David Vann
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In his riveting new novel, internationally bestselling New York Times Notable author and Prix Medicis étranger-winner David Vann reimagines his father's final days. Halibut on the Moon traces the roots of mental illness in one man's life as he attempts to anchor himself to the places and people that once shaped his sense of identity. Middle-aged and deeply depressed, Jim arrives in California from Alaska and surrenders himself to the care of his...
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On Valentine's Day 2008, Steve Kazmierczak killed five and wounded eighteen at Northern Illinois University, then killed himself. But he was an A student, a Deans' Award winner. How could this happen?
CNN could not get the story. The Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, and all others came up empty because Steve's friends and professors knew very little. He had reinvented himself in his final five years. But David Vann, investigating for Esquire,...
9) Momentum
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Vom Ende eines Lebens
Jim ist Ende dreißig und depressiv. Aus Alaska, wo er lebt, fliegt er nach Kalifornien, an den Ort seiner Kindheit. Sein jüngerer Bruder Gary holt ihn vom Flughafen ab - er will auf Jim aufpassen und hofft, dass dieser im Kreis der Familie seine Lebensfreude zurückgewinnt. Doch während Jim wie ein Geist durch die Hinterlassenschaften seines alten Lebens wandelt, wird er von seinen Gedanken vorwärtsgetrieben, auf das Ende...
10) Aquarium
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Twelve-year-old Caitlin lives alone with her mother-a docker at the local container port-in subsidized housing next to an airport in Seattle. Each day, while she waits to be picked up after school, Caitlin visits the local aquarium to study the fish. Gazing at the creatures within the watery depths, Caitlin accesses a shimmering universe beyond her own. When she befriends an old man at the tanks one day, who seems as enamored of the fish as she, Caitlin...