorgos Lanthimos' The Lobster imagine a Mad Max caravan led by a bloodthirsty Betty White! America in the near future is the same, but worse. There's no national or state government anymore. Only local authorities endure, and they barely function. The real glue holding what's left of society together is death. In this America, everyone who dies is celebrated in a lengthy, undeviating funeral rite led by the oldest member of their community. Maxine is one such elder--99 years old and living in Lakeport, California. Dogged by chronic pain and burdened by grief, one day her discontent pushes her to change the words of the funeral rite and, contrary to her expectations, the entire community follows her lead. Maxine's rebellion begins to snowball, unleashing a spate of violence with consequences for the whole town, and eventually the country. Initially horrified, she's soon intoxicated by her new powers, and finds herself leading funeral rites that resemble political rallies or orgies of violence more than solemn ceremonies. When she launches a pilgrimage across the California desert, it triggers a confrontation with the remaining institutional forces of the country--a confrontation she may not survive. A furiously funny satire on contemporary America, as well as a moving meditation on grief and how it binds us together, this utterly propulsive novel marks an exciting new departure from the author of international bestseller Legend of a Suicide.

    € 24,00
  2. Aquarium
    1. David Vann

    Aquarium

    De twaalfjarige Caitlin woont samen met haar moeder, die haar geld verdient als havenarbeider, in een klein huis vlak bij het vliegveld van Seattle. Iedere dag bezoekt ze na school het lokale aquarium, terwijl ze wacht tot haar moeder haar ophaalt. Daar ontmoet ze een oude man, die haar liefde voor de vissen lijkt te delen. Doordat hun vriendschappelijke band steeds sterker wordt, komt een duister familiegeheim aan de oppervlakte en dreigt de onvoorwaardelijke liefde tussen Caitlin en haar moeder gevaar te lopen. In elegant en kristalhelder proza volgt de lezer een moedig meisje wier verlangen naar liefde en vergiffenis de beschadigde mensen om haar heen weet te transformeren. Aquarium is een hartverscheurende, maar ook hoopgevende en onvergetelijke roman. 'De vis was zo lelijk dat hij niet eens op een vis leek. Een steen gemaakt van koud vlees, mossig begroeid, groen en wit gevlekt. Ik had hem eerst niet gezien, maar toen drukte ik mijn gezicht tegen het glas en probeerde ik er dichterbij te komen. Verborgen in dat onmogelijke groeisel, de neerwaartse boog van dikke lippen, een grimas als mond. Zwart kraaltje als oog. Dikke staart met banden van zwarte stippen. Maar verder niets herkenbaar als vis.'

    € 20,99
  3. Halibut on the Moon
    1. David Vann

    Halibut on the Moon

    € 17,50
  4. Beta-Life
    1. Frank Cottrell Boyce
    2. Julian Gough
    3. Toby Litt

    Beta-Life

    Stories from an A-Life Future
    € 17,95
  5. Dirt
    1. David Vann

    Dirt

    Twenty-two-year-old Galen is a New Age believer on a warpath towards transcendence. He lives with his emotionally dependent mother in a secluded house, surviving on old family money that his Aunt Helen and cousin Jennifer are determined to get their hands on.

    € 21,95
  6. Bright Air Black
    1. David Vann

    Bright Air Black

    € 17,50
  7. Bright Air Black
    1. David Vann

    Bright Air Black

    In brilliant poetic prose Bright Air Black brings us aboard the ship Argo for its epic return journey across the Black Sea from Persia’s Colchis – where Medea flees her home and father with Jason, the Argonauts, and the Golden Fleece.

    € 23,50
  8. Aquarium
    1. David Vann

    Aquarium

    'Startlingly brilliant' Spectator'A triumph' Daily Mail'One of America's most powerful writers' Times Literary Supplement Twelve-year-old Caitlin lives alone with her mother - a docker at the local container port - in subsidised housing next to an airport in Seattle.

    € 21,95
  9. Aquarium
    1. David Vann

    Aquarium

    € 17,50
  10. Legend of a Suicide
    1. David Vann

    Legend of a Suicide

    € 20,95
  11. Caribou Island
    1. David Vann

    Caribou Island

    € 19,95
  12. Legend of a Suicide
    1. David Vann

    Legend of a Suicide

    Roy is still young when his father, a failed dentist and hapless fisherman, commits suicide on the deck of his boat. Throughout his life, Roy returns to that moment, gripped by its memory and the shadow it casts over his small-town boyhood. Finally, Roy lays his father's ghost to rest. But not before he exacts a gruelling, exhilarating revenge.

    € 23,50