Willy Vlautin

The Motel Life (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

'The night it happened I was drunk, almost passed out, and I swear to God a bird came flying through my motel room window . . .'

Narrated by Frank Flannigan, The Motel Life tells the story of how he and his brother Jerry Lee take to the road in a bid to escape the hit-and-run accident which kick-starts the narrative. Written with huge compassion, and an eye for the small details of life, it has become one of the most talked about debuts of recent years.

'That rare beast: a book with the cadence of an old, well-loved song. Sad, haunting, and strangely beautiful.' John Connolly, author of The Black Angel

'A serene and assured piece of minor-key Americana . . . Not many people do anything similar over here, with the same sense of small town big-sky melancholy. So British readers looking for a shot of post-Beat generation blues should reach with confidence for Vlautin's book.' Jonathan Gibbs, Independent

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Faber & Faber
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Januar 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780571250127
• Artikelnr.: 38227174

Autorenporträt

Willy Vlautin's acclaimed debut novel, The Motel Life, was first published in 2005. He is also the singer and main songwriter of the band Richmond Fontaine richmondfontaine.co.uk whose albums include Post to Wire (2004), The Fitzgerald (2005) and, most recently, Thirteen Cities. Originally from Reno, he now lives in Portland, Oregon.

Rezensionen

If McMurtry, Johnson, McGuane and Carver need a fifth to make up a literary five-a-side team, they need look no further than Willy Vlautin. The Motel Life is about the moving acceptance of life as bad luck, heartbreak, and a consistently thwarted but resolutely unkillable hope. Redemption comes through story-telling, and this is a tale told in a beautiful tone of deadpan wonder. Niall Griffiths, author of Grits and Wreckage