Hernan Diaz

In the Distance (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

A bold, lyrical western about loneliness, companionship

and wonder

Håkan Söderström is a man who has become a legend. Giant in size, rumoured to be bloodthirsty and fearless, he is known simply as 'the Hawk'.

But behind this myth is a tale of longing and survival. As a young man he is sent from Gothenburg with his brother Linus, to seek their fortunes in New York. In the chaos of the port, he is separated from Linus and finds himself instead on a ship bound for California. Determined to find Linus, Håkan sets out on a journey east, moving against the tide of history, experiencing the Gold Rush and its effects, encountering capitalists and colonialists, explorers and early scientists, and witnessing the formation of America and the betrayal of its dream.

In the Distance is a novel about radical foreignness - about being lost in a country that does not yet exist. As Håkan confronts desert, mountains and vast emptiness, he is thrown between the threat of violence and devastating loneliness - all the while keeping the image of his brother, and the hope of companionship, in the distance.

'Brilliant... This suspenseful novel is a potent depiction of loneliness, a memorable

immigration narrative, and a canny reinvention of the old-school

western.' - Publishers Weekly

'It's as if Herman Melville had navigated the American West, instead of the ocean.' - The Nation

'Díaz's great gift lies in reconfiguring the possible, the expected, the taken-for-granted into something extraordinary.' - Paste

'If I could hand you this book I would. Read this... Propulsive, unsettling, wildly ambitious, and an unforgettable journey that we will certainly return to in the years to come.' - Paul Yoon, author of The Mountain

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Daunt Books
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781911547242
• Artikelnr.: 53025034

Autorenporträt

Hernan Diaz was born in Argentina and grew up in Argentina and Sweden. His first novel, In the Distance, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2018, and was the winner of the Saroyan International Prize, the Cabell Award, the Prix Page America, and the New American Voices Award. It was also a Publishers Weekly Top 10 Book of the Year, one of Lit Hub's Top 20 Books of the Decade, and a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award. He is the recipient of a 2019 Whiting Award. Diaz has published stories and essays in Cabinet, The New York Times, The Kenyon Review,Playboy, Granta, The Paris Review, and elsewhere. He lives in New York, where he edits an academic journal at Columbia University.