The Late Americans - A Novel

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR BY “Erudite, intimate, hilarious, poignant . . . A gorgeously written novel of youth’s promise, of the quest to find one’s tribe and one’s calling.” --Leigh Haber, The Booker Prize finalist and widely acclaimed author of In the shared and private spaces of Iowa City, a loose circle of lovers and friends encounter, confront, and provoke one another in a volatile year of self-discovery. Among them are Seamus, a frustrated young poet; Ivan, a dancer turned aspiring banker who dabbles in amateur pornography; Fatima, whose independence and work ethic complicate her relationships with friends and a trusted mentor; and Noah, who “didn’t seek sex out so much as it came up to him like an anxious dog in need of affection.” These four are buffeted by a cast of artists, landlords, meatpacking workers, and mathematicians who populate the cafes, classrooms, and food-service kitchens of the city, sometimes to violent and electrifying consequence. Finally, as each prepares for an uncertain future, the group heads to a cabin to bid goodbye to their former lives--a moment of reckoning that leaves each of them irrevocably altered. A novel of friendship and chosen family,

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Brandon Taylor, Taylor Brandon
• Edition: Riverhead
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Poche format B
• Sortie: 23.04.2024
• EAN: 9780593332344
• ISBN: 978-0-593-33234-4
• Pages: 320
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 17 mm
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits); Littérature > Littérature (récits) > Littérature contemporaine (après 1945); Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fiction: special features, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Friendship, Of specific Gay interest, Relating to gay people, FICTION / LGBTQ+ / Gay, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Narrative theme: love / relationships