La pace come un fiume
by:
Leif Enger (author)
Laura Pugno (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9788864110189 (8864110186)
Publish date: May 2009
Publisher: Fazi
Pages no: 381
Edition language: Italian
Category:
Young Adult,
Novels,
Literature,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Adult,
Religion,
Coming Of Age,
Contemporary
This reads, in part, like a underdog story. However, it's not drab and dour, but of taking one on the chin. It's about frontier life in 1960s Minnesota. There's a secondary, and mini, story in there, too -- written in verse. Some of the prose was quite lyrical, too. I enjoyed this read, as it showca...
Best descriptions I've ever read of what it's like to be in extremely cold weather. I wasn't all that crazy for the story but I enjoyed the author's skill with words.
i really, really enjoyed this. the story is captivating enough but it's the writing that keeps you so completely engaged. beautiful all around. i wish the narrator and his younger sister were slightly older because it's a little hard to believe they'd speak and behave as they do for their ages, b...
Been quite a while since I read a 5-star novel. This is definitely worthy. Excellently written, moving, thoughtful, intelligent, and quirkily funny. I cracked this open for the first time while sitting down on the bed to put some lotion on my feet before turning in, and found myself totally unable t...
It's easy to understand how "Peace Like a River" garnered so many awards. Enger's prose, the likable narrator and the entertaining situations made it hard to put the book down.Eleven-year-old asthmatic Reuben Land tells the story of his brother Davy, who murders two men after they assault his girlf...
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