The Sweet Hereafter

Informationen zum Autor Russell Banks, twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, was one of America’s most prestigious fiction writers, a past president of the International Parliament of Writers, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His work has been translated into twenty languages and he received numerous prizes and awards, including the Common Wealth Award for Literature. He died in January 2023 at the age of eighty-two.   Klappentext In The Sweet Hereafter, Russell Banks tells a story that begins with a school bus accident. Using four different narrators, Banks creates a small-town morality play that addresses one of life's most agonizing questions: when the worst thing happens, who do you blame? Zusammenfassung "Rich in imagery and the detail of small-town life and haunting in its portrayal of ordinary men and women struggling to understand loss. Under Mr. Banks's restrained craftsmanship, what begins as the story of senseless tragedy is transformed into an aspiring testament to hope and human resilience." —  Atlanta Constitution In The Sweet Hereafter, Russell Banks tells a story that begins with a school bus accident. Using four different narrators, Banks creates a small-town morality play that addresses one of life's most agonizing questions: when the worst thing happens, who do you blame? Here is a stunning novel of "compelling moral suspense" ( Los Angeles Times Book Review ) from one of America's greatest storytellers.

Product details

• Authors: Russel Banks, Russell Banks, Banks Russell, Arturo Patten
• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 25.11.1997
• EAN: 9780060923242
• ISBN: 978-0-06-092324-2
• No. of pages: 257
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 16 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION: Literary, FICTION: General, FICTION: Family Life / Siblings, FICTION: Small Town & Rural *, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: American / General, FILM STUDIES: BOOK TO FILM ADAPTATIONS, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Women Authors, FICTION: City Life, FICTION: World Literature / American / 20th Century, FICTION: World Literature / Canada / 20th Century