STEWART O NAN

Once again making the ordinary and overlooked not merely visible but vital to understanding our own lives, Stewart O'Nan confirms his position as an American master with Emily, Alone. A sequel to the bestselling, much-beloved Wish You Were Here, O'Nan's intimate novel follows Emily Maxwell, a widow whose grown children have long departed. She dreams of visits from her grandchildren while mourning the turnover of her quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood. When her sister-in-law and sole companion, Arlene, faints at their favorite breakfast buffet, Emily's life changes in unexpected ways. As she grapples with her new independence, she discovers a hidden strength and realizes that life always offers new possibilities.

In 1937, F. Scott Fitzgerald was a troubled, uncertain man whose literary success was long behind him. In poor health, with his wife consigned to a mental asylum and his finances in ruin, he struggled to make a new start as a screenwriter in Hollywood. The last three years of Fitzgerald's life, often obscured by the legend of his earlier Jazz Age glamour, are the focus of Stewart O'Nan's heartfelt new novel. With flashbacks to key moments from Fitzgerald's past, the story follows him as he arrives on the MGM lot, falls in love with brassy gossip columnist Sheilah Graham, begins work on The Last Tycoon, and tries to maintain a semblance of family life with the absent Zelda and their daughter, Scottie. Fitzgerald's orbit of literary fame and the Golden Age of Hollywood is brought vividly to life through the novel's romantic cast of characters, from Dorothy Parker and Ernest Hemingway to Humphrey Bogart. Written with striking grace and subtlety, this wise and intimate portrait of a man trying his best to hold together a world that's flying apart, if not gone already, is an American masterpiece.

Situada en Amistad, Wisconsin, justo después de la guerra civil norteamericana, esta historia nos cuenta la horrible epidemia que atenaza un pueblo con mandíbulas de miedo y muerte. Jacob Hansen, sheriff, enterrador y pastor de Amistad, no tarda en verse abrumado a pesar de persistir haciendo todo lo que puede. Pero Jacob no puede controlar la rapida expansion de la plaga, el panico que se desata sobre Amistad o sus propios sentimientos de des-esperacion. Oscura, poetica y escalofriante, Una oracion por los que mueren nos hace reflexionar sobre si es posible ser un buen hombre en tiempos de locura.

Situada en Amistad, Wisconsin, justo después de la guerra civil norteamericana, esta historia nos cuenta la horrible epidemia que atenaza un pueblo con mandíbulas de miedo y muerte. Jacob Hansen, sheriff, enterrador y pastor de Amistad, no tarda en verse abrumado a pesar de persistir haciendo todo lo que puede. Pero Jacob no puede controlar la rápida expansión de la plaga, el pánico que se desata sobre Amistad o sus propios sentimientos de des-esperación. Oscura, poética y escalofriante, Una oración por los que mueren nos hace reflexionar sobre si es posible ser un buen hombre en tiempos de locura.

A medianoche del día de Halloween en un suburbio de Nueva Inglaterra, un coche que transporta a cinco adolescentes vira en la curva de una carretera y choca contra un árbol, matando a tres de ellos. Hay dos supervivientes, pero uno sufre daño cerebral grave. Solo Tim sigue vivo e ileso, pero su vida se ha desgarrado de forma irrevocable. Un año despues de aquel dia, evocados por los recuerdos de sus mas allegados, los tres que murieron vuelven para una escalofriante mision final: visitar a sus familias, amigos y a aquellos que consideran responsables...En esta extraña e inquietante historia de fantasmas, en la mejor tradicion de Ray Bradbury y Shirley Jackson, ONan dedica una mirada tierna e intima a un grupo de gente que, sumida en la desesperacion, se aferra a una ultima esperanza. Stewart ONan, un autor de culto entre el publico estadounidense, es la nueva referencia del genero de horror, y sin duda el mejor discipulo de Stephen King. Noche de difuntos es su octava novela.

A mesmerizing and haunting (The Boston Globe) novel of F. Scott Fitzgeralds last years in HollywoodIn 1937, F. Scott Fitzgerald was a troubled, uncertain man whose literary success was long over. In poor health, with his wife consigned to an asylum and his finances in ruin, he struggled to make a new start as a screenwriter in Hollywood.

