Last Night in Twisted River
In 1954, in the cookhouse of a logging and sawmill settlement in northern New Hampshire, an anxious twelve-year-old boy mistakes the local constable’s girlfriend for a bear. Both the twelve-year-old and his father become fugitives, forced to run from Coos County—to Boston, to southern Vermont, to Toronto—pursued by the implacable constable. Their lone protector is a fiercely libertarian logger, once a river driver, who befriends them. In a story spanning five decades, Last Night in Twisted River depicts the recent half-century in the United States as “a living replica of Coos County, where lethal hatreds were generally permitted to run their course.” What further distinguishes Last Night in Twisted River is the author’s unmistakable voice—the inimitable voice of an accomplished storyteller.
Last Night in Twisted River
A major new novel by one of America's greatest writers - the author of The World According to Garp and A Prayer for Owen Meany. ..
Last Night in Twisted River
Last Night in Twisted River
In 1954, in the cookhouse of a logging and sawmill settlement in northern New Hampshire, an anxious twelve-year-old boy mistakes the local constable’s girlfriend for a bear. Both the twelve-year-old and his father become fugitives, forced to run from Coos County—to Boston, to southern Vermont, to Toronto—pursued by the implacable constable. Their lone protector is a fiercely libertarian logger, once a river driver, who befriends them. In a story spanning five decades, Last Night in Twisted River depicts the recent half-century in the United States as “a living replica of Coos County, where lethal hatreds were generally permitted to run their course.” What further distinguishes Last Night in Twisted River is the author’s unmistakable voice—the inimitable voice of an accomplished storyteller.
L ́última nit a Twisted River
En una remota explotació forestal del nord de New Hampshire, un inquiet noi de dotze anys confon la nòvia del policia local amb un ós, amb conseqüències tràgiques. Aquest és el punt d'arrencada d'una llarga fugida per tot el país en la qual el noi i el seu pare es veuen sotmesos a l'odi mortal del policia i a la seva implacable persecució. Amb un to amarat d'emotivitat, que no exclou moments d'humor, aventures, màgia i realisme, John Irving recrea la peculiar vida com a fugitius de pare i fill durant cinc dècades. Mentre el pare treballa de cuiner aquí i allà, el noi creix, va a la universitat, coneix l'amor i el desamor, l'èxit majúscul i el terrible infortuni. Dels vells temps només els quedarà el record de la vella cabana prop del riu i la fidel amistat d'un valent llenyataire d'abraonades conviccions llibertàries.