American Skin - Don De Grazia

Descriere American Skin - Don De Grazia

A timeless story about a young man's need to find comfort and a sense of belonging, as well as a stunning portrait of the class and racial tensions that pervade our society, American Skin is the American story American literature is not complete without. . . . Full of images and humor and action and questions (Carolyn Chute, author of The Beans of Egypt, Maine. \nAmerican Skin was first published in the United Kingdom to resounding acclaim after the author used his last seventy-five dollars to make an unsolicited submission to the publisher of the Scottish beats, whose work he admired. It is a timeless story about a young man's coming-of-age as well as a stunning portrait of the class and racial tensions that pervade our society. \n Alex Verdi is on the lam, fleeing from the police who have arrested his parents on drug charges and want him for questioning. Traveling to Chicago, he joins a multiracial group of anti-Nazi skinheads and embarks on an odyssey that takes him from the city's embattled streets to an Army boot camp to Northwestern's plush campus, and finally lands him amid the horrors of maximum-security prison. \n In this intense and gripping debut, Don De Grazia confirms his stature as a young writer of uncommon seriousness and consummate artistry.

Detalii

Brand

Touchstone Books

Categorie

ENSTK

EAN / GTIN

9780684862224

Magazine

1

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in stock