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Motel Life : A Novel by Willy Vlautin (2007, Perfect)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100061171115
ISBN-139780061171116
eBay Product ID (ePID)57031424
Product Key Features
Book TitleMotel Life : a Novel
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicFamily Life, Crime, General
Publication Year2007
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorWilly Vlautin
FormatPerfect
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight6.5 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2007-276776
Dewey Edition22
TitleLeadingThe
ReviewsI'm floored...This book feel so damn real, so powerful, so much like life, even if it's not yours., Both heartbreaking and inspirational.written.with a simple hypnotic tone that seems as if it was grown in the Reno heat., "Vlautin's coiled, poetically matter-of-fact prose calls to mind S.E.Hinton." -- Publishers Weekly "If there's any justice, anywhere, The Motel Life will be widely read and widely admired." -- Booklist "Both heartbreaking and inspirational...written...with a simple hypnotic tone that seems as if it was grown in the Reno heat." -- Associated Press ASAP "Slighter than Carver, less puerile than Bukowski, Vlautin...manages to lay claim to the same blearyeyed territory, and...to make it new." -- New York Times Book Review, EDITOR'S CHOICE "A natural for the bigscreen and in fact Babel and 21 Grams writer Guillermo Arriaga has bought the film rights..." -- Salt Lake City Tribune "The furthest Vlautin's men can move is in circles, shackled to their dysfunctions and their meager paychecks..." -- San Francisco Weekly "I'm floored...This book feel so damn real, so powerful, so much like life, even if it's not yours." -- Jonathan Zwickel, The Stranger, The furthest Vlautin's men can move is in circles, shackled to their dysfunctions and their meager paychecks., The furthest Vlautin's men can move is in circles, shackled to their dysfunctions and their meager paychecks…, The furthest Vlautin's men can move is in circles, shackled to their dysfunctions and their meager paychecks..., Slighter than Carver, less puerile than Bukowski, Vlautin…manages to lay claim to the same blearyeyed territory, and…to make it new., A natural for the bigscreen and in fact Babel and 21 Grams writer Guillermo Arriaga has bought the film rights., I'm floored…This book feel so damn real, so powerful, so much like life, even if it's not yours., A natural for the bigscreen and in fact Babel and 21 Grams writer Guillermo Arriaga has bought the film rights..., Both heartbreaking and inspirational...written...with a simple hypnotic tone that seems as if it was grown in the Reno heat., A natural for the bigscreen and in fact Babel and 21 Grams writer Guillermo Arriaga has bought the film rights…, Slighter than Carver, less puerile than Bukowski, Vlautin...manages to lay claim to the same blearyeyed territory, and...to make it new., Both heartbreaking and inspirational…written…with a simple hypnotic tone that seems as if it was grown in the Reno heat., Slighter than Carver, less puerile than Bukowski, Vlautin.manages to lay claim to the same blearyeyed territory, and.to make it new.
Dewey Decimal813/.6
SynopsisWith "echoes of Of Mice and Men "( The Bookseller , UK), The Motel Life explores the frustrations and failed dreams of two Nevada brothers--on the run after a hit-and-run accident--who, forgotten by society, and short on luck and hope, desperately cling to the edge of modern life., With "echoes of Of Mice and Men"(The Bookseller, UK), The Motel Life explores the frustrations and failed dreams of two Nevada brothers--on the run after a hit-and-run accident--who, forgotten by society, and short on luck and hope, desperately cling to the edge of modern life., In this powerful debut novel, brothers Frank and Jerry Lee are on the run after a hit-and-run accident. Interweaving past and present, Vlautin unfolds the story of their unhappy lives--lives afflicted by drink, bleak economic circumstances, and family misfortune.
LC Classification NumberPS3622.L38M68 2006
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- 13 Jun, 2022
A soA writer with some great insights on what might be called the “working poor.”
The product, the physical book, is as advertised. Listed as Very Good condition, a fact in my view. I appreciate truthfulness.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
