The Accidental Tourist

Zusatztext “Poignant . . . funny . . .  The Accidental Tourist is one of her best . . . . [Tyler] has never been stronger.” — The New York Times “Bittersweet . . . evocative . . . It’s easy to forget this is the warm lull of fiction; you half-expect to run into her characters at the dry cleaners. . . . Tyler [is] a writer of great compassion.” — The   Boston Globe “Tyler has given us an endlessly diverting book whose strength gathers gradually to become a genuinely thrilling one.” — Los Angeles Times “A delight . . . a graceful comic novel about getting through life.” — The Wall Street Journal “A rarely equaled richness and depth . . . Delicious humor . . . Without Anne Tyler! American fiction would be an immeasurably bleaker place.”— Newday “Incandescent! heartbreaking! exhilarating . . . One cannot reasonably expect fiction to be much better than this." — The Washington Post “Hilarious . . . and touching . . . Anne Tyler is a wise and perceptive writer with a warm understanding of human foibles.” — St. Louis Post-Dispatch “Comic . . . Sweetly perverse . . . A novel animated by witty invention and lively personalities.” — Time “Anne Tyler [is] covering common ground with uncommon insight. . . . Convincingly real.” — People Informationen zum Autor ANNE TYLER was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1941 and grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina. She is the author of more than twenty novels. Her twentieth novel,  A Spool of Blue Thread,  was short-listed for the Man Booker Prize in 2015. Her eleventh novel,  Breathing Lessons,  was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1989. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland. Klappentext #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Incandescent, heartbreaking, exhilarating…One cannot reasonably expect fiction to be much better than this." -The Washington Post In this irresistible novel, Anne Tyler explores the slippery alchemy of attracting opposites, and the struggle to rebuild one's life after unspeakable tragedy. Travel writer Macon Leary hates travel, adventure, surprises, and anything outside of his routine. Immobilized by grief, Macon is becoming increasingly prickly and alone, anchored by his solitude and an unwillingness to compromise his creature comforts. Then he meets Muriel, an eccentric dog trainer too optimistic to let Macon disappear into himself. Despite Macon's best efforts to remain insulated, Muriel up-ends his solitary, systemized life, catapulting him into the center of a messy, beautiful love story he never imagined. A fresh and timeless tale of unexpected bliss, The Accidental Tourist showcases Tyler's talents for making characters-and their relationships-feel both real and magical. Look for Clock Dance, the charming new novel from Anne Tyler, available now.They were supposed to stay at the beach a week, but neither of them had the heart for it and they decided to come back early. Macon drove. Sarah sat next to him, leaning her head against the side window. Chips of cloudy sky showed through her tangled brown curls. Macon wore a formal summer suit, his traveling suit—much more logical for traveling than jeans, he always said. Jeans had those stiff, hard seams and those rivets. Sarah wore a strapless terry beach dress. They might have been returning from two entirely different trips. Sarah had a tan but Macon didn’t. He was a tall, pale, gray-eyed man, with straight fair hair cut close to his head, and his skin was that thin kind that easily burns. He’d kept away from the sun during the middle part of every day. Just past the start of the divided highway, the sky grew almost black and several enormous drops spattered the windshield. Sarah sat up straight. “Let’s hope it doesn’...

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Poignant . . . funny . . . The Accidental Tourist is one of her best. . . . [Tyler] has never been stronger. The New York Times

Bittersweet . . . evocative . . . It s easy to forget this is the warm lull of fiction; you half-expect to run into her characters at the dry cleaners. . . . Tyler [is] a writer of great compassion. The Boston Globe

Tyler has given us an endlessly diverting book whose strength gathers gradually to become a genuinely thrilling one. Los Angeles Times

A delight . . . a graceful comic novel about getting through life. The Wall Street Journal

A rarely equaled richness and depth . . . Delicious humor . . . Without Anne Tyler, American fiction would be an immeasurably bleaker place. Newday

Incandescent, heartbreaking, exhilarating . . . One cannot reasonably expect fiction to be much better than this." The Washington Post

Hilarious . . . and touching . . . Anne Tyler is a wise and perceptive writer with a warm understanding of human foibles. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Comic . . . Sweetly perverse . . . A novel animated by witty invention and lively personalities. Time

Anne Tyler [is] covering common ground with uncommon insight. . . . Convincingly real. People

Product details

• Authors: Anne Tyler
• Publisher: Vintage USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.04.2002
• EAN: 9780345452009
• ISBN: 978-0-345-45200-9
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Ballantine Reader's Circle
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945)