Friendswood (Signed First Edition)
Rene Steinke
Librería: Dan Pope Books, West Hartford, CT, Estados Unidos de America
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New York: (2014). First edition. First printing. Hardbound. New/New. A pristine unread copy (without marks or bruises or smells or any other defect). Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket cover (not clipped, of course). Shipped in well-padded box. Purchased new and opened only for author to sign, no inscriptions, just the author's name directly on the title page. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. NOTE: Author has also dated the book in NYC in month of publication, September 2014. This copy has some slight bruising at corners, very slight. 0.0. N° de ref. del artículo 10-2014-114
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Título: Friendswood (Signed First Edition)
Editorial: Riverhead
Año de publicación: 2014
Encuadernación: Hardcover
Condición: New
Condición de la sobrecubierta: New
Ejemplar firmado: Signed by Author(s)
Edición: 1st Edition.
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""Friendswood," the lyrical new novel by National Book Award Finalist Rene Steinke, is the kind of 300-plus-page book that devours you in a couple of afternoons. The prose is nimble but sure-footed, the narrative suspenseful, and the characters universally recognizable regardless of your familiarity with the small-town Texas paradigm of church, high school football, and a stream of background music from such Southern songwriting eminences as Porter Wagoner, George Jones, and Patsy Cline. . . . "Friendswood "is a rare blend of beautiful, suspenseful, and seemingly artless prose you may stay up past bedtime to find out how everything turns out but also of optimism: hope minus any form of proselytization. Like the country singers who are quietly woven throughout the narrative, shrugging off suffering through song, "Friendswood "offers an unassuming remedy for the troubles we humans always seem to find ourselves in: love thy neighbor. Simple right? Doesn t hurt to be reminded of it. And it s also one hell of a read." "The Literary Review"
"Years after an oil refinery s toxic chemicals have caused death and illness among the residents of a fictional Texas hamlet, the affected families struggle to move on.Then a real estate tycoon lobbies to rebuild homes on the abandoned site, and the neighbors clash over money, justice, and the truth about this mysterious tract of land." "Woman's Day"
"The topics in Rene Steinke's new novel, Friendswood may be heavy . . . but you'll relate easily to the characters. . . . Long after you finish the book, you'll still wonder how the people in in are doing." "Redbook"
"The big events that rock this Texas community are nothing compared with what happens behind closed doors." "Cosmopolitan"
"A sharp, observant novel about the hard realities of challenging the status quo." "Kirkus"
This is a book of rare power, tempered by equally rare grace. Steinke's sense of this small Texas town, with its explosive and interconnected lives and deaths, is absolutely masterful. The reader is pulled into the story immediately, emotionally, morally, completely. What's more, it's a page-turner of the most explosive quality. Steinke torques the plot tighter and tighter, until the suspense is nearly unbearable yet never loses sight of her character's humanity, nor sacrifices a word of her beautiful prose. This is work by an author operating at the peak of her authority, to be sure." Elizabeth Gilbert
"A compassionate and compelling novel that explores the points of view of multiple people living in a run-over small town where everyone is as bound to the land around them as they are bound to each other, no matter how much they wish otherwise. The past is never quite past, and the mystery of how it all fits together is very seductive. Steinke gives us a rich and poignant story of human loneliness rendered through evocative, poetic and beautiful prose. Dana Spiotta, author of "Stone Arabia"
I loved this book for many reasons, not least its hardscrabble, plaintive tone and atmosphere of looming suspense. All of America is here. This is the one we've been waiting for. Wesley Stace, author of "Wonderkid"
Rene Steinke s "Friendswood "is as arresting, haunting, and heartbreaking as contemporary narrative comes. With lyrical and emotional depth, with an empathy only the greatest writers possess, Steinke shines a light into the shadows of the American spirit and doesn't for a moment avert her gaze. David Grand, author of "Louse "and "Mount Terminus"
Praise for "Holy Skirts"
Steinke has resurrected a genuine Personality, a stylish eccentric who might have been a staple of the tabloid gossip columns, had they existed a century ago. "The New York Times"
Praise for "The Fires"
Rene Steinke is incapable of writing a bad sentence. Every line of "The Fires "shimmers with heat and danger. She rules her very willful characters with an iron hand. Gorgeous! Elizabeth Gilbert"
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