Affliction Contributor(s): Ferrone, Richard (Read by), Banks, Russell (Author) |
|
ISBN: 1094024740 ISBN-13: 9781094024745 Publisher: HarperCollins OUR PRICE: $35.99 Product Type: MP3 CD - Other Formats Published: October 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
Dewey: FIC |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 6.7" (0.17 lbs) |
Themes: - Cultural Region - New England - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - New Hampshire |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Wade Whitehouse is an improbable protagonist for a tragedy. A well-digger and policeman in a bleak New Hampshire town, he is a former high-school star gone to beer fat, a loner with a mean streak. It is a mark of Russell Banks' artistry and understanding that Wade comes to loom in one's mind as a blue-collar American Everyman afflicted by the dark secret of the macho tradition. Told by his articulate, equally scarred younger brother, Wade's story becomes as spellbinding and inexorable as a fuse burning its way to the dynamite. |
Contributor Bio(s): Banks, Russell: - Russell Banks is the author of poetry, nonfiction, and more than fifteen works of fiction admired for their realism and portrayal of working-class people. Cloudsplitter and Continental Drift were both finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. His work has been translated into twenty languages and has received numerous international prizes. Two of his novels, The Sweet Hereafter and Affliction, have been made into award-winning films. A member of the International Parliament of Writers and former New York State Author, Banks was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1996. He lives in upstate New York. |