Mr Vertigo

Name: Mr Vertigo
Brand: Auster, Paul
SKU: PR-9780571229086
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Le Pitch

Dans «Mr Vertigo», Paul Auster plonge le lecteur dans l'histoire d'un jeune orphelin, recueilli par un mystérieux mentor, qui lui apprend à voler. Cette capacité exceptionnelle va conduire le garçon, surnommé Walter Clair, sur les chemins de la célébrité et de l'adulte, confronté aux pièges de la notoriété et aux sombres secrets du passé. Entre roman initiatique et fresque sur l'Amérique du début du 20e siècle, le récit mêle le merveilleux et le réalisme avec la plume virtuose de l'auteur. Afficher moinsAfficher plus

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4ème de couverture

I was twelve years old the first time I walked on water ...' So begins Mr Vertigo, the story of Walt, an irrepressible orphan from the Mid-West. Under the tutelage of the mesmerising Master Yehudi, Walt is taken back to the mysterious house on the plains to prepare not only for the ability to fly, but also for the stardom that will accompany it.Biographie de l'auteurPaul Auster is the bestselling author of Winter Journal, Sunset Park, Man in the Dark, The Brooklyn Follies, The Book of Illusions and The New York Trilogy, among many other works. In 2006 he was awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature and inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Among his other honours are the Independent Spirit Award for the screenplay of Smoke and the Prix Médicis Étranger for Leviathan. He has also been shortlisted for both the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (The Book of Illusions) and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction (The Music of Chance). His work has been translated into more than forty languages. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Mr Vertigo

4.0

(1850)

10,45 €

Le Pitch

Dans «Mr Vertigo», Paul Auster plonge le lecteur dans l'histoire d'un jeune orphelin, recueilli par un mystérieux mentor, qui lui apprend à voler. Cette capacité exceptionnelle va conduire le garçon, surnommé Walter Clair, sur les chemins de la célébrité et de l'adulte, confronté aux pièges de la notoriété et aux sombres secrets du passé. Entre roman initiatique et fresque sur l'Amérique du début du 20e siècle, le récit mêle le merveilleux et le réalisme avec la plume virtuose de l'auteur. Afficher moinsAfficher plus

Détails du livre

Titre complet

Mr Vertigo

Editeur

Publication

05 janvier 2006

Pages

288

Taille

19.8 x 12.6 x 1 cm

Poids

208

ISBN-13

9780571229086

Contenu

4ème de couverture

I was twelve years old the first time I walked on water ...' So begins Mr Vertigo, the story of Walt, an irrepressible orphan from the Mid-West. Under the tutelage of the mesmerising Master Yehudi, Walt is taken back to the mysterious house on the plains to prepare not only for the ability to fly, but also for the stardom that will accompany it.Biographie de l'auteurPaul Auster is the bestselling author of Winter Journal, Sunset Park, Man in the Dark, The Brooklyn Follies, The Book of Illusions and The New York Trilogy, among many other works. In 2006 he was awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature and inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Among his other honours are the Independent Spirit Award for the screenplay of Smoke and the Prix Médicis Étranger for Leviathan. He has also been shortlisted for both the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (The Book of Illusions) and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction (The Music of Chance). His work has been translated into more than forty languages. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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