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Zusatztext "An epic of the American Southwest! Meyer's masterly second novel follows several generations of a Texas ranching and oil dynasty through the 19th and 20th centuries?" Informationen zum Autor Philipp Meyer is the author of the critically lauded novel American Rust , winner of the 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize. It was an Economist Book of the Year, a Washington Post Top Ten Book of the Year, and a New York Times Notable Book. He is a graduate of Cornell University and has an MFA from the University of Texas at Austin, where he was a James Michener Fellow. A native of Baltimore, he now lives mostly in Texas. Klappentext A Globe & Mail 100 Selection Part epic of Texas, part classic coming-of-age story, part unflinching portrait of the bloody price of power, The Son is an utterly transporting novel that maps the legacy of violence in the American West through the lives of the McCulloughs, an ambitious family as resilient and dangerous as the land they claim. Eli McCullough is thirteen years old when a marauding band of Comanche storm his homestead and take him captive. Brave and clever, Eli quickly adapts to Comanche life, carving a place as the chief's adopted son, and waging war against their enemies, including white men. But when disease, starvation, and overwhelming numbers of armed Americans decimate the tribe, Eli finds himself alone. Neither white nor Indian, civilized or fully wild, he must carve a place for himself in a world in which he does not fully belong—a journey of adventure, tragedy, hardship, grit, and luck that reverberates in the lives of his progeny. Zusammenfassung Philipp Meyer! the acclaimed author of American Rust ! returns with The Son : an epic of the American West and a multigenerational saga of power! blood! land! and oil that follows the rise of one unforgettable Texas family! from the Comanche raids of the 1800s to the to the oil booms of the 20th century. Harrowing! panoramic! and deeply evocative! The Son is a fully realized masterwork in the greatest tradition of the American canon—an unforgettable novel that combines the narrative prowess of Larry McMurtry with the knife-edge sharpness of Cormac McCarthy. ...