In 1937, F. Scott Fitzgerald was a troubled, uncertain man whose literary success was long behind him. In poor health, with his wife consigned to a mental asylum and his finances in ruin, he struggled to make a new start as a screenwriter in Hollywood. The last three years of Fitzgerald's life, often obscured by the legend of his earlier Jazz Age glamour, are the focus of Stewart O'Nan's heartfelt new novel. With flashbacks to key moments from Fitzgerald's past, the story follows him as he arrives on the MGM lot, falls in love with brassy gossip columnist Sheilah Graham, begins work on The Last Tycoon, and tries to maintain a semblance of family life with the absent Zelda and their daughter, Scottie. Fitzgerald's orbit of literary fame and the Golden Age of Hollywood is brought vividly to life through the novel's romantic cast of characters, from Dorothy Parker and Ernest Hemingway to Humphrey Bogart. Written with striking grace and subtlety, this wise and intimate portrait of a man trying his best to hold together a world that's flying apart, if not gone already, is an American masterpiece.

A medianoche del día de Halloween en un suburbio de Nueva Inglaterra, un coche que transporta a cinco adolescentes vira en la curva de una carretera y choca contra un árbol, matando a tres de ellos. Hay dos supervivientes, pero uno sufre daño cerebral grave. Solo Tim sigue vivo e ileso, pero su vida se ha desgarrado de forma irrevocable. Un año despues de aquel dia, evocados por los recuerdos de sus mas allegados, los tres que murieron vuelven para una escalofriante mision final: visitar a sus familias, amigos y a aquellos que consideran responsables...En esta extraña e inquietante historia de fantasmas, en la mejor tradicion de Ray Bradbury y Shirley Jackson, ONan dedica una mirada tierna e intima a un grupo de gente que, sumida en la desesperacion, se aferra a una ultima esperanza.

It was the summer of her Chevette, of J.P. and letting her hair grow. It was also the summer when, without warning, popular high school student Kim Larsen disappeared from her small midwestern town. Her loving parents, her introverted sister, her friends and boyfriend must now do everything they can to find her. As desperate search parties give way to pleading television appearances, and private investigations yield to personal revelations, we see one towns intimate struggle to maintain hope and, finally, to live with the unknown. Stewart ONans new novel begins with the suspense and pacing of a thriller and soon deepens into an affecting family drama of loss. On the heels of his critically acclaimed and nationally bestselling Last Night at the Lobster, Songs for the Missing is an honest, heartfelt account of one familys attempt to find their child. With a soulful empathy for these ordinary heroes, ONan draws us into the world of this small American town and allows us to feel a part of this family.

Horas antes de ser ejecutada en el estado de Oklahoma, Marjorie Standiford dicta sus memorias. Ha dejado, tras una serie de robos cometidos junto a su esposo Lamond y su amante Natalie, toda una estela de sangre que atraviesa el suroeste de Estados Unidos. Sin embargo Marjorie asegura que no ha matado a nadie. Esta mujer, conocida como Speed Queen por la droga que consume y por su forma de conducir, le ha vendido su historia a un famoso escritor. Con este dinero espera asegurar el futuro de su hijo, pero antes debe cumplir la parte que le corresponde del contrato.

Where would we be if love ended with death? At midnight on Halloween in a cloistered New England suburb, a car carrying five teenagers leaves a winding road and slams into a tree, killing three of them. One escapes unharmed, another suffers severe brain damage. A year later, summoned by the memories of those closest to them, the three who died come back on a last chilling mission among the living. A strange and unsettling ghost story in the tradition of Ray Bradbury and Shirley Jackson, The Night County creeps through the leaf-strewn streets and quiet cul-de-sacs of one bedroom community, reaching into the desperately connected yet isolated lives of three people changed forever by the accident: Tim, who survived yet lost everything; Brooks, the cop whose guilty secret has destroyed his life; and Kyle''s mom, trying to love the new son the doctors returned to her. As the day wanes and darkness falls, one of them puts a terrible plan into effect, and they find themselves caught in a collision of need and desire, watched over by the knowing ghosts.Macabre and moving, The Night Country elevates every small town''s bad high school crash into myth, finding the deeper human truth beneath a shared and very American tragedy. As in his highly prized Snow Angels and A Prayer for the Dying, Stewart O''Nan once again gives us an intimate look at people tyrig to hold on to hope, and the consequences when they fail.

Este libro narra la historia de una horrorosa epidemia que ha sumido a los pobladores de la localidad de Friendship en Wisconsin en una espiral de miedo y muerte.

Crest has lost the use of his legs after falling off a walkway while trying to write graffiti on a roadside wall; his best friend, Bean, fell too and died. Now Crest must try to repair his relationship with Vanessa, the mother of his child, whose night-school class is alerting her to a wider world. Crests older brother Eugene, an ex-con turned born-again Christian, is facing the temptations of his past, while their parents confront their own crisis.Powerful and moving, tender and resonant, Everyday People is an unforgettable novel that vividly captures the experience of the day-to-day struggle that is life in urban America.

