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A Brief History of Seven Killings: WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2015

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Présentation de l'éditeur WINNER MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2015 SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD AND SELECTED AS A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY: WIRED GQ BBC CULTURE NEW YORK TIMES, Michiko Kakutani WASHINGTON POST ELECTRIC LITERATURE TIME PUBLISHERS WEEKLY AMAZON HUFFINGTON POST CHICAGO TRIBUNE NEWSWEEK WALL STREET JOURNAL HOUSTON CHRONICLE LIBRARY JOURNAL BOOKPAGE POPSUGAR BUZZFEED SALON, Laura Miller KANSAS CITY STAR L MAGAZINE SEATTLE TIMES BOSTON GLOBE JAMAICA, 1976 Seven gunmen storm Bob Marley s house, machine guns blazing. The reggae superstar survives, but the gunmen are never caught. From the acclaimed author of The Book of Night Women comes a dazzling display of masterful storytelling exploring this near-mythic event. Spanning three decades and crossing continents, A Brief History of Seven Killings chronicles the lives of a host of unforgettable characters slum kids, one-night stands, drug lords, girlfriends, gunmen, journalists, and even the CIA. Gripping and inventive, ambitious and mesmerising, A Brief History of Seven Killings is one of the most remarkable and extraordinary novels of the twenty-first century. Revue de presse Vast and vastly ambitious... much to admire...fascinating...the author's imaginative and stylistic range are impressive. Sunday Times It's like a Tarantino remake of The Harder They Come but with a soundtrack by Bob Marley and a script by Oliver Stone and William Faulkner, with maybe a little creative boost from some primo ganja. It s epic in every sense of that word: sweeping, mythic, over-the-top, colossal and dizzyingly complex. It s also raw, dense, violent, scalding, darkly comic, exhilarating and exhausting a testament to Mr. James s vaulting ambition and prodigious talent. Michiko Kakutani, New York Times Marlon James's writing can be at once punchy and lyrical; can alternate strange, dreamy poetry with visceral action; and can bring persuasive life to a kaleidoscopic range of characters. His gifts are expansive...Extraordinary...a writer whose importance can scarcely be questioned. Independent A vivid novel that deserves all the praise it has received. Sunday Telegraph This seething, hot, violent, action-packed novel is enormous in every sense...the ambition is huge, but [James] pulls it off with huge style, confidence, imagination and wit...Extraordinary. The Times When reading reviews of The Book of Night Women, James apparently became bored with comparisons to Toni Morrison; and with A Brief History, he s got bored with comparisons to Quentin Tarantino. But it is hard not to see the strength of that comparison. This is a novel that explores the aesthetics of cacophony and also the aesthetics of violence. Guardian James has triumphed in capturing the tension, the politics, the heat, chaos, beauty and music of Jamaica. Financial Times A vivid plunge into a crazed, violent and corrupt world, told through multiple narrators and executed with swaggering aplomb...the most original novel I ve read in years. Irvine Welsh With comparisons to the works of David Foster Wallace and Quentin Tarantino, James has garnered the highest of contemporary praise. Wired Breaks new ground...a very fluid and superbly controlled work. Spectator Manages consistently to shock and mesmerise at the same time...Best of all is the dialogue ...its musicality is tinged with menace...this tale of a country and its people ravaged and transformed by tragedy packs quite a punch. The Economist A prismatic story of gang violence and Cold War politics in a turbulent post-independence Jamaica. The New Yorker A Brief History of Seven Killings is a masterpiece. Chris Salewicz This novel cracks open a world that needs to be known. It's scary and lyrically beautiful you'll want to read whole pages aloud to strangers. Russell Banks Marlon James has done a hard thing. He's taken a complex, myth-like chapter in the story of an international legend, and given it new life...Poetic, vivid, this is a deep Afficher moinsAfficher plus

