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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Akashic Books
ISBN-10
1617753947
ISBN-13
9781617753947
eBay Product ID (ePID)
209765601
Product Key Features
Book Title
Marvel and a Wonder
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Thrillers / Suspense, General, Literary, Noir
Publication Year
2015
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
11.2 Oz
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Width
5.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2015-934078
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
""Faulkner-ian epic for the contemporary age. . . . [Meno] draws on the grave themes and austere styles of writers like Cormac McCarthy and Daniel Woodrell to offer a mix of biblical allegories, tinder-dry prose, and noble characters trying to survive in a wretched world. . . . The novel's prose is marvelous in its spare, convincing grit while the story's themes of family, redemption, sacrifice, and faith echo the plays of Sam Shepard at times. . . . A grandiose, atmospheric portrait of Middle America in all its damaged glory."", "[ Marvel and a Wonder ] is a unique take on the generation gap between a Korean war vet and his sixteen-year-old grandson, exploring themes like faith, sacrifice and family...With a bit of crime, tragedy and even love." -- MTV News "Meno's stylistic inventiveness, humane curiosity and fictional range are always impressive." -- Newcity "I had high hopes for Marvel and a Wonder , but it's not the novel I was hoping for--it's better....In the dark corners of this world, Meno finds light and beauty to suddenly thrust before readers....Meno's skillful interplay of light and shadow propels the plot through what could be, in another writer's hands, dozens of pages of monotonous driving, and it keeps the book on the palatable side of the Western Noir genre for readers who can't stomach Cormac McCarthy. To dismiss it as just genre writing, however, is a great mistake. Not only is it too beautiful for that, it is also gloriously woven through with loose ends, unanswered questions, and ambiguity." -- Books & Whatnot "Winner of the Discover Great New Writers Award and the Nelson Algren Award, among other honors, Meno can be entertainingly outré. This story of a man and his grandfather hunting for their stolen horse is also affecting." -- Library Journal , Barbara Hoffert's Prepub Alert " Marvel and a Wonder is such a tender love story. The love of an irascible grandfather for his baffling grandson; the love for a mysterious horse; the love for a country that no longer seems to love us back. Joe Meno writes with poise and wit and stunning amounts of empathy. What a beautiful story. What a lovely book." -- Victor LaValle , author of The Devil in Silver "Both sprawling and intimate, Marvel and a Wonder is a vivid portrait of Heartland America, and infuses its array of characters with humor, empathy, and insight. I've long been an admirer of Joe Meno's work, and this is his most ambitious book yet." -- Dan Chaon , author of Await Your Reply Praise for Joe Meno: "A beguiling and slyly disquieting storyteller...Meno transforms wintery Chicago into a wondrous crystallization of countless dreams and tragedies, while telling the stories of two derailed young artists...poignant and funny." -- Kansas City Star on Office Girl "The wisest, most humane and transcendent novel on the contemporary family since The Corrections ...A marvelous book." -- Irvine Welsh on The Great Perhaps, Evoking William Faulkner and Cormac McCarthy, Meno's suspenseful, mordantly incisive, many-layered tale can also be read as an equine Moby-Dick. As he tracks the bewildering seismic shifts under way in America, Meno celebrates everyday marvels, including the hard-proven love between grandfather and grandson., Marvel and a Wonder . . . [is] a great contemporary Western that's deliciously dark and full of unpleasant characters. I loved it, for whatever grim reason that lurks in my soul (and it's got a fantastic cover), though I'd say it's probably not for the faint of heart., But in two new books--a big novel, Marvel and a Wonder, and the anthology Chicago Noir: The Classics, published simultaneously in early September by Akashic in hardcover and paperback--we're reminded that Meno has a dark side that on occasion he lets out of jail, allowing it to cast a long and menacing shadow., The latest by Meno is a compelling mash-up of magic and the absurd with the grittiness of a world inhabited by punks, thieves, and losers, as a grandfather and his grandson take a road trip through 1990s rural America in search of their stolen horse. . . . This is a provocative reflection on the lives of the disenfranchised in the waning days of the 20th century, with a bittersweet resolution that will resonate with readers.
