Annie Proulx

That Old Ace in the Hole (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The brilliant novel from Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Proulx, author of THE SHIPPING NEWS. A richly textured story of one man's struggle to make good in the inhospitable ranch country of the Texas panhandle, told with razor wit and a masterly sense of place.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. September 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780007383894
• Artikelnr.: 38069683

Autorenporträt

Annie Proulx published her first novel Postcards in 1991 at the age of 56. She is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Shipping News, the acclaimed novel, Accordion Crimes, and the bestselling short story collection, Close Range

Rezensionen

'Sometimes the laughs are prompted by joyously well-jointed plot devices, or by Proulx's small, absurd observations. As often as not, the humour comes from the unmistakable edginess and quirkiness of Proulx's prose. It is hard to think of any living writer who deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as Dickens, with the exception of Proulx.'
A N Wilson, New Statesman

'Proulx's own ace in the hole is her brilliance at evoking place and landscape. She sets about drawing the vast distances and parched flatlands of Texas with almost immeasurable skill.' Alex Clark, Guardian

'The travels and travails of Bob Dollar, and his habit of asking garrlous locals to tell stories about the old days, allow her to build up a rich and many-layered portrait of the region. The reader gets to pluck the fruits of all that research and through the magic of her prose become engrossed in subjects like windmill repairs and the history of barbed wire.' RichardGrant, Telegraph Magazine

'A kind-hearted and intelligent novel.' Daily Telegraph

'Proulx has a first class eye and ear.' Adam Mars-Jones, Observer

'Brilliantly written.' Peter Kemp, Sunday Times