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Sinossi
"Rosso americano" racconta due giorni della vita di Hex Raitliffe, costretto a ritornare nella cittadina dove è nato e cresciuto per prendersi cura della madre ammalata. Mentre, intorno a lui, i frammenti scomposti di un passato dimenticato si intrecciano con le conseguenze di un incidente in una centrale nucleare, il precipitare delle condizioni della madre costringe Hex a prendere una decisione straziante, la più difficile e impegnativa della sua vita.
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- Pagine: 430
- Data di uscita: 06-12-2018
Recensioni
Il titolo originale è Purple American. Nonostante sia stato usurpato dal rosso, nell'edizione italiana quel porpora, quel viola, quel rosso malaticcio, vittoriano, così carico, ha modo di scaturire a più riprese e di inondare lo sguardo del lettore. Il titolo contiene già in sé tutte le perfezioni d Leggi tutto
Rick Moody, Purple America (Back Bay Books, 1997) When Rick Moody released The Ice Storm a few years back, he was heralded as the next big thing in the publishing business. Then Ang Lee got ahold of it and made it into a box-office flop that garnered critical acclaim from here to tomorrow, and is wid Leggi tutto
One of my favorite opening chapters of a novel.
Clearly, Rick Moody is a talented writer. At times he shows tremendous insight, and expands writing techniques to illuminate the mood of his novels. He has a unique point of view, loves language has and definately has earned a place in the list of significant authors of his time. That is why i was l Leggi tutto
When Rick Moody is good, I don't grudge him that. Unfortunately, in this book, he is not good. At all. His usual forte is writing unsympathetic characters in a manner that holds a reader's interest despite themselves, but he doesn't pull it off here. Instead it's just creepy, and not in a can't look Leggi tutto
I must be a total loser but when I read this about eight years ago I really loved the opening bit with the whosoever washes their ill mother in the bathtub stuff and thereafter was into it. I don't hate Moody as much as the rest of the world, maybe . . .
One of the books that I read in high school that made me want to become a writer.
(4.2/5.0) Rick Moody invented 90's hyper realism. Give the man some credit. The detail here, the precision of observation and the generosity of description are just incredible. Slog through the first few chapters (If thee...blah, blah, prize pandering bullshit, blah), and then you'll discover his st Leggi tutto
One of the best written books I've ever read. Not easy to read due to vocabulary and the most interesting way of phrasing that author uses. This book is for those who like to think while they read. -Joe-
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