Joy, PA: A Novel

di Steven Sherrill (Autore)

Louisiana State University Press, 2015

A darkly insightful evocation of the post-industrial era, Joy, PA tells the story of a family teetering on the precipice of ruin. The Augenbaughs live in a broken and decaying town where the last vestiges of country-club wealth run up against the terrible realities of working-class poverty. Abigail, a fervent believer in the apocalyptic teachings of a radio preacher, is desperate to save her son from Judgment Day as she readies herself for the Rapture-due to arrive in just a few days. Her husband, Burns, has moved to the basement to live out his days in a medicated stupor, unable to cope with memories of his service in Iraq. Caught between the suffering of his mother and father, ten-year-old Willie fights the inherited demons that have savaged his parents' tenuous grasp on reality. The somber drama surrounding the Augenbaughs plays out with a piercing and commanding lyrical beauty. Both transfixing and disconcerting, Steven Sherrill's empathetic portrait of alienation elicits hope and sympathy amidst shattered but no-less-dignified lives.

• Autore: Steven Sherrill
• Editore: Louisiana State University Press
• Collana: Yellow Shoe Fiction
• Anno: 2015
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 272 p.
• Dimensioni: 216 x 140 mm
• Peso: 333 gr.
• EAN: 9780807159569

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