A book that embodies whats best in us. - Stephen KingWashington Post Best Book of the Year,2017 San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year, 2017Entertainment Weekly Best Book of the Year,2017The Red Lobster chain restaurant perched in the far corner of a run-down American mall hasnt been making its numbers and has pulled the plug. But manager Manny DeLeon still needs to navigate a tricky last shift with a near-mutinous staff and the final onslaught of hungry retirees, lunatics, and office parties. All the while, Manny wondering how to handle the waitress hes still in love with, what to do about his pregnant girlfriend, and how to find the Christmas present that will make everything better.Stewart ONan has been called the bard of the working class, and Last Night at the Lobster is a American cult classic and a masterpiece of precision and empathy.

In 1937, F. Scott Fitzgerald was a troubled, uncertain man whose literary success was long behind him. In poor health, with his wife consigned to a mental asylum and his finances in ruin, he struggled to make a new start as a screenwriter in Hollywood.With flashbacks to key moments from Fitzgeralds past, the story follows him as he arrives on the MGM lot, falls in love with brassy gossip columnist Sheilah Graham, begins work on The Last Tycoon, and tries to maintain a semblance of family life with the absent Zelda and their daughter, Scottie.Written with striking grace and subtlety, this wise and intimate portrait of a man trying his best to hold together a world thats flying apart, if not gone already, is an American masterpiece.

When I was in eighth grade my sister helped kill another girl.For the Oliviera family - mum Carol, daughters Angel and Marie - autumn 2009 in the once-prosperous beach town of Ashaway, Rhode Island is the worst of times. Money is tight, Carol cant stay away from unsuitable men, Angels world is shattered when she learns her long-time boyfriend Myles has been cheating on her with classmate Birdy, and Marie is left to fend for herself. As Angel and Birdy, both consumed by the intensity of their feelings for Myles, careen towards a collision both tragic and inevitable, the loyalties of Carol and Marie will be tested in ways they could never have foreseen.Stewart ONans expert hand has crafted a crushing and propulsive novel about sisters, mothers and daughters, and the desperate ecstasies of love and the terrible things we do for it. Both swoony and haunting, Ocean State is a masterful work by one of the great storytellers of everyday American life.

The Humpty Dumpty Club is distraught when their powerhouse leader, Joan Hargrove, takes a bad fall down the stairs, knocking her out of commission. Now, as well as running errands and shepherding those less able to their doctors appointments, they have to pick up the slack.Between navigating their own relationships and aging bodies and attending choir practice, these invisible yet indomitable women help where they can. Weaving together the perspectives of the four cardinal members as they tend to those in need, Stewart ONan has fashioned a rich and moving novel that celebrates our capacity for patience and care. Vivid, warm and often wryly funny, Evensong reminds us that life is made up of moments both climactic and quotidian, and we weather those moments with the people we choose to keep close.

A year after the death of her husband, Emily Maxwell gathers her family at Lake Chautauqua for what will be a last holiday at their summer cottage. Joining her is her sister-in-law Arlene, silently mourning both the loss of the lake house and a bygone love affair. Emilys firebrand daughter Meg, a recovering alcoholic recently separated from her husband, brings her children from Detroit. Emilys son Ken, who has quit his job and mortgaged his future to pursue his art, comes accompanied by his children and his wife, who is secretly heartened to be visiting the house for the last time.Memories of past summers resurface, old rivalries flare up and love is rekindled and born anew, resulting in a timeless novel that succeeds beautifully [and] showcases some of the finest character studies a contemporary reader could ask for (Boston Globe).

Soldier, son, lover, husband, breadwinner, churchgoer, Henry Maxwell has spent his whole life trying to live with honour. A native Pittsburgher and engineer, hes always believed in logic, sacrifice and hard work. Now, seventy-five and retired, he feels the world has passed him by. Its 1998, the American century is ending, and nothing is simple any more. His children are distant, their unhappiness a mystery. Only his wife, Emily, and dog, Rufus, stand by him.Once so confident, as Henrys strength and memory desert him, he weighs his dreams against his regrets and is left with questions he cant answer: Is he a good man? Has he done right by the people he loves? And with time running out, what, realistically, can he hope for?Henry, Himself is a wry, warmhearted portrait of an American original - a man who believes hes reached a dead end only to discover life is full of surprises.