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A New York Times Notable Book, and Chosen by Oprah Daily, Time, NPR, The Washington Post, and Barack Obama as a Best Book of the Year "Wise and wildly entertaining... permeated with light, wit, youth." --The New York Times Book Review "A classic that we will read for years to come." --Jenna Bush Hager, Read with Jenna book club "A real joyride... elegantly constructed and compulsively readable." -NPR The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon by the bank, Emmett's intention is to pick up his eight-year-old brother, Billy, and head to California where they can start their lives anew. But when the warden drives away, Emmett discovers that two friends from the work farm have hidden themselves in the trunk of the warden's car. Together, they have hatched an altogether different plan for Emmett's future, one that will take them all on a fateful journey in the opposite direction --to the City of New York. Spanning just ten days and told from multiple points of view, Towles's third novel will satisfy fans of his multi-layered literary styling while providing them an array of new and richly imagined settings, characters, and themes.
Author: Amor Towles
Publisher: Salamandra
Published: 01/24/2023
Pages: 592
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.20lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.80w x 1.50d
ISBN13: 9788418681158
ISBN10: 8418681152
Language: Spanish
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Historical | General
- Fiction | Coming of Age
- Fiction | Literary
About the Author
Amor Towles (Boston, 1964) se graduó en la Universidad de Yale y completó estudios de posgrado en Literatura Inglesa en Stanford. Su primera novela, Normas de cortesía (2012), traducida a más de quince idiomas y bestseller de The New York Times, fue considerada por The Wall Street Journal como uno de los mejores libros de 2011. La acogida del público se multiplicó con la publicación de su segunda novela, Un caballero en Moscú, que escaló hasta el primer puesto en la lista de The New York Times y de la cual se han vendido más de un millón de ejemplares hasta la fecha. Este éxito definitivo ha permitido a Towles abandonar el mundo de las finanzas y dedicarse a escribir a tiempo completo. En la actualidad vive en Manhattan con su mujer y sus dos hijos.