Boys
«Spare, simple stories that accrue winningly, reminding us of the Machiavellian complexities of childhood, and its occasional quiet victories." - George Saunders, author of Civil War Land in Bad Decline and Pastorelia
""David Lloyd's translucent prose reveals some of the darkest secrets of childhood. Boys is a wise and deeply satisfying book."" - David Huddle, author of The Story of a Million Years and La Tour Dreams of the Wolf Girl
""Boys is a brilliant evocation of the rites of passage for adolescents. In quiet, understated prose, David Lloyd details the small but powerful moments in a boy's life.... When you finish the book, you can only wonder how any boy in America survives to manhood."" - Michael C. White, author of A Brother's Blood
""David Lloyd summons clear-eyed, hard-hitting moments of the age where childhood is left behind and new rules are sought, where boys may be fierce in loyalty or betrayal, show tenderness or - more often - no mercy.... These boys linger, sometimes haunt, keeping their secrets as real boys do."" - Harriet Richards, author of The Lavender Child and Time for the Piano Timer to Die»
The narrator of the novella, Boys, is a thirteen-year-old Chris, a member of a small gang that includes his two friends, Frank and Joey. The novella poignantly charts Chris's involvement with a girl named Lisa, his fascination with a pornographic magazine, the building of a ""boys only"" tree house, his traumatized relationships with Frank and Joey, and the disappearance of his sister Jenny. Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- Syracuse University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780815607977
- Utgivelsesår
- 2004
- Format
- 19 x 13 cm
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«Spare, simple stories that accrue winningly, reminding us of the Machiavellian complexities of childhood, and its occasional quiet victories." - George Saunders, author of Civil War Land in Bad Decline and Pastorelia
""David Lloyd's translucent prose reveals some of the darkest secrets of childhood. Boys is a wise and deeply satisfying book."" - David Huddle, author of The Story of a Million Years and La Tour Dreams of the Wolf Girl
""Boys is a brilliant evocation of the rites of passage for adolescents. In quiet, understated prose, David Lloyd details the small but powerful moments in a boy's life.... When you finish the book, you can only wonder how any boy in America survives to manhood."" - Michael C. White, author of A Brother's Blood
""David Lloyd summons clear-eyed, hard-hitting moments of the age where childhood is left behind and new rules are sought, where boys may be fierce in loyalty or betrayal, show tenderness or - more often - no mercy.... These boys linger, sometimes haunt, keeping their secrets as real boys do."" - Harriet Richards, author of The Lavender Child and Time for the Piano Timer to Die»