A Special Providence

Informationen zum Autor Richard Yates Klappentext Bobby is eighteen and lost on the battlefields of Europe, stumbling his way through World War II. He has turned out to be the heroic soldier he imagined and his experience of battle principally involves fear and confusion. Back home, his mother Alice puts all her hopes in her son, and dreams of his return and starting a new life for them both. Richard Yates's novel is both tender and ironic as he follows Bobby's adventures and disasters and reflects on the intense but complicated bond between mother and son. Zusammenfassung Bobby is eighteen and lost on the battlefields of Europe, stumbling his way through World War II. Richard Yates's novel is both tender and ironic as he follows Bobby's adventures and disasters and reflects on the intense but complicated bond between mother and son.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Richard Yates, Yates Richard
• Edition: Vintage UK
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Poche format B
• Sortie: 06.03.2008
• EAN: 9780099518631
• ISBN: 978-0-09-951863-1
• Pages: 336
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 21 mm
• Thèmes: Vintage Classics; Vintage Classics New Look; VINTAGE CLASSICS; Vintage Classics New Look
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits); FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Classic fiction: general and literary