A novel about an American man dying of AIDS and his relationship with his family.
Reynolds Price Books
February 1, 1933 – January 20, 2011
Reynolds Price is acclaimed for his profound explorations of faith, doubt, and the enduring human spirit, often set against the backdrop of the American South. His narratives are characterized by a lyrical prose style and a deep psychological insight into his characters' struggles with morality and grace. Price masterfully weaves together the spiritual and the earthly, examining the complexities of love, loss, and redemption through richly drawn characters. His extensive body of work, encompassing fiction, poetry, and essays, consistently probes the essential questions of existence and the search for meaning in life.
On its initial publication in 1962, Eudora Welty said of A Long and Happy Life, "Reynolds Price is the most impressive new writer I've come across in a long time. His is a first-rate talent and we are lucky that he has started so young to write so well. Here is a fine novel."From its dazzling opening page, which announced the appearance of a stylist of the first rank, to its moving close, this brief novel has charmed and captivated millions of readers since its publication twenty-five years ago and its subsequent translation into fifteen languages. On the triumphant publication of Kate Vaiden, his most recent novel, in 1986, there was almost no review that -- praising the new book to the skies -- didn't also mention in glowing terms the reviewer's fond recollection of the marvelous first novel, the troubled love story of Rosacoke Mustian and Wesley Beavers and its beautifully evoked vision of rural North Carolina. It is a pleasure now to restore to print the clothbound edition of this truly enduring work as a companion volume to his brilliant book of essays, A Common Room, published simultaneously.
Since the publication of his famous first novel, A Long and Happy Life, Price has been accorded the praise and admiration reserved for America's most distinguished writers. Now he has written the most searching, most passionate novel of his rich and varied career. Blue Calhoun, the narrator, looks back over his past, from the mid-1950s to the present.
A collection of 4 US novels, published in Steinbeck - Of men and miceJames Jones - The pistolReynolds Price - A long and lappy lifeJohn Updike - Of the farm
Mustian: Complete and Unabridged
- 361 pages
- 13 hours of reading
Two novels and a story, complete and unabridged.
Love and Work
- 149 pages
- 6 hours of reading
Thomas Ebhorn, writer, husband and son, journeys through a maze of self-realization and despair when the death of his mother leads him to reexamine his past, present, and future
Der Roman spielt in einer amerikanischen Kleinstadt der dreißiger und vierziger Jahre und erzählt die Geschichte von Kate Vaiden, die als Kind ihre Eltern verliert. Geplagt von Verlusten und dem Drang, sich vor weiteren Verletzungen zu schützen, bricht sie alle Bindungen ab. Erst mit der Diagnose Krebs beginnt sie, wieder Gefühle zuzulassen.
Die Geschichte spielt im amerikanischen Süden und folgt dem Jungen Milo, der in drei Tagen seine erste Liebe erlebt und eine wichtige Lebenslektion lernt. Während einer chaotischen Suche nach seinem entlaufenen Hund, die die ganze Familie und die Stadt einbezieht, entdeckt Milo sich selbst und die Liebe zu Lois.
Peter Knecht hat zahlreiche englischsprachige Romane und Sachbücher übersetzt, u. a. von Eva Stachniak, Richard Flanagan, John Wray, Sarah Dunant, Harold Bloom und Eva Ibbotson.