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Présentation de l'éditeur WINNER MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2015 SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD AND SELECTED AS A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY: WIRED GQ BBC CULTURE NEW YORK TIMES, Michiko Kakutani WASHINGTON POST ELECTRIC LITERATURE TIME PUBLISHERS WEEKLY AMAZON HUFFINGTON POST CHICAGO TRIBUNE NEWSWEEK WALL STREET JOURNAL HOUSTON CHRONICLE LIBRARY JOURNAL BOOKPAGE POPSUGAR BUZZFEED SALON, Laura Miller KANSAS CITY STAR L MAGAZINE SEATTLE TIMES BOSTON GLOBE JAMAICA, 1976 Seven gunmen storm Bob Marley s house, machine guns blazing. The reggae superstar survives, but the gunmen are never caught. From the acclaimed author of The Book of Night Women comes a dazzling display of masterful storytelling exploring this near-mythic event. Spanning three decades and crossing continents, A Brief History of Seven Killings chronicles the lives of a host of unforgettable characters slum kids, one-night stands, drug lords, girlfriends, gunmen, journalists, and even the CIA. Gripping and inventive, ambitious and mesmerising, A Brief History of Seven Killings is one of the most remarkable and extraordinary novels of the twenty-first century. Revue de presse Vast and vastly ambitious... much to admire...fascinating...the author's imaginative and stylistic range are impressive. Sunday Times It's like a Tarantino remake of The Harder They Come but with a soundtrack by Bob Marley and a script by Oliver Stone and William Faulkner, with maybe a little creative boost from some primo ganja. It s epic in every sense of that word: sweeping, mythic, over-the-top, colossal and dizzyingly complex. It s also raw, dense, violent, scalding, darkly comic, exhilarating and exhausting a testament to Mr. James s vaulting ambition and prodigious talent. Michiko Kakutani, New York Times Marlon James's writing can be at once punchy and lyrical; can alternate strange, dreamy poetry with visceral action; and can bring persuasive life to a kaleidoscopic range of characters. His gifts are expansive...Extraordinary...a writer whose importance can scarcely be questioned. Independent A vivid novel that deserves all the praise it has received. Sunday Telegraph This seething, hot, violent, action-packed novel is enormous in every sense...the ambition is huge, but [James] pulls it off with huge style, confidence, imagination and wit...Extraordinary. The Times When reading reviews of The Book of Night Women, James apparently became bored with comparisons to Toni Morrison; and with A Brief History, he s got bored with comparisons to Quentin Tarantino. But it is hard not to see the strength of that comparison. This is a novel that explores the aesthetics of cacophony and also the aesthetics of violence. Guardian James has triumphed in capturing the tension, the politics, the heat, chaos, beauty and music of Jamaica. Financial Times A vivid plunge into a crazed, violent and corrupt world, told through multiple narrators and executed with swaggering aplomb...the most original novel I ve read in years. Irvine Welsh With comparisons to the works of David Foster Wallace and Quentin Tarantino, James has garnered the highest of contemporary praise. Wired Breaks new ground...a very fluid and superbly controlled work. Spectator Manages consistently to shock and mesmerise at the same time...Best of all is the dialogue ...its musicality is tinged with menace...this tale of a country and its people ravaged and transformed by tragedy packs quite a punch. The Economist A prismatic story of gang violence and Cold War politics in a turbulent post-independence Jamaica. The New Yorker A Brief History of Seven Killings is a masterpiece. Chris Salewicz This novel cracks open a world that needs to be known. It's scary and lyrically beautiful you'll want to read whole pages aloud to strangers. Russell Banks Marlon James has done a hard thing. He's taken a complex, myth-like chapter in the story of an international legend, and given it new life...Poetic, vivid, this is a deep Afficher moinsAfficher plus

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A Brief History of Seven Killings: WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2015
Editeur
Oneworld Publications
Publication
04 juin 2015
Pages
704
Taille
19.8 x 12.9 x 3 cm
Poids
465
ISBN-13
9781780746357
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