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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.
About the author
Richard Ford, geboren 1944 in Jackson, Mississippi, lebt heute in New Orleans und Montana. Für seine Romane hat er zahlreiche Auszeichnungen erhalten. 2014 wurde er mit dem Blue Metropolis International Literary Grand Prix für sein Lebenswerk geehrt und 2016 mit dem Asturien-Preis in der Kategorie Literatur.
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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)
