Edinburgh by Alexander Chee (English) Paperback Book

Description: Edinburgh by Alexander Chee Every word makes me ache ... Written with exquisite empathy and grace Roxane GaySingularly beautiful and psychologically harrowing ... One of the best American novels of this century Boston GlobeTwelve-year-old Fee is a shy Korean American boy and a newly named section leader of the first sopranos in his local boys choir. At their summer camp, situated in an idyllic and secluded lakeside retreat, Fee grapples with his complicated feelings towards his best friend, Peter. But as Fee comes to learn how the director treats his section leaders, he is so ashamed he says nothing of the abuse, not even when Peter is in line to be next. When the director is arrested, Fee tries to forgive himself for his silence. Yet the actions of the director have vast consequences, and in their wake, Fee blames only himself.In the years that follow he slowly builds a new life, teaching near his hometown. There, he meets a young student who is the picture of Peter – and is forced to confront the past he believed was gone. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Alexander Chee is the bestselling author of the novels The Queen of the Night and Edinburgh. He is a contributing editor at the New Republic, an editor at large at Virginia Quarterly Review, and a critic at large at the Los Angeles Times. His work has appeared in The Best American Essays 2016, The New York Times Magazine, Slate, Guernica, and Tin House, among others. He is an associate professor of English at Dartmouth College.alexanderchee.net@alexanderchee Review Exquisite … Heavy with portent, the narrative unspools with the somnambulant, hypnotic heft of a myth hurtling towards its heady denouement … Achingly beautiful * Financial Times *A bold and hard-hitting novel, but one written with sensitivity and held together with delicately threaded imagery * Glasgow Herald *Edinburgh has the force of a dream and the heft of a life * Annie Dillard *Impressionistic, palpable, nuanced, beautifully written and challenging * Attitude *Haunting ... Complex ... Sophisticated ... [Chee] says volumes with just a few incendiary words * New York Times *Beautifully imagined and executed ... Profound and poetic … Chees is a voice worth listening to * San Francisco Chronicle *Alexander Chee gets my vote for the best new novelist Ive read in some time. Edinburgh is moody, dramatic – and pure * Edmund White *A coming-of-age novel in the grand Romantic tradition, where passions run high, Cupid stalks Psyche, and love shares the dance floor with death … A lovely, nuanced, never predictable portrait of a creative soul in the throes of becoming * Washington Post *Few coming-of-age novels truly stir ones emotions or lead readers to consider the trauma of their own lives. Edinburgh does both * Newsday * Promotional The debut novel, never-before-published in the UK, from bestselling author Alexander Chee, told with the force of a dream and the heft of a life (Annie Dillard, Publishers Weekly) Review Quote Edinburgh has the force of a dream and the heft of a life Promotional "Headline" The debut novel, never-before-published in the UK, from bestselling author Alexander Chee, told with the force of a dream and the heft of a life (Annie Dillard, Publishers Weekly ) Feature The first UK publication of bestselling author Alexander Chees debut novel (which forms the heart of his essay collection How to Write an Autobiographical Novel ) Details ISBN1526609142 Author Alexander Chee Pages 240 ISBN-10 1526609142 ISBN-13 9781526609144 Year 2018 Publication Date 2018-11-15 Format Paperback Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 813.6 Language English UK Release Date 2018-11-15 NZ Release Date 2018-11-15 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Audience General AU Release Date 2019-02-03 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161574769;

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