Jack Livings Bücher

Jack Livings schafft Panorama-Erzählungen, die den Leser in bestimmte historische und soziale Umgebungen eintauchen lassen. Seine Werke tauchen mit scharfer Beobachtung in die Komplexität menschlicher Verbindungen und das Gefüge der Gesellschaft ein. Bekannt für einen reichen und eindringlichen Prosa-Stil, erschafft Livings detaillierte Welten, die die Vorstellungskraft anregen. Er ist ein Geschichtenerzähler, der sich auf verschlungene Handlungsstränge und tiefgründig ausgearbeitete Charaktere konzentriert.

The Dog
240 Seiten
9 Lesestunden
3,3(32)Abgeben
A couple buy a racing dog thinking it will be the key to great fortune. But when gambling is forbidden the family must find another use for the dog . . . A wealthy factory owner - once a rural peasant - whose altruism is tested in the wake of a horrific earthquake. A powerful gangster clashes with his homosexual grandson. A glassworker is tasked with building a giant crystal sarcophagus for Chairman Mao. Jack Livings is a fabulously compelling new voice in contemporary fiction. These are his stories of modern China. 'Exceptional. I read it as slowly as I could and still finished it in a day. It is done with so much understanding and conviction, you'd think you'd been there.' Michael Hofmann, TLS Books of the Year
The Blizzard Party
416 Seiten
15 Lesestunden
3,2(229)Abgeben
On the night of February 6, 1978, an overwhelming nor'easter struck the city of New York. On that night, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, in a penthouse apartment of the stately Apelles, a crowd gathered for a grand party. And on that night Mr. Albert Haynes Caldwell--a partner emeritus at Swank, Brady & Plescher; Harvard class of '26; father of three; widower; atheist; and fiscal conservative--hatched a plan to fake a medical emergency and toss himself into the Hudson River, where he would drown. Jack Livings's The Blizzard Party is the story of that night.

The Dog

The Blizzard Party