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Fra den amerikanske mester Richard Ford kommer nu en vidunderlig og smuk erindringsbog om de to mennesker, der har præget den store forfatter allermest. Fords forældre - Edna, en livlig og køn pige med en problemfyldt fortid, og Parker, en mild og godmodi
LONGLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2017 From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sportswriter comes a deeply personal account of his parents an intimate portrait of American mid-twentieth century life, and a celebration of family love Richard Ford
The god of small stories A set of polished gems from a master craftsman Sunday Times An American master Daily Telegraph A woman and man, parted a quarter of a century, reunite in a bar in New Orleans as the St Patricks Day parade goes by. A group of fri
The setting is Great Falls, Montana, where the Rockies end and where, in 1960, the promise of good times seems as limitless as the sweep of the prairies beyond. This is where the Brinson family hopes to find a better life. Instead, sixteen-year-old Joe Br
Fords Frank Bascombe series stands as one of the finest achievements of modern American fiction. A fittingly mordant and brilliant conclusion INDEPENDENT In the run up to Christmas, we meet Frank Bascombe in the twilight of his days. He is a man who has o
A work of understated power, intelligence and not a little mischief INDEPENDENT Funny, touching and profound FINANCIAL TIMES Another seemingly effortless Ford masterpiece DAILY MAIL A FRANK BASCOMBE COLLECTION Christmas brings Frank Bascombe to the Defaul
In these ten stories, Ford mines literary gold from the wind-scrubbed landscape of the American West - and from the guarded hopes and gnawing loneliness of the people who live there. A refugee from justice driving across Wyoming with his daughter, an unha
Med udgivelsen i smukke, tidssvarende paperbacks gøres bøgerne om Frank Bascombe, en af amerikansk litteraturs mest ikoniske skikkelser, igen tilgængelige for det danske publikum, samtidig med at Richard Ford gæster landet. Sportsjournalisten er en storsl
Andet bind i Bascombe-serien Frank har skiftet profession. Han er ikke længere sportsjournalist, men er blevet ejendomsmægler. Alt i alt går det ham godt, og han trives nogenlunde med tilværelsen i Haddam, New Jersey. Ikke desto mindre er der noget, der t
Tredje bind i Bascombe-serien Frank Bascombe har lagt sin ungdom bag sig, men ikke nødvendigvis sine bedste år. Han er indtrådt i den Permanente Periode, og nu forsøger han at finde ud af, hvad det betyder. Han er stadig ejendomsmægler og arbejder ikke fo
From Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Ford: the final novel in the world of Frank Bascombe, one of the most indelible characters in American literature Over the course of four celebrated works of fiction and almost forty years, Richard Ford has crafted an am
NATIONAL BESTSELLER - NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST - The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Independence Day and The Sportswriter brings back the unforgettable Frank Bascombe in this astonishing meditation on modern-day America. A sportswrite
'A masterful writer' - RAYMOND CARVER Over the course of four celebrated works of fiction and almost forty years, Richard Ford has crafted an ambitious, incisive and singular view of American life as lived. Unconstrained, astute, provocative, ofte