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Synopsis
Winner of the Society of Midland Authors Award for the Region's Best Books of 2015 (Adult Fiction) Named a Booklist Editors' Choice for 2015 Longlisted for the American Library Association's 2016 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction "Compelling and necessary.... Meno] has a knack for giving small happenings emotional weight....Meno knows how to make you love his characters, want what they want. But don't think he's going to let things turn out well for them. Marvels and wonders aren't worth the trouble. Fortunately, this book is." -- New York Times Book Review " A] rugged page-turner....There's a bit of the country noir of Daniel Woodrell's Winter's Bone in the stark atmosphere Mr. Meno evokes ( A faded town, fading, harried with dusty light, midafternoon ), and a bit of the Clint Eastwood movie Gran Torino in the story of the vigilante grandfather. But the writing is propulsive enough to make you forget its influences. And at moments the book's consuming darkness is lifted by potent, if inscrutable visions of the talismanic horse-- a flash of lightning curving along the horizon ." -- Wall Street Journal "But in two new books--a big novel, Marvel and a Wonder , and the anthology Chicago Noir: The Classics , published simultaneously in early September by Akashic in hardcover and paperback--we're reminded that Meno has a dark side that on occasion he lets out of jail, allowing it to cast a long and menacing shadow." -- Chicago Tribune "Evoking William Faulkner and Cormac McCarthy, Meno's suspenseful, mordantly incisive, many-layered tale can also be read as an equine Moby-Dick . As he tracks the bewildering seismic shifts under way in America, Meno celebrates everyday marvels, including the hard-proven love between grandfather and grandson." -- Booklist , Starred review "In this high-stakes, mordantly incisive, compassionate drama, Quentin, a mixed-race teen, is spending the summer with Jim, his white grandfather, when a magnificent white racehorse is inexplicably delivered to Jim's Indiana farm." -- Booklist , Editors' Choice "Talented Meno has penned a wise and touching novel of love, loyalty, courage; an extraordinary book not to be missed." -- Library Journal , Starred review " Marvel and a Wonder . . . is] a great contemporary Western that's deliciously dark and full of unpleasant characters. I loved it, for whatever grim reason that lurks in my soul (and it's got a fantastic cover), though I'd say it's probably not for the faint of heart." -- Library Journal ,"What We/re Reading" Section Marvel and a Wonder is a darkly mesmerizing epic and literary page-turner set at the end of the twentieth century. In summer 1995, Jim Falls, a Korean War vet, struggles to raise his sixteen-year-old grandson, Quentin, on a farm in southern Indiana. In July, they receive a mysterious gift--a beautiful quarter horse--which upends the balance of their difficult lives. The horse's appearance catches the attention of a pair of troubled, meth-dealing brothers and, after a violent altercation, the horse is stolen and sold. Grandfather and grandson must travel the landscape of the bleak heartland to reclaim the animal and to confront the ruthless party that has taken possession of it. Along the way, both will be forced to face the misperceptions and tragedies of their past. Evoking the writing of William Faulkner and Denis Johnson, this brilliant, deeply moving work explores the harrowing, often beautiful marvels of a nation challenged by its own beliefs. Ambitious, expansive, and laden with suspense, Marvel and a Wonder presents an unforgettable pair of protagonists at the beginning of one America and the end of another., --Long-listed for the American Library Association's 2016 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. "Meno makes the most banal prose--grunts and salutations, small talk over meals--compelling and necessary . . . [He] has a knack for giving small happenings emotional weight . . . Meno knows how to make you love his characters, want what they want. But don't think he's going to let things turn out well for them. Marvels and wonders aren't worth the trouble. Fortunately, this book is." -- New York Times Book Review "[A] rugged page-turner . . . There's a bit of the country noir of Daniel Woodrell's Winter's Bone in the stark atmosphere Mr. Meno evokes ('A faded town, fading, harried with dusty light, midafternoon'), and a bit of the Clint Eastwood movie Gran Torino in the story of the vigilante grandfather. But the writing is propulsive enough to make you forget its influences. And at moments the book's consuming darkness is lifted by potent, if inscrutable visions of the talismanic horse--a flash of lightning curving along the horizon." -- Wall Street Journal Marvel and a Wonder is a darkly mesmerizing epic and literary page-turner set at the end of the twentieth century. In summer 1995, Jim Falls, a Korean War vet, struggles to raise his sixteen-year-old grandson, Quentin, on a farm in southern Indiana. In July, they receive a mysterious gift--a beautiful quarter horse--which upends the balance of their difficult lives. The horse's