Dear American Airlines: A Novel
jún. 2009 · HarperCollins
2,5star
2 umsagnirreport
Rafbók
193
Síður
family_home
Gjaldgeng
info
reportEinkunnir og umsagnir eru ekki staðfestar Nánar
Um þessa rafbók
“A heartfelt exploration of one man’s psychic deterioration and the slim reed of hope to which, miraculously, he still clings” from the author of Want Not (Los Angeles Times).
Sometimes the planes don’t fly on time.
Bennie Ford, a fifty-three-year-old failed poet turned translator, is traveling to his estranged daughter’s wedding when his flight is canceled. Stuck with thousands of fuming passengers in the purgatory of O’Hare airport, he watches the clock tick and realizes that he will miss the ceremony. Frustrated, irate, and helpless, Bennie does the only thing he can: he starts to write a letter. But what begins as a hilariously excoriating demand for a refund soon becomes a lament for a life gone awry, for years misspent, talent wasted, and happiness lost. A man both sinned against and sinning, Bennie writes in a voice that is a marvel of lacerating wit, heart-on-sleeve emotion, and wide-ranging erudition, underlined by a consistent groundnote of regret for the actions of a lifetime—and made all the more urgent by the fading hope that if he can just make it to the wedding, he might have a chance to do something right.
A margarita blend of outrage, wicked humor, vulnerability, intelligence, and regret, Dear American Airlines gives new meaning to the term “airport novel” and announces the emergence of major new talent in American fiction.
“Begins as a scathing letter of complaint from a stranded traveler en route to his estranged daughter’s wedding but quickly evolves in to a personal and surprisingly astute rant about life’s challenges.” —Parade Magazine
“Refreshingly snappy and sassy.” —The Washington Post
Sometimes the planes don’t fly on time.
Bennie Ford, a fifty-three-year-old failed poet turned translator, is traveling to his estranged daughter’s wedding when his flight is canceled. Stuck with thousands of fuming passengers in the purgatory of O’Hare airport, he watches the clock tick and realizes that he will miss the ceremony. Frustrated, irate, and helpless, Bennie does the only thing he can: he starts to write a letter. But what begins as a hilariously excoriating demand for a refund soon becomes a lament for a life gone awry, for years misspent, talent wasted, and happiness lost. A man both sinned against and sinning, Bennie writes in a voice that is a marvel of lacerating wit, heart-on-sleeve emotion, and wide-ranging erudition, underlined by a consistent groundnote of regret for the actions of a lifetime—and made all the more urgent by the fading hope that if he can just make it to the wedding, he might have a chance to do something right.
A margarita blend of outrage, wicked humor, vulnerability, intelligence, and regret, Dear American Airlines gives new meaning to the term “airport novel” and announces the emergence of major new talent in American fiction.
“Begins as a scathing letter of complaint from a stranded traveler en route to his estranged daughter’s wedding but quickly evolves in to a personal and surprisingly astute rant about life’s challenges.” —Parade Magazine
“Refreshingly snappy and sassy.” —The Washington Post
Einkunnir og umsagnir
2,5
2 umsagnir
Um höfundinn
JONATHAN MILES's first novel, Dear American Airlines, was named a New YorkTimes Notable Book and a Best Book of the Year by the Los Angeles Times and the Wall Street Journal. A former columnist for the New York Times, he serves as a contributing editor to magazines as diverse as Field & Stream and Details, and writes regularly for the New YorkTimes Book Review and The Literary Review (UK). A former longtime resident of Oxford, Mississippi, he currently lives with his family in rural New Jersey.
Gefa þessari rafbók einkunn.
Segðu okkur hvað þér finnst.
Upplýsingar um lestur
Snjallsímar og spjaldtölvur
Settu upp forritið Google Play Books fyrir Android og iPad/iPhone. Það samstillist sjálfkrafa við reikninginn þinn og gerir þér kleift að lesa með eða án nettengingar hvar sem þú ert.
Fartölvur og tölvur
Hægt er að hlusta á hljóðbækur sem keyptar eru í Google Play í vafranum í tölvunni.
Lesbretti og önnur tæki
Til að lesa af lesbrettum eins og Kobo-lesbrettum þarftu að hlaða niður skrá og flytja hana yfir í tækið þitt. Fylgdu nákvæmum leiðbeiningum hjálparmiðstöðvar til að flytja skrár yfir í studd lesbretti.
