Inhalt: A FINALIST FOR THE PEN/FAULKNER AWARD From award-winning author Willy Vlautin, comes this moving novel about a young ranch hand who goes on a quest to become a champion boxer to prove his worth. Horace Hopper is a half-Paiute, half-Irish ranch hand who wants to be somebody. Heâ??s spent most of his life on the ranch of his kindly guardians, Mr. and Mrs. Reese, herding sheep alone in the mountains. But while the Reeses treat him like a son, Horace canâ??t shake the shame he feels from being abandoned by his parents. He decides to leave the only loving home heâ??s known to prove his worth by training to become a boxer. Mr. Reese is holding on to a way of life that is no longer sustainable. Heâ??s a seventy-two-year-old rancher with a bad back. Heâ??s not sure how heâ??ll keep things going without Horace but he knows the boy must find his own way. Coming down from the mountains of Nevada to the unforgiving desert heat of Tucson, Horace finds a trainer and begins to get fights. His journey to become a champion brings him to boxing rings of Mexico and finally, to the seedy streets of Las Vegas, where Horace learns he canâ??t change who he is or outrun his destiny. Willy Vlautin writes from Americaâ??s soul, chronicling the lives of those who are downtrodden and forgotten with profound tenderness. Donâ??t Skip Out on Me is a beautiful, wrenching story about one manâ??s search for identity and belonging that will make you consider those around you differently. Umfang: 304 S. ISBN: 978-0-06-268448-6
Inhalt: Die Brüder Frank und Jerry Lee aus Reno befinden sich auf der Flucht, nachdem Jerry einen kleinen Jungen überfahren hat. Gemeinsam versuchen sie, ihrer dunklen Vergangenheit und ihrer verkorksten Jugend zu entkommen. Schlagworte:Belletristische Darstellung, Bruder, Junge, Sozialer Abstieg, Unfallflucht, Unfalltod, Verkehrsunfall Systematik: $L Umfang: 206 S. Standort: $L Vlau ISBN: 978-3-8270-0746-9
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