The Motel Life
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The Motel Life
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Author : Willy Vlautin
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2009-01-22
The Motel Life written by Willy Vlautin and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-22 with Fiction categories.
'The night it happened I was drunk, almost passed out, and I swear to God a bird came flying through my motel room window . . .' Narrated by Frank Flannigan, The Motel Life tells the story of how he and his brother Jerry Lee take to the road in a bid to escape the hit-and-run accident which kick-starts the narrative. Written with huge compassion, and an eye for the small details of life, it has become one of the most talked about debuts of recent years. 'That rare beast: a book with the cadence of an old, well-loved song. Sad, haunting, and strangely beautiful.' John Connolly, author of The Black Angel 'A serene and assured piece of minor-key Americana . . . Not many people do anything similar over here, with the same sense of small town big-sky melancholy. So British readers looking for a shot of post-Beat generation blues should reach with confidence for Vlautin's book.' Jonathan Gibbs, Independent
The Motel Life
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Author : Willy Vlautin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
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Opening like an early Tom Waits barstool-tale, The Motel Life tells the story of two brothers, Frank and Jerry Lee. Taking to the road in an attempt to escape the hit and run accident caused by Jerry Lee, the novel goes back to tell the story of their unhappy lives. With intense feeling and compassion, Vlautin explores the frustrations and failed dreams of the two brothers - one a natural storyteller, the other an artist - and renders perfectly the sense of entrapment they feel. Will the kid's death shock them out of their torpor or send them ever deeper into trouble? Can Annie James, a girl from their past, offer them any sort of redemption, however slim?Interspersed with drawings that come to form an integral part of the narrative, The Motel Life is a poetic, moving, beautifully naïve and tragic fictional debut. Alongside such seminal works as Annie Proulx's Postcards, Raymond Carver's What we talk about when we talk about love and Denis Johnson's Jesus's Son, it should come to be seen as a classic of downbeat American prose.
Motel Life
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Author : Willy Vlautin
language : it
Publisher: Jimenez Edizioni
Release Date : 2020-08-27T00:00:00+02:00
Motel Life written by Willy Vlautin and has been published by Jimenez Edizioni this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-27T00:00:00+02:00 with Fiction categories.
Originariamente pubblicato negli Stati Uniti nel 2006, Motel Life ha segnato l’esordio nella narrativa di Willy Vlautin, al tempo già un rinomato musicista. Da allora il romanzo è stato tradotto in più di dieci lingue, è stato paragonato alla produzione di autori quali John Steinbeck, Raymond Carver, John Fante e Denis Johnson, e ha fatto guadagnare all’autore l’appellativo di Dylan dei vagabondi. Due fratelli in viaggio lungo le strade del Nevada, tra città in rovina e anime in pena, cercano rifugio in desolati motel che sono insieme simbolo di deriva esistenziale e di conforto dal peso di sentirsi costantemente in trappola. Frank, narratore nato, e Jerry Lee, un talento per il disegno, hanno un’inclinazione naturale per le decisioni sbagliate, e scappano dopo il mortale incidente automobilistico causato da Jerry Lee. È una fuga in cerca di redenzione, segnata dal senso di colpa quanto dal desiderio di libertà, riscatto, comprensione. Con la loro storia, Willy Vlautin si fa portavoce degli emarginati, dei feriti, degli uomini soli, nobilitando i personaggi più umili con il suo sguardo compassionevole e la sua scrittura “piena di tenerezza, verità e vita” (Guillermo Arriaga). Dal romanzo è stato tratto il film The Motel Life (2012), diretto dai fratelli Alan e Gabe Polsky, con protagonisti Emile Hirsch e Stephen Dorff.
Life Behind The Lobby
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Author : Pawan Dhingra
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2012-04-25
Life Behind The Lobby written by Pawan Dhingra and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-25 with Social Science categories.
Indian Americans own about half of all the motels in the United States. Even more remarkable, most of these motel owners come from the same region in India and—although they are not all related—seventy percent of them share the surname of Patel. Most of these motel owners arrived in the United States with few resources and, broadly speaking, they are self-employed, self-sufficient immigrants who have become successful—they live the American dream. However, framing this group as embodying the American dream has profound implications. It perpetuates the idea of American exceptionalism—that this nation creates opportunities for newcomers unattainable elsewhere—and also downplays the inequalities of race, gender, culture, and globalization immigrants continue to face. Despite their dominance in the motel industry, Indian American moteliers are concentrated in lower- and mid-budget markets. Life Behind the Lobby explains Indian Americans' simultaneous accomplishments and marginalization and takes a close look at their own role in sustaining that duality.
Front Desk
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Author : Kelly Yang
language : en
Publisher: Walker Books Australia
Release Date : 2018-08-01
Front Desk written by Kelly Yang and has been published by Walker Books Australia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-01 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
An empowering story of empathy, courage, and hope, based on the author's real-life experience immigrating to the US as a child and working at the front desk of the motel where her parents work. Ten year-old Mia Tang moved to the US for a better life, a freer life, but so far, it's a life where she runs the front desk of a motel while her parents clean rooms. And she's not even allowed to use the swimming pool. Based on author Kelly Yang’s real-life experience immigrating to America from China and running a motel with her parents, this novel explores how one little girl overcomes language barriers, discrimination, and her own lack of confidence to find her voice – and use it to make a difference. This is a sensitive story of tolerance and diversity that will resonate with readers of all cultures who have experienced the challenges of feeling like an outsider.
Motel Life
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Author : Willy Vlautin
language : it
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
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Motel Of The Mysteries
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Author : David Macaulay
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date : 1979-10-11
Motel Of The Mysteries written by David Macaulay and has been published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979-10-11 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
It is the year 4022; all of the ancient country of Usa has been buried under many feet of detritus from a catastrophe that occurred back in 1985. Imagine, then, the excitement that Howard Carson, an amateur archeologist at best, experienced when in crossing the perimeter of an abandoned excavation site he felt the ground give way beneath him and found himself at the bottom of a shaft, which, judging from the DO NOT DISTURB sign hanging from an archaic doorknob, was clearly the entrance to a still-sealed burial chamber. Carson's incredible discoveries, including the remains of two bodies, one of then on a ceremonial bed facing an altar that appeared to be a means of communicating with the Gods and the other lying in a porcelain sarcophagus in the Inner Chamber, permitted him to piece together the whole fabric of that extraordinary civilization.
A Little Life
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Author : Hanya Yanagihara
language : en
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date : 2015-03-10
A Little Life written by Hanya Yanagihara and has been published by Anchor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-10 with Fiction categories.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship” (NPR) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma. A hymn to brotherly bonds and a masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century, Hanya Yanagihara’s stunning novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. Look for Hanya Yanagihara’s latest bestselling novel, To Paradise.
Motel Life
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021
Motel Life written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with Motels categories.
Motel Life
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Author : Willy Vlautin
language : de
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
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