Adam Langer's writing delves into the intricate tapestry of human experience and social dynamics. His narratives explore the complexities of relationships and the search for meaning within diverse environments. Through a keen eye for detail and a distinctive narrative voice, Langer crafts stories that resonate with readers on a profound level.
Three close families living in the middle-class and upper-middle-class areas of Chicago's West Rogers Park neighborhood find their lives and friendships impacted by world events from 1979 to 1981, including the Iran hostage crisis, Reagan's election, and the deaths of famous musicians. 50,000 first printing.
"Adam is a writer and stay-at-home dad in Bloomington, Indiana, drawn into an uneasy friendship with the charismatic and bestselling thriller author Connor Joyce. Conner is having trouble writing his next book, and when a menacing stranger approaches him with an odd and lucrative proposal, events quickly begin to spiral out of control"--P. [4] of cover.
More than a year and a half has passed since Jill Wasserstrom tried to catch up to Muley Wills in West Rogers Park. Now, they are high school students in love, but will their relationship survive as their world expands beyond the boundaries of West Rogers Park? Over the course of five years-from 1982 to 1987-Jill, Muley, and their families and friends will experience love, betrayal, re-unions, sex, death, and rebirth. They will live through years of triumph and despair-the deaths of Leonid Brezhnev, Yuri Andropov, and Konstantin Chernenko and the rise of Mikhail Gorbachev; the death of the Chicago political machine and the rise and fall of Harold Washington; the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger and the arrival of Halley's Comet. They will travel from Chicago to Cape Canaveral, Florida, to New York, Europe, and beyond. And once again, Jill and Muley will find themselves on a street corner in a very different Chicago from the one they first knew.
wurde 1967 in Chicago geboren. Er ist Journalist, Bühnenautor und Filmemacher. Nach einem Literaturstudium in Vassar und an der University of Illinois arbeitete er u. a. als Schauspieler, Komödiant und Radioproduzent. Nebenbei unterrichtete er an diversen Schulen und Universitäten. Heute ist er Chefredakteur des „Book Magazine“. Er lebt mal in New York, mal in Bloomington, Indiana. "Crossing California“ ist sein erster Roman. Grete Osterwald , geboren 1947, lebt als freie Übersetzerin aus dem Englischen und Französischen in Frankfurt am Main. Sie wurde für ihre Arbeit mehrmals ausgezeichnet, zuletzt 2017 mit dem Jane Scatcherd-Preis. Zu den von ihr übersetzten Autorinnen und Autoren zählen Siri Hustvedt, Alfred Jarry, Anka Muhlstein, Jacques Chessex sowie Nicole Krauss, Jeffrey Eugenides und Elliot Perlman.