Author: Joseph O'Neill
Translator: Jae-seo Lim
Publisher: Sapiens21
360 pages | 220*145mm
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| >>>This book is written in Korean. |
About This Book
In a New York City made phantasmagorical by the events of 9/11, and left
alone after his English wife and son return to London, Hans van den
Broek stumbles upon the vibrant New York subculture of cricket, where he
revisits his lost childhood and, thanks to a friendship with a
charismatic and charming Trinidadian named Chuck Ramkissoon, begins to
reconnect with his life and his adopted country. As the two men share
their vastly different experiences of contemporary immigrant life in
America, an unforgettable portrait emerges of an "other" New York
populated by immigrants and strivers of every race and nationality.
"New York is not what most people imagine it to be. Just as marriage,
family, friendship and manhood are not. Netherland is suspenseful,
artful, psychologically pitch-perfect, and a wonderful read. But more
than any of that, it's revelatory. Joseph O'Neill has managed to paint
the most famous city in the world, and the most familiar concept in the
world (love) in an entirely new way."
--Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Everything Is Illuminated
"A dense, intelligent novel... O'Neill offers an outsider's view of New
York bursting with wisdom, authenticity, and a sobering jolt of
realism."
--Publisher's Weekly (starred review)
"O'Neill writes a prose of Banvillean grace and beauty, shimmering with
truthfulness, as poised as it is unsettling. He is a master of the long
sentence, of the half-missed moment, of the strange archaeology of the
troubled marriage. Many have tried to write a great American novel.
Joseph O'Neill has succeeded."
--Joseph O'Connor, author of Star of the Sea
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