appearance catches the attention of a pair of troubled, meth-dealing brothers and, after a violent altercation, the horse is stolen and sold. Grandfather and grandson must travel the landscape of the bleak heartland to reclaim the animal and to confront the ruthless party that has taken possession of it. Along the way, both will be forced to face the misperceptions and tragedies of their past. Evoking the writing of William Faulkner and Denis Johnson, this brilliant, deeply moving work explores the harrowing, often beautiful marvels of a nation challenged by its own beliefs. Ambitious, expansive, and laden with suspense, Marvel and a Wonder presents an unforgettable pair of protagonists at the beginning of one America and the end of another., Grandfather and grandson must journey into the underworld of the American Midwest in search of both courage and redemption., Winner of the Society of Midland Authors Award for the Region's Best Books of 2015 (Adult Fiction) Named a Booklist Editors' Choice for 2015 Longlisted for the American Library Association's 2016 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction "Compelling and necessary....[Meno] has a knack for giving small happenings emotional weight....Meno knows how to make you love his characters, want what they want. But don't think he's going to let things turn out well for them. Marvels and wonders aren't worth the trouble. Fortunately, this book is." -- New York Times Book Review "[A] rugged page-turner....There's a bit of the country noir of Daniel Woodrell's Winter's Bone in the stark atmosphere Mr. Meno evokes ( A faded town, fading, harried with dusty light, midafternoon ), and a bit of the Clint Eastwood movie Gran Torino in the story of the vigilante grandfather. But the writing is propulsive enough to make you forget its influences. And at moments the book's consuming darkness is lifted by potent, if inscrutable visions of the talismanic horse-- a flash of lightning curving along the horizon ." -- Wall Street Journal "But in two new books--a big novel, Marvel and a Wonder , and the anthology Chicago Noir: The Classics , published simultaneously in early September by Akashic in hardcover and paperback--we're reminded that Meno has a dark side that on occasion he lets out of jail, allowing it to cast a long and menacing shadow." -- Chicago Tribune "Evoking William Faulkner and Cormac McCarthy, Meno's suspenseful, mordantly incisive, many-layered tale can also be read as an equine Moby-Dick . As he tracks the bewildering seismic shifts under way in America, Meno celebrates everyday marvels, including the hard-proven love between grandfather and grandson." -- Booklist , Starred review "In this high-stakes, mordantly incisive, compassionate drama, Quentin, a mixed-race teen, is spending the summer with Jim, his white grandfather, when a magnificent white racehorse is inexplicably delivered to Jim's Indiana farm." -- Booklist , Editors' Choice "Talented Meno has penned a wise and touching novel of love, loyalty, courage; an extraordinary book not to be missed." -- Library Journal , Starred review " Marvel and a Wonder . . . [is] a great contemporary Western that's deliciously dark and full of unpleasant characters. I loved it, for whatever grim reason that lurks in my soul (and it's got a fantastic cover), though I'd say it's probably not for the faint of heart." -- Library Journal ,"What We e Reading" Section Marvel and a Wonder is a darkly mesmerizing epic and literary page-turner set at the end of the twentieth century. In summer 1995, Jim Falls, a Korean War vet, struggles to raise his sixteen-year-old grandson, Quentin, on a farm in southern Indiana. In July, they receive a mysterious gift--a beautiful quarter horse--which upends the balance of their difficult lives. The horse's appearance catches the attention of a pair of troubled, meth-dealing brothers and, after a violent altercation, the horse is stolen and sold. Grandfather and grandson must travel the landscape of the bleak heartland to reclaim the animal and to confront the ruthless party that has taken possession of it. Along the way, both will be forced to face the misperceptions and tragedies of their past. Evoking the writing of William Faulkner and Denis Johnson, this brilliant, deeply moving work explores the harrowing, often beautiful marvels of a nation challenged by its own beliefs. Ambitious, expansive, and laden with suspense, Marvel and a Wonder presents an unforgettable pair of protagonists at the beginning of one America and the end of another., Marvel and a Wonder is a darkly mesmerising epic and literary page-turner. In summer 1995, Jim Falls, a Korean War vet, struggles to raise his 16-year-old grandson, Quentin, on a farm in Indiana. When they receive a mysterious gift - a beautiful quarter horse - it upends the balance of their lives. The horse catches the attention of a pair of meth-dealing brothers and the horse is stolen and sold. Grandfather and grandson must travel the landscape of the bleak heartland to reclaim the animal. Along the way, both will be forced to face the tragedies of their past.
LC Classification Number
PS3563.E53
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