American Rust

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American Rust by Meyer, Philipp

American Rust

Dhs. 97.25

American Rust

Dhs. 97.25
Author: Philipp Meyer
Format: Paperback
Language: English
NOW A SHOWTIME ORIGINAL TV SERIES - A "bold, absorbing novel" (The New York Times Book Review) of the lost American dream, the acts of friendship, loyalty, and love that arise from its loss, and two young men, bound to their hometown, who crave an escape.

"Powerful . . . gripping . . . in the tradition that stretches from Ernest Hemingway to Cormac McCarthy."--The Washington Post

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review - The Washington Post - Economist -Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Newsweek - Kansas City Star - Idaho Statesman

Left alone to care for his aging father after his mother dies by suicide and his sister escapes to Yale, Isaac English longs for a life beyond his hometown, a beautiful but economically devastated Pennsylvania steel town. But when he finally sets out to leave for good, accompanied by his temperamental best friend, former high school football star Billy Poe, they are caught up in a terrible act of violence that changes their lives forever.

Evoking John Steinbeck's novels of restless lives during the Great Depression, American Rust takes us into the contemporary American heartland at a moment of profound unrest and uncertainty about the future. It is a dark but lucid vision, a moving novel about the bleak realities that battle our desire for transcendence and the power of love and friendship to redeem us.



Author: Philipp Meyer
Publisher: Random House Trade
Published: 01/12/2010
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 8.36h x 5.40w x 0.86d
ISBN: 9780385527521


Award: Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize - Finalist


Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 01/03/2010 pg. 20

About the Author
Philipp Meyer grew up in Baltimore, dropped out of high school, and got his GED when he was sixteen. After spending several years volunteering at a trauma center in downtown Baltimore, he attended Cornell University, where he studied English. Since graduating, Meyer has worked as a derivatives trader at UBS, a construction worker, and an EMT, among other jobs. His writing has been published in McSweeney's, The Iowa Review, Salon.com, and New Stories from the South. From 2005 to 2008 Meyer was a fellow at the Michener Center for Writers in Austin, Texas. He splits his time between Texas and upstate New York.

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