Nathan Hill
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Scandale aux États-Unis : le gouverneur Packer, candidat à la présidentielle, a été agressé en public par une femme : Faye Andresen- Anderson. Les médias s'emparent de son histoire et la surnomment Calamity Packer. Samuel Anderson, professeur d'anglais à l'Université de Chicago, reconnaît alors à la télévision sa mère, qui l'a abandonné à l'âge de onze ans. Et voilà que l'éditeur de Samuel, qui lui avait versé une avance rondelette pour un roman qu'il n'a jamais écrit, menace de le poursuivre en justice. En désespoir de cause, le jeune homme lui propose un livre révélation sur cette mère dont il ne sait presque rien et se lance ainsi dans la reconstitution minutieuse de sa vie, qui dévoilera bien des surprises.
Des émeutes de Chicago en 1968 au New York post-11-Septembre en passant par la Norvège des années quarante et le Midwest des années soixante, Nathan Hill s'empare de l'Amérique d'aujourd'hui et de ses démons et compose avec beaucoup d'humour une fresque aussi ambitieuse que captivante.
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From the When Jack and Elizabeth meet as college students in the ''90s, the two quickly join forces and hold on tight, each eager to claim a place in Chicagos thriving underground art scene with an appreciative kindred spirit.;Fast-forward twenty years to married life, and alongside the challenges of parenting, they encounter cults disguised as mindfulness support groups, polyamorous would-be suitors, Facebook wars, and something called Love Potion Number Nine. For the first time, Jack and Elizabeth struggle to recognize each other, and the no-longer-youthful dreamers are forced to face their demons, from unfulfilled career ambitions to painful childhood memories of their own dysfunctional families. In the process, Jack and Elizabeth must undertake separate, personal excavations, or risk losing the best thing in their lives: each other.;
Moving from the gritty ''90s Chicago art scene to a suburbia of detox diets and home-renovation hysteria, -
A New York Times 2016 Notable Book Entertainment Weekly's #1 Book of the Year A Washington Post 2016 Notable Book A Slate Top Ten Book Nathan Hill is a maestro. --John Irving Its 2011, and Samuel Andresen-Anderson hasnt seen his mother, Faye, in decades--not since she abandoned the family when he was a boy. Now shes reappeared, having committed an absurd crime that electrifies the nightly news and inflames a politically divided country. The media paints Faye as a radical hippie with a sordid past, but as far as Samuel knows, his mother was an ordinary girl who married her high-school sweetheart. Which version of his mother is true? Two facts are certain: shes facing some serious charges, and she needs Samuels help. To save her, Samuel will have to embark on his own journey, uncovering long-buried secrets about the woman he thought he knew, secrets that stretch across generations and have their origin all the way back in Norway, home of the mysterious Nix. As he does so, Samuel will confront not only Fayes losses but also his own lost love, and will relearn everything he thought he knew about his mother, and himself.
