Laurent Gaudé

Hell's Gate (eBook, ePUB)

Übersetzer: Aitken, Emily Boyce & Jane

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Hell's Gate is an intense, powerful and thoroughly unnerving' [The Guardian] story of one man's journey to the underworld to bring back his son from the dead.



'An intense contemporary myth' The Irish Times



What if death was not the end? A thrilling story of love, loss, revenge and redemption in Naples and beyond.



When his son is killed by gangsters' crossfire on his way to school, Neapolitan taxi driver Matteo is consumed by despair.



But just when he feels life has lost all meaning, he encounters a man who claims the living can find ways into the afterlife. And legend says that there's an entrance to the underworld beneath Naples.



What if Matteo had a chance of bringing Pippo back from the dead?

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Gallic Books
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. März 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781910477465
• Artikelnr.: 47854454

Autorenporträt

Born in 1972, Laurent Gaudé is one of France's most highly respected playwrights and novelists. He has won many prizes including the Goncourt in 2004 for The Scortas' Sun, published in 34 countries. In a survey by leading French trade magazine Livres Hebdo, Hell's Gate (to be published by Gallic in 2017) was chosen by booksellers as the highlight of 676 books published in the 2008 rentrée season.

Rezensionen

'Intense, powerful and thoroughly unnerving, this strange and seamless mixture of crime and mythology is a haunting exploration of guilt, revenge and the power of love' The Guardian

'An intense contemporary myth that brilliantly evokes the madness of grief' The Irish Times

'Captivating ... unforgettable characters' Elle

'A triumphant initiation story filled with emotion' Livres Hebdo

'I was profoundly affected by the power of Gaude's writing. Mesmerising, cerebral writing that I cannot praise enough. Highly recommended' Raven Crime Reads

'A mesmerising, haunting book' L'Express

'A wonderful reminder that life is short and transitory and death lasts for infinity. (...) The read is well worth the effort and highly rewarding' Breakaway Reviewers