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On The Night Plain eBook
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Dzanc Books, abril de 2015 ‧
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SINOPSE
On the Night Plain explores the complications of love and work; loyalty to family, the land, and one’s own desires; and the nature of solitude. This story about a man who reluctantly accepts his birthright in a hard-luck sheep-ranching family redefines the notion of a life worth living.
Hoping to make a new life for himself after WWII, Grant Person abandons his family’s ranch on the Great Plains for a fishing boat. But the death of his mother draws him back to the ranch left with a couple of hired hands, a sickly flock of sheep, and a pile of debt. Sofia, estranged from her father, struggles to find solace on the ranch, and instead finds herself drawn to Grant.
The ensuing contest of wills threatens to tear what is left of the Person family apart, and to revive ghosts that Grant had hoped were gone.
PRAISE
“It’s clear from the first page of his quietly stunning third novel that Lennon doesn’t intend to write the same book twice. This is a major departure from both the well-receivedThe Light of Falling Stars, about the after-effects of a plane crash, andThe Funnies, a wry look at a dysfunctional family. After World War II ends, Grant Person leaves his family’s ranch on the Great Plains and heads for the East Coast. Behind him is the wreckage of a once-thriving family. Out of six brothers, only Grant and Max, his much younger brother, are left. Their mother’s death three years later propels Grant home, and he finds the ranch fallen on hard times: his father is gone, and Max is on his way out the door to pursue his art. When Max returns the following year, he brings his girlfriend, whose presence sets up a disastrous conflict between the two men. Brotherly love gone bad, solitude turning to a rancid loneliness, the workings of fate, and a guilty conscience: this is the stuff of Greek tragedy, and Lennon does a masterly job of showing us a man who realizes that he is destined to ‘live a few scant miles from the heart of life, on its chill periphery.’ Highly recommended.”
—Nancy Pearl,Library Journal
Hoping to make a new life for himself after WWII, Grant Person abandons his family’s ranch on the Great Plains for a fishing boat. But the death of his mother draws him back to the ranch left with a couple of hired hands, a sickly flock of sheep, and a pile of debt. Sofia, estranged from her father, struggles to find solace on the ranch, and instead finds herself drawn to Grant.
The ensuing contest of wills threatens to tear what is left of the Person family apart, and to revive ghosts that Grant had hoped were gone.
PRAISE
“It’s clear from the first page of his quietly stunning third novel that Lennon doesn’t intend to write the same book twice. This is a major departure from both the well-receivedThe Light of Falling Stars, about the after-effects of a plane crash, andThe Funnies, a wry look at a dysfunctional family. After World War II ends, Grant Person leaves his family’s ranch on the Great Plains and heads for the East Coast. Behind him is the wreckage of a once-thriving family. Out of six brothers, only Grant and Max, his much younger brother, are left. Their mother’s death three years later propels Grant home, and he finds the ranch fallen on hard times: his father is gone, and Max is on his way out the door to pursue his art. When Max returns the following year, he brings his girlfriend, whose presence sets up a disastrous conflict between the two men. Brotherly love gone bad, solitude turning to a rancid loneliness, the workings of fate, and a guilty conscience: this is the stuff of Greek tragedy, and Lennon does a masterly job of showing us a man who realizes that he is destined to ‘live a few scant miles from the heart of life, on its chill periphery.’ Highly recommended.”
—Nancy Pearl,Library Journal
DETALHES
| Propriedade | Descrição |
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| ISBN: | 9781941531686 |
| Editor: | Dzanc Books |
| Data de Lançamento: | abril de 2015 |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
| Tipo de produto: | eBook |
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| EAN: | 9781941531686 |
SOBRE O AUTOR
John Lennon
John Lennon foi um dos músicos mais icónicos e influentes do século XX, conhecido mundialmente como membro dos The Beatles, uma das bandas mais revolucionárias e populares da história da música. Nascido em 9 de outubro de 1940, em Liverpool, Inglaterra, Lennon tornou-se uma figura central na cultura pop e na música, sendo também reconhecido pelo seu ativismo político e pela sua visão única sobre a paz e a liberdade.
Antes de se juntar aos Beatles, Lennon formou a banda The Quarrymen, que mais tarde se transformaria nos Beatles, junto a Paul McCartney, George Harrison e Ringo Starr. Com os Beatles, Lennon foi responsável por algumas das músicas mais célebres e inovadoras do rock, como "Imagine", "Help!", "A Hard Day’s Night", "Strawberry Fields Forever" e "Come Together". Suas colaborações com McCartney resultaram em uma série de sucessos, com letras que abordavam temas como amor, liberdade, paz e a experiência humana.
Após a separação dos Beatles em 1970, Lennon seguiu uma carreira a solo marcada por sucessos como Imagine (1971), que se tornaria um dos seus maiores hinos de paz. A canção "Imagine", com sua mensagem utópica de harmonia mundial, continua a ser um dos temas mais reconhecíveis e impactantes de todos os tempos. Lennon também lançou álbuns como Plastic Ono Band (1970), Some Time in New York City (1972) e Mind Games (1973), explorando temas pessoais, políticos e sociais com uma abordagem intimista e desafiadora.
Além da sua carreira musical, Lennon tornou-se um ativista de renome, usando a sua plataforma para promover a paz e a justiça social, especialmente durante os anos 60 e 70. Ele e sua esposa, Yoko Ono, realizaram ações públicas como o famoso Bed-In for Peace em 1969, em que se hospedaram em hotéis e faziam apelos à paz mundial. A sua oposição à guerra do Vietnã e a sua ativismo político o tornaram uma figura controversa para alguns, mas um símbolo de resistência para outros.
Em 1980, John Lennon foi tragicamente assassinado em Nova Iorque, aos 40 anos, pelo ex-fanático Mark David Chapman. Sua morte chocou o mundo e marcou o fim de uma era. No entanto, o legado de Lennon como músico, poeta e ativista continua a influenciar gerações. Suas músicas, sua mensagem de paz e sua busca pela verdade permanecem uma parte fundamental da cultura popular e da história da música.
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