Father's Day - A Novel

When devastating news shatters the life of six-year-old Harvey, she finds herself in the care of a veteran social worker, Wanda, and alone in the world save for one relative she has never met--a disabled felon, haunted by a violent past he can't escape. Moving between past and present,; Father's Day ;weaves together the story of Harvey's childhood on Long Island and her life as a young woman in Paris.;Written in raw, spare prose that personifies the characters,;this novel is the journey;of two people searching for a future in the ruin of their past. Father's Day ;is a meditation on the quiet, sublime power of compassion, and the beauty of simple, everyday things--a;breakthrough work from one of our most gifted chroniclers of the human heart.

Info autore

Simon Van Booy is the author of two novels and two collections of short stories, including The Secret Lives of People in Love and Love Begins in Winter, which won the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. He is the editor of three philosophy books and has written for The New York Times, The Guardian, NPR, and the BBC. His work has been translated into fourteen languages. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and daughter.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Simon Van Booy, Simon Van Booy
• Editore: Harper Perennial USA
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.05.2017
• EAN: 9780062408952
• ISBN: 978-0-06-240895-2
• Pagine: 304
• Dimensioni: 135 mm x 203 mm x 17 mm
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Family Life / General, FICTION: General, FICTION: Romance / Contemporary, DRAMA: American / General, DRAMA: Women Authors, FICTION: Family Life / Siblings, LITERATURE: GENERAL FICTION, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: American / General, FICTION: Romance / New Adult