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Zusatztext The nine stories in "You Are Not a Stranger Here" are set in Los Angeles!the Midwest! New England and England. What unites them is the refined writingand a raw emotional power that carries the reader past the surface of thesubject and into the core of the characters' lives. There is grief! passion!loneliness! humour and longing in these stories! but ultimately the booksets off the shock of recognition that takes readers past the clich-d languageof human suffering and brings them to understand their own experience throughthe characters' lives. Informationen zum Autor Adam Haslett is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and the Yale Law School. His first book, You Are Not a Stranger Here , was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and won the L. Winship/PEN New England Award. He is also the winner of a Michener Fellowship. He lives in New York City. Klappentext Adam Haslett is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and the Yale Law School. His first book, You Are Not a Stranger Here , was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and won the L. Winship/PEN New England Award. He is also the winner of a Michener Fellowship. He lives in New York City. Zusammenfassung In one of the most acclaimed fiction debuts in years, Adam Haslett explores the lives that appear shuttered by loss and discovers entire worlds hidden inside them. With Checkovian restraint and compassion, conveying both the sorrow of life and the courage with which people rise to meet it, You Are Not A Stranger Here is a triumph.
