Simon Van Booy

Father's Day

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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 act 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 remarkable 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… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-06-240895-2
EAN: 9780062408952
Produktnummer: 20212040
Verlag: Harper Collins (US)
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Seitenangabe: 304 S.
Gattung: Novel
Ausstattung: Trade Paperback
Masse: H20.3 cm x B13.1 cm x D2.0 cm 222 g
Gewicht: 222

Über den Autor

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.