– John Irving has always been my favourite contemporary author so I am always pleased when he releases a new novel. "Last Night in Twisted River" is his most recent and twelfth novel; and it doesn't disappoint! The novel starts in the 1950's, in a sawmill in North Hampshire. It centres around two characters; a father, the cook at the sawmill, and his twelve-year-old son, Daniel. One evening, Daniel mistakes the local policeman's girlfriend for a bear and beats her to death with a pan. The novel then spans the next five decades as they become fugitives throughout America and Canada as the policeman continues to hunt them down. The novel is not always chronological, it sometimes jumps into the past as characters remember significant events. I found this made the novel even more intriguing but it could annoy some readers. This is quite simply a beautifully written novel and a pleasure to read! The settings are described in detail, as is the food. The book is full of mouth-watering recipes as the father cooks in many different restaurants along the way. This is an amazing book from an amazing author!
Last Night in Twisted River
«Last Night in Twisted River is a big, old-fashioned novel in the best sense; Irving has created in painstaking, loving detail a whole and complete world, a record of momentous social changes, but, above all a testament to the enduring power of love and fiction»
Observer
A breathtaking story of a father and a son in 20th-century North America from the award-winning author of A Prayer for Owen Meany. Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- Black Swan
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 672
- ISBN
- 9780552776578
- Utgivelsesår
- 2010
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
Anmeldelser
«Last Night in Twisted River is a big, old-fashioned novel in the best sense; Irving has created in painstaking, loving detail a whole and complete world, a record of momentous social changes, but, above all a testament to the enduring power of love and fiction»
Observer
«Irving fans will relish this action-packed tale of father-and-son runaways»
The Sunday Times
«The most poetic and powerful of Irving's work to date»
Independent on Sunday
«Nothing less than show-stopping»
Guardian