Knockemstiff

Informationen zum Autor After quitting school at seventeen, Donald Ray Pollock worked at Mead Paper Mill and as a truck driver in Chillicothe, Ohio. After thirty-two years employed as a labourer he enrolled at Ohio State University to study creative writing. He is the author of two acclaimed books, the cult-classic short-story collection Knockemstiff , which went on to win the PEN/Robert Bingham Fellowship, and the novel The Devil All The Time . www.donaldraypollock.net Klappentext Blunt, brutal, but infused with a deep sympathy, Knockemstiff is a pitch-dark and hilarious collection of stories set in a tiny town in Southern Ohio. The youth of Knockemstiff grow up in the malignant shadow of their parents; Zusammenfassung Blunt, brutal, but infused with a deep sympathy, Knockemstiff is a pitch-dark and hilarious collection of stories set in a tiny town in Southern Ohio. The youth of Knockemstiff grow up in the malignant shadow of their parents;

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Donald R Pollock, Donald Ray Pollock, Pollock Donald Ray
• Editore: Vintage UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 02.07.2009
• EAN: 9780099520979
• ISBN: 978-0-09-952097-9
• Pagine: 224
• Dimensioni: 129 mm x 198 mm x 14 mm
• Serie: VINTAGE BOOKS
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Ohio, Short Stories, FICTION / Small Town & Rural, FICTION / Southern, Narrative theme: Social issues, FICTION / World Literature / American / 21st Century, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary