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Zusatztext 'Riveting reading ... a memorable book' Informationen zum Autor Richard Ford was born in Jackson, Mississippi. He has published eight novels and four collections of stories, including The Sportswriter , Independence Day , The Lay of the Land and the New York Times bestseller, Canada . Independence Day was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the first time the same book had won both prizes. Let Me Be Frank with You was shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize in 2015. His work has been translated into twenty-eight languages, and most recently was awarded the Prix Femina Étranger in France and the Princess of Asturias Prize for Literature in Spain. Richard Ford lives in Maine with his wife.Richard Ford was born in Jackson, Mississippi in 1944. He has published seven novels and three collections of stories, including The Sportswriter , Independence Day , A Multitude of Sins and, most recently, The Lay of the Land . Independence Day was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the first time the same book had won both prizes. Klappentext Frank Bascombe has a younger girlfriend and a job as a sportswriter. To many men of his age, thirty-eight, this would be a cause for optimism, yet Frank feels the pull of his inner despair and especially of his recent losses - his preferred career has ended, his wife has divorced him, and a tragic accident took his elder son. In the course of this Easter weekend, Frank will lose all the remnants of his familiar life, though he will emerge heroic with spirits soaring. This is a magnificent novel that propelled Richard Ford into the first rank of American writers. Vorwort 'My name is Frank Bascombe. I am a sportswriter' - one of the most famous lines in American literature opens this classic, inimitable tour de force Zusammenfassung 'My name is Frank Bascombe. I am a sportswriter' - one of the most famous lines in American literature opens this classic, inimitable tour de force...
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'Masterly ... moving ... This remarkable elegiac novel contemplates the desperate sadness of life with a profound, and humorous, dignity. It is an original and admirable achievement' Evening Standard
