The Realm of Last Chances (Vintage Contemporaries) - 7 Angebote vergleichen

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Fiction, The mud on Main Street was half a foot deep and mixed with enough horse shit to make him wish he had something to clamp over his nose. But he?d lost his handkerchief on the train coming up, and anyway, it was stained with blood: in New Orleans a fellow had punched him in the mouth. He couldn?t remember who it was, though he did recall how much it hurt. A supply wagon loaded with hundred-pound sacks of feed grain and hog shorts waited in front of Rosenthal?s General Merchandise, and a couple horses were tied up in front of the hardware. But he knew, because he knew his brother, that Leighton would already be in?he?d probably been at the office since five or five-thirty. He went to bed every night at nine o?clock and rose at four so he could get an hour?s worth of reading done before setting to work. He?d always done that and always would, especially now that he had two jobs instead of one. The legend on the window said loring weekly times. The building had once been a saloon, but that closed down back in ?96 when the drys won the local option election. Leighton had played a role in their favor, editorializing at length, arguing that the whole community should be outraged at the sight of drunks staggering along the sidewalk, bumping into women. Through the window this morning, Tandy could see him sitting at his rolltop desk, back where the poker tables used to be, reading a big leather-bound volume. He wore a gray suit, and Tandy knew the suit was clean and fresh-smelling, that the collar of his white shirt had been pressed this very morning. He knew who had pressed it, too. The door was unlocked; he opened it and stepped inside. Blank sheets of newspaper were stacked on the floor near an old copper-plated handpress, and on the counter were metal baskets with copy in them. A Western Newspaper Union calendar hung on one wall. Instead of smelling like cigarettes and whiskey, as it used to, the place stank now of ink and dust. Leighton didn?t even look up. ?I was wondering when I?d hear from you,? he said. Tandy stomped each boot on the floor, and clots of mud flew off. Leighton laid the book down. He stared at Tandy?s boots. "Most folks would?ve stomped the mud off outside.? "Course, I?m not most folks. I?m family.? Leighton stood. As always, when Tandy had been away for a while, the size of his brother took him by surprise. Tandy was not a small man himself, but Leighton stood six foot five, an inch taller than their father, and even though he lacked their father?s weight, he could still fill a room by himself. When Leighton was present, Tandy felt he had less of everything?less space to move around in, less air to breathe. A big lightbulb hung from the ceiling. Pointing, Tandy said, ?I heard y?all had got electric power.? The civic booster in his brother asserted itself: you could almost see his chest swell. "Got it last fall. Right now, it?s only on from six till midnight, but that?s a big help to us on Wednesday evening, when we.

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A Washington Post Notable Book When Kristin Stevens loses her job at a prestigious California university, she and her husband, Cal, relocate to suburban Massachusetts, where Kristin is forced to take a position at a third-tier college. She becomes entangled in the internal politics of academia, while Cal spends his days alone, fixing up their new home. Soon, Kristin finds herself drawn to their younger neighbor, first as platonic confidants bound by a love of literature and then, inevitably, as something more. In The Realm of Last Chances, Steve Yarbrough gives us a richly nuanced portrait of relationships, loneliness, and a marriage, reinvented., Paperback, Label: Vintage, Vintage, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2014-05-06, Freigegeben: 2014-05-06, Studio: Vintage, Verkaufsrang: 1448227.

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A Washington Post Notable Book When Kristin Stevens loses her job at a prestigious California university, she and her husband, Cal, relocate to suburban Massachusetts, where Kristin is forced to take a position at a third-tier college. She becomes entangled in the internal politics of academia, while Cal spends his days alone, fixing up their new home. Soon, Kristin finds herself drawn to their younger neighbor, first as platonic confidants bound by a love of literature and then, inevitably, as something more. In The Realm of Last Chances, Steve Yarbrough gives us a richly nuanced portrait of relationships, loneliness, and a marriage, reinvented., Paperback, Label: Vintage, Vintage, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2014-05-06, Freigegeben: 2014-05-06, Studio: Vintage, Verkaufsrang: 1448227.

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In 1902, in a small community deep in the Mississippi Delta, nearly a generation after the end of slavery, events obscured by time but impossible to forgive or forget echo in the lives of blacks and whites alike. As bound together by history as they are separated by mutual distrust, the citizens of Loring face present tensions as they look toward an uncertain future. Into this charged atmosphere rides Tandy Payne–prodigal son of a prominent planter and brother of the current mayor, and a dissolute gambler looking to reclaim the family estate. When he takes advantage of a perceived slight from the town’s black postmistress, the ensuing clash with his principled brother results in a harrowing confrontation. Fueled by dark and brutal memories, their familial dispute quickly spreads through the countryside. Steve Yarbrough confronts character with morality, reason with blood, in this moving novel that explores the farthest boundaries of human nature. Paperback, Label: Vintage, Vintage, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2002-08-13, Freigegeben: 2002-08-13, Studio: Vintage, Verkaufsrang: 2761010.

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In 1902, in a small community deep in the Mississippi Delta, nearly a generation after the end of slavery, events obscured by time but impossible to forgive or forget echo in the lives of blacks and whites alike. As bound together by history as they are separated by mutual distrust, the citizens of Loring face present tensions as they look toward an uncertain future. Into this charged atmosphere rides Tandy Payne–prodigal son of a prominent planter and brother of the current mayor, and a dissolute gambler looking to reclaim the family estate. When he takes advantage of a perceived slight from the town’s black postmistress, the ensuing clash with his principled brother results in a harrowing confrontation. Fueled by dark and brutal memories, their familial dispute quickly spreads through the countryside. Steve Yarbrough confronts character with morality, reason with blood, in this moving novel that explores the farthest boundaries of human nature. Paperback, Label: Vintage, Vintage, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2002-08-13, Freigegeben: 2002-08-13, Studio: Vintage, Verkaufsrang: 2761010.

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