Description
A BOOK OF THE YEAR choice in the New Yorker, Washington Post and Electric Lit Deeply uncanny and hauntingly resonant - strange stories about modern America, for fans of George Saunders, Mariana Enriquez and Shirley Jackson 'One of 2024's superlative debuts - t his writer's got talent to burn' Washington Post 'These stories will change you' Jonathan Safran Foer A young family is trapped in a time loop in an idyllic holiday cabin. A middle-aged man becomes convinced that his disappointing son is an impostor. Two brothers take a midnight ride in a golf cart and run into trouble. The elderly tour guide at an alien contact site loses control of his guests. Meanwhile, all around them, America is dissolving, fragmenting, distorting beyond recognition. The antiheroes of Beautiful Days are chronic underachievers: men lost in their own lives and plagued by loneliness, self-doubt, suppressed rage. When the worst happens, they take to the road - crossing the wilderness in stolen cars, riding trains to the end of the line, or cruising along ruined monorails as the skyline burns. Zach Williams' stories are haunted by the ghosts of America - its lost illusions, its dark aspirations, its boundless, disquieting potential. They leak through the fabric of reality and out into the void beyond. And they reach, ever-hopeful, toward a moment of connection that might pull a body back from the brink.
| EAN: | 9780241644706 |
| Farbverschnitt: | Generell werden die Bücher ohne Farbverschnitt geliefert, auch wenn die Abbildungen einen Farbverschnitt zeigen. |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 11.07.2024 |
| Produktform: | Kartoniert |
| Autoren: | Williams, Zach |
| Seitenzahl/Blattzahl: | 222 |
| Themenüberschrift: | FICTION / Psychological |
| Keyword: | paul murray; fernanda melchor; hurricane season; n. k. jemisin; get out; nope; out there screaming; nnedi okorafor; antihero; modern fiction; contemporary fiction; horror; horror stories; short stories; ghost stories; north america; america; usa; us; americana; fiction; fiction books; halloween; halloween books; books for men; gift books; jordan peele; mariana enriquez; julia armfield; our wives under the sea; cursed bunny; bora chung; han kang; george saunders; paul beatty; the sellout; scary stories; toxic masculinity; paranormal; ghosts; supernatural |
| Fachschema: | Amerikanische Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung~Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung~Surrealismus |
| Fachkategorie: | Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Psychologisches Innenleben~Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Raumwahrnehmung, Moderne und zeitgenössische Belletristik |
| Region: | Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA |
| Zeitraum: | erste Hälfte 21. Jahrhundert (2000 bis 2050 n. Chr.) |
| Style: | Surrealismus |
| Imprint-Titels: | Hamish Hamilton |
| Verlag: | Penguin Books Ltd (UK) |
| Länge: | 213 mm |
| Breite: | 132 mm |
| Höhe: | 21 mm |
| Gewicht: | 240 gr |
| Genre: | Importe |