The Hour I First Believed

ISBN-13: 9780007290802 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 632 str.

Wally Lamb

Opis

From the author of the international number one bestseller 'I Know This Much is True' comes a novel which explores the consequence of violent events, and the chaos that ensues, for human lives blown irrevocably off course.

Recenzje

Praise for THE HOUR I FIRST BELIEVED
'It's part picaresque, part Russian novel, part mystery...ambitious...Caelum is an unusual, provocative character, neither a hero nor an antihero but a regular guy experiencing both the tragic and the absurd. His tone is by turns funny, irritating, depressive and sentimental-which is to say, recognizably human'
New York Times
'A fine and humane novel which tries to make sense of America's turbulent times' Daily Mail
'Captivating...he entrances' Financial Times
'Those who love a good plot will not be disappointed...He avoids any maudlin sentiment and constantly surprises. He delivers on his message of redemption...it is genuinely moving.' Independent
'Thoughtful, informative' Time Out

Praise for I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE

'A modern Greek tragedy...[Lamb's] success is to present this with terrific readability, tenderness, optimism and, most surprisingly, wit... The hallmark of the book is fine writing and a commendable depth of characterisation'
The Times
'Wally Lamb's achievement is to force you to feel Dominick's pain... the events in Dominick's everyday nightmare are presented with a sneaky simplicity which generates emotional tension'
Daily Telegraph
'A triumph of simple beauty'
Time
'I Know This Much Is True never grapples with anything less than life's biggest questions... a modern-day Dostoyevsky'
New York Times
'Every now and then a book comes along that sets new standards for writers and readers alike. Wally Lamb's latest novel is stunning - and even that might be an understatement'
Associated Press

O autorze

Wally Lamb's first novel, She's Come Undone, won rave reviews when it was published in 1992. It was a finalist in the Los Angeles Times First Novel Award, a Top Ten book for People magazine and a Notable Book for the 'New York Times'. Both She's Come Undone and I Know This Much Is True have been chosen for Oprah's Book Club. Wally Lamb now teaches writing at the University of Connecticut. He lives in Connecticut with his wife and their three sons.