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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Johnson, Adam (1967-....)
Titre(s) : Fortune smiles [Texte imprimé] : stories / Adam Johnson
Publication : New York : Random House, 2016
Description matérielle : 318 pages ; 21 cm
Note(s) : "Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his acclaimed and bestselling novel The Orphan Master's
Son, Adam Johnson is one of America's most provocative and powerful authors. In Fortune
Smiles--his first book since Orphan Master--he continues to give voice to characters
rarely heard from, while offering something we all seek from fiction: a new way of
looking at our world. In six masterly stories, Johnson delves deep into love and loss,
natural disasters, the influence of technology, and how the political shapes the personal.
"George Orwell Was a Friend of Mine" follows a former warden of a Stasi prison in
East Germany who vehemently denies his past, even as pieces of it are delivered in
packages to his door. "Nirvana," which won the prestigious Sunday Times short story
prize, portrays a programmer whose wife has a rare disease finding solace in a digital
simulacrum of the president of the United States. In "Hurricanes Anonymous"--First
included in the Best American Short Stories anthology--a young man searches for the
mother of his son in a Louisiana devastated by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. And in
the unforgettable title story, Johnson returns to his signature subject, North Korea,
depicting two defectors from Pyongyang who are trying to adapt to their new lives
in Seoul, while one cannot forget the woman he left behind. Unnerving, riveting, and
written with a timeless quality, these stories confirm Johnson as one of America's
greatest writers and an indispensable guide to our new century." ; "With the 2012
publication of The Orphan Master's Son, Adam Johnson became recognized as a leading
American writer: a New York Times bestseller, Orphan Master was named one of the best
books of the year by more than a dozen major publications, chosen as a finalist for
the National Book Critics Circle Award, and in addition to the Pulitzer, won a host
of other prizes, including the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Now Johnson turns his
remarkable talent to a collection of stories that delve deeply into love, loss, the
decisions we make for ourselves, and the decisions we make for others. In post-Katrina
Louisiana, a young man and his new girlfriend search for the mother of his son. In
Palo Alto, a programmer whose wife has a rare disease finds solace in a digital simulacrum
of the recently assassinated President. In contemporary Berlin a former Stasi agent
ponders his past. A woman with cancer rages against the idea of her family without
her. And in the unforgettable title story. Johnson returns to his signature subject
of North Korea, depicting two defectors from Pyongyang trying to adapt to their new
lives in Seoul, while one cannot forget the woman he left behind. Hugely inventive
and endlessly energetic, this is a funny, heart wrenching, surprising collection of
stories and characters that will leave readers exhilarated and will show Johnson writing
at the top of his form"
Genre ou forme : Nouvelles américaines -- 2000-....
Indice(s) Dewey :
813.6 (23e éd.) = Roman américain de langue anglaise - 2000-.... [oeuvre]
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780812997477. - ISBN 0812997476. - ISBN 9780812997484 (erroné). - ISBN 9780812987232.
- ISBN 0812987233
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47281243h
Notice n° :
FRBNF47281243
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Table des matières : Nirvana -- ; Hurricanes anonymous -- ; Interesting facts -- ; George Orwell was a
friend of mine -- ; Dark meadow -- ; Fortune smiles.
