Edisto, English edition - Powell, Padgett
Marktplatzangebote
Gebraucht bestellen
Ein Angebot für € 4,29 €
  • Broschiertes Buch

Simons Everson Manigault ('You say it "Simmons". I'm a rare one-m Simons') lives with his mother, an eccentric professor known as the Duchess, on an isolated strip of South Carolina coast. Convinced that her son can be a writer of genius, the Duchess has immersed Simons in the literary classics since birth and has given him free rein to gather materials in such spots as the Baby Grand, a local black nightclub.
Although possessed of a vocabulary and sophistication beyond his years, Simons feels the normal adolescent bewilderment about the behaviour of his parents. His conventional father,…mehr

Andere Kunden interessierten sich auch für
Produktbeschreibung
Simons Everson Manigault ('You say it "Simmons". I'm a rare one-m Simons') lives with his mother, an eccentric professor known as the Duchess, on an isolated strip of South Carolina coast. Convinced that her son can be a writer of genius, the Duchess has immersed Simons in the literary classics since birth and has given him free rein to gather materials in such spots as the Baby Grand, a local black nightclub.

Although possessed of a vocabulary and sophistication beyond his years, Simons feels the normal adolescent bewilderment about the behaviour of his parents. His conventional father, the Progenitor, has recently left the family in a dispute over Simons' upbringing and has moved to nearby Hilton Head, where he would like to see his son raised in the orthodox surroundings of condominiums, country clubs and private schools. So the Duchess brings in Taurus, an enigmatic father-surrogate who tutors the boy in the art of watching the world without presumption.
Autorenporträt
Padgett Powell wurde 1952 in Gaines - ville, Florida, geboren, wo er auch heute noch lebt. Bekannt wurde er durch Veröffentlichungen in THE NEW YORKER, ESQUIRE und HARPER'S MAGAZINE. Powell erhielt etliche Auszeichnungen: den Prix de Rome der American Academy of Arts and Letters, den Whiting Writers' Award und eine Nominierung für den National Book Award.
Rezensionen
Truly remarkable ... both as a narrative and in its extraordinary use of language. It reminds one of The Catcher in the Rye , but it`s better-sharper, funnier, and more poignant Walker Percy