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Broke Heart Blues

Af: Joyce Carol Oates Engelsk Paperback

Broke Heart Blues

Af: Joyce Carol Oates Engelsk Paperback
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IN THE HEART OF A LANGUID JULY, ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD JOHN REDDY HEART drives a traffic-stopping, salmon-colored Cadillac into the quiet upstate town of Willowsville, New York. His mother, Dahlia Heart, a blackjack dealer, has brought her family east from Las Vegas to claim the rambling mansion left to her by a wealthy suitor. But it is John Reddy - already growing into a heartbreaking hybrid of James Dean, Marlon Brando, and Elvis Presley - who will claim the town itself. It is John Reddy who will arouse the desire of Willowsville''s teenage girls and the worship of its boys, the fear and envy of its men, and the yearning of its women. And it is John Reddy who will capture the town''s soul forever on the night a prominent citizen is shot dead in Dahlia Heart''s bedroom - and a statewide manhunt sweeps Willowsville''s rebel outlaw into the realm of living myth. Over the course of thirty years, Broke Heart Blues charts the rise and fall - and the ultimate call to reckoning - of John Reddy Heart, through the myriad voices of those who find him their whipping boy, savior, dream lover, and confessor. At once a scathing indictment of the cultlike nature of fame and celebrity in America and a deeply moving mediation on human need and longing, the novel explores loneliness, and the profound price we pay for our desires and dreams.
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IN THE HEART OF A LANGUID JULY, ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD JOHN REDDY HEART drives a traffic-stopping, salmon-colored Cadillac into the quiet upstate town of Willowsville, New York. His mother, Dahlia Heart, a blackjack dealer, has brought her family east from Las Vegas to claim the rambling mansion left to her by a wealthy suitor. But it is John Reddy - already growing into a heartbreaking hybrid of James Dean, Marlon Brando, and Elvis Presley - who will claim the town itself. It is John Reddy who will arouse the desire of Willowsville''s teenage girls and the worship of its boys, the fear and envy of its men, and the yearning of its women. And it is John Reddy who will capture the town''s soul forever on the night a prominent citizen is shot dead in Dahlia Heart''s bedroom - and a statewide manhunt sweeps Willowsville''s rebel outlaw into the realm of living myth. Over the course of thirty years, Broke Heart Blues charts the rise and fall - and the ultimate call to reckoning - of John Reddy Heart, through the myriad voices of those who find him their whipping boy, savior, dream lover, and confessor. At once a scathing indictment of the cultlike nature of fame and celebrity in America and a deeply moving mediation on human need and longing, the novel explores loneliness, and the profound price we pay for our desires and dreams.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 446
ISBN-13: 9781636141145
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1636141145
Kategori: Moderne Samtidslitteratur
Udg. Dato: 24 okt 2024
Længde: 35mm
Bredde: 229mm
Højde: 160mm
Forlag: Akashic Books,U.S.
Oplagsdato: 24 okt 2024
Forfatter(e): Joyce Carol Oates
Forfatter(e) Joyce Carol Oates

Kategori Moderne Samtidslitteratur

ISBN-13 9781636141145

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 446

Udgave

Længde 35mm

Bredde 229mm

Højde 160mm

Udg. Dato 24 okt 2024

Oplagsdato 24 okt 2024

Forlag Akashic Books,U.S.