The Sky Below

ISBN-13: 9780547336275 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 288 str.

Stacey D'Erasmo

Opis

From a rising literary star in the tradition of Carol Shields and A. S. Byatt comes this luminous story of a contemporary man s metamorphosis.
Andrea Barrett and Michael Cunningham have lauded Stacey D Erasmo for the beauty of her language and her ability to create worlds that leave a lasting impression. In her new novel, D Erasmo reaches back to Ovid for inspiration in this tale of how the mythic animates our everyday lives. At thirty-seven, Gabriel Collins works halfheartedly as an obituary writer at a fading newspaper in lower Manhattan, which, since 9/11, feels like a city of the dead. This once dreamy and appealing boy has turned from a rebellious adolescent to an adult who trades in petty crimes.His wealthy, older boyfriend is indulgent of himto a point. But after a brush with his own mortality, Gabriel must flee to Mexico in order to put himself back together. By novel s end, we know all of Gabriel s ratty little secrets, but by dint of D Erasmo s spectacular writing, we exult in the story of an imperfect man whotested by a world that is often too much for himrises to meet the challenge."