The Boy: A Novel - Tapa dura

Críticas

"Stunningly ambitious debut novel....Admirably understated, Santoro keeps the story at a quick clip....The writing is exacting and effective."-- Washington City Paper "Anguished...monstrously beautiful....A gorgeously written novel."-- O Magazine "Cathleen Medwick " "Hilarious, harrowing....A passionate book with intense characters."-- Shelf Awareness "Nick DiMartino " "Sublime....Santoro evokes the continent's everyday horrors and uncommon moments of grace in decidedly unsentimental prose, and her depiction of international journalists' lifestyles is similarly powerful....The characters and their complicated relationships remain stirring until the end."-- Publishers Weekly "I read it in one go, with my heart in my mouth. Witty, compulsive, sensuous, and brutally honest about the price of motherhood." Emma Donoghue, "author of "Room""" "Lara Santoro's "The Boy "is both a swift and seductive novel. To experience such brutal beauty is why I read fiction." Alice Sebold, "author of The Almost Moon"" "I read this novel in one sitting and was mesmerized, addicted, charmed, jealous. "The Boy "is gorgeous, fiercely intelligent, deeply honest, and incredibly entertaining." Anne Lamott, "author of Some Assembly Required"" ""The Boy "is beautifully written, beguiling in its fashion, hypnotic and swiftly paced. Lara Santoro tells a morally complicated and edgy story and doesn't retreat, but stays true to her music. The word brave comes to mind, as does masterful." Daniel Woodrell, "author of "Winter's Bone""" "Lara Santoro is a brilliant novelist whose vision is fierce and unsparingly clear. "The Boy "is a beautiful, brutally sensuous novel." Kate Christensen, "author of "The Great Man""" "Lara Santoro drills deep down, to the maelstrom of desire and despair that we cover up with the stories we tell ourselves. Unflinching and passionate, fierce and tender, "The Boy" is both a love story between parents and children, and a coming-of-age story for all women who are old enough to know better. It broke my heart." Allegra Huston, "author of "Love Child""" "The Boy "unfolds with terse, impressionistic rapidity-like a spare, brutalist modern fairy tale....You can't turn away." "Ben Dickinson, Elle"" "Brilliant....Ms. Santoro has crafted a book just as fascinating [as Junot Diaz's "This Is How You Lose Her"], twice as stark, and simply unforgettable." "Autumn Markus, New York Journal of Books"" PRAISE FOR MERCY "Lara Santoro is an amazing new voice. "Mercy" is a fabulous novel."--author of The Almost Moon "Alice Sebold "

Reseña del editor

Once a free spirit who refused to be tied down, Anna is a forty-something single mother trying to put her life together after a bitter divorce. She crosses paths with a twenty-year-old neighbor who could not be more wrong for her---and her life suddenly has a new focus.

She is drawn to his youth, his easy grace, and his freedom from the constraints that rule her existence. Though she resists temptation in every way she can, Anna is soon engaged in a reckless and obsessive affair. The consequences are life changing.

Provocative, headlong, and utterly compelling, THE BOY is the story of a woman on the edge, torn between love and lust, desire and duty. Lara Santoro writes in fierce, unflinching prose about the dark side of passion, motherhood, and a woman's unthinkable rebellion.