Bild 1 von 1
Floß der Sterne: Ein Roman von Andrew J. Graff (englisch) Taschenbuch Buch-
Artikelzustand:
Preis:
US $19,57
Ca.EUR 18,32
- Sofort-KaufenFloß der Sterne: Ein Roman von Andrew J. Graff (englisch) Taschenbuch Buch
Versand:
Standort: Fairfield, Ohio, USA
Lieferung:
Lieferung zwischen Mi, 8. Mai und Sa, 18. Mai nach 43230 bei heutigem Zahlungseingang
Rücknahmen:
Zahlungen:
Sicher einkaufen
Angaben zum Verkäufer
- 98,2% positive Bewertungen
Angemeldet als gewerblicher Verkäufer
Der Verkäufer ist für dieses Angebot verantwortlich.
eBay-Artikelnr.:395302742688
Artikelmerkmale
- Artikelzustand
- ISBN-13
- 9780063031913
- Type
- Does not apply
- ISBN
- 9780063031913
- Book Title
- Raft of Stars : a Novel
- Item Length
- 8in
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Publication Year
- 2022
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.7in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Small Town & Rural, Literary, Coming of Age
- Item Width
- 5.3in
- Item Weight
- 8.9 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 304 Pages
Über dieses Produkt
Product Information
"A rousing adventure yarn full of danger and heart and humor." --Richard Russo An instant classic for fans of Jane Smiley and Kitchens of the Great Midwest : when two hardscrabble young boys think they've committed a crime, they flee into the Northwoods of Wisconsin. Will the adults trying to find and protect them reach them before it's too late? It's the summer of 1994 in Claypot, Wisconsin, and the lives of ten-year-old Fischer "Fish" Branson and Dale "Bread" Breadwin are shaped by the two fathers they don't talk about. One night, tired of seeing his best friend bruised and terrorized by his no-good dad, Fish takes action. A gunshot rings out and the two boys flee the scene, believing themselves murderers. They head for the woods, where they find their way onto a raft, but the natural terrors of Ironsforge gorge threaten to overwhelm them. Four adults track them into the forest, each one on a journey of his or her own. Fish's mother Miranda, a wise woman full of fierce faith; his granddad, Teddy, who knows the woods like the back of his hand; Tiffany, a purple-haired gas station attendant and poet looking for connection; and Sheriff Cal, who's having doubts about a life in law enforcement. The adults track the boys toward the novel's heart-pounding climax on the edge of the gorge and a conclusion that beautifully makes manifest the grace these characters find in the wilderness and one another. This timeless story of loss, hope, and adventure runs like the river itself amid the vividly rendered landscape of the Upper Midwest.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0063031914
ISBN-13
9780063031913
eBay Product ID (ePID)
27050021372
Product Key Features
Book Title
Raft of Stars : a Novel
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Small Town & Rural, Literary, Coming of Age
Publication Year
2022
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
5.3in
Item Weight
8.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Reviews
The characters are expertly drawn in their shifting relationships . . . Both an engaging adventure and a profound reflection on human bonding, what it means to be a man (and a good one), and the importance of persevering. . . . Highly recommended, whether you want literate thrills or thoughtful, affirming meditation., Impressive . . . [Graff's] background as a hunter and a hiker gives him plenty of raw material to make the natural trials faced by Fish and Bread and their trackers realistic and, at times, harrowing. Besides whitewater, there's violent weather, bears and the uncertainty of who will find the boys, if anyone, and when., Reminiscent of stories like Stand By Me and Have You Seen Luis Velez?, Graff's debut novel will enchant fans of Chris Cleave and Melissa Bank. Graff's narrative voice is lyrical, with a Southern Gothic edge that fits surprisingly well with the Wisconsin Northwoods setting. Exploring the necessity of the stories we tell ourselves to survive, Raft of Stars is a clever, compelling coming-of-age tale., "The story will beg you to grab the person beside you, tilt the cover toward them, and ask, "Have you read this yet?" It will inevitably gift you a glorious post-book reading haze, a fog following you from room to room, trailed by a story you can't get out of your mind. Raft of Stars is a clarion call to the wild softness in all of us. It is a book to read, and read, and read again.", I had no idea people wrote books like Andrew J. Graff's Raft of Stars anymore--a rousing adventure yarn full of danger and heart and humor and characters worth worrying about. It's as if, after observing the deplorable state we're all in right now, the author took it upon himself to raise our collective spirits. Bravo!, Andrew J. Graff's engrossing, largehearted debut novel, Raft of Stars, is a book with a distinctly Rousseauian vibe. It is the story of what happens when two 10-year-old boys flee into the northern Wisconsin woods and how they, and their various adult pursuers, don't merely survive, but shed their landlocked inhibitions and become better, bigger versions of themselves. . .Despite brushes with danger and death -- roaring rapids, charging bears, loaded rifles, hunger -- they don't turn inward, nor do they turn against one another. No one goes Lord of the Flies. Instead, they do what they haven't felt free to do in civilization: open up and cry, reveal their regrets and fears and needs., RAFT OF STARS is a dark, dreamy, adrenaline-spiked escape into [the] Midwest wilderness. . . . RAFT OF STARS is both a plot-driven wilderness adventure and a fragile coming-of-age story. Graff captures the pure connection between friends on the cusp of adulthood, struggling to love parents with sometimes-unforgivable imperfections, and the world created by his powerful, thrumming style is not so much a setting as it is a star-shot forest dreamscape of cedar trees, prowling coyotes, and sun-bleached scarecrows made of bone., Graff has crafted not only an adventure story with a warm heart at its center, but a whole town of characters for readers to fall in love with., But then I read a book like Raft of Stars, and I am again filled with wonder. Not just at nature-at rivers, forests, and fields-but at my children themselves....That folks such as Andrew Graff write novels like this is, for me, a sign of great hope., The wilderness odyssey that shapes Graff's rewarding coming-of-age debut has a timeless, archetypal resonance. . . . Graff depicts the harsh Northwoods setting and his misfit characters' inner lives with equal skill. The dynamic quest narrative offers plenty of rich moments., In ruggedly beautiful prose, and with a deep affection for his damaged, but always loveable characters, Graff delivers a novel with real heart and soul. An authentic look into the heartland of America, into one-parent households, where mothers and grandparents are supporting the next generation while fathers are either absentee, or should be. Like a barrel going over a waterfalls, Raft of Stars sweeps its reader downstream, and fast. Hold on for the ride., Outdoorsy tales like this, from Hemingway's early Michigan stories to James Dickey's Deliverance on down, typically use woods and waterways as proving grounds for masculinity. But Graff...wants to unravel some of the expectations of the genre. Nature, here, isn't impressed with masculinity at all, and it's prepared to smash machismo against its rocks along with anything else. . . Graff writes exquisitely about the wilderness,...[and] recognizes that his main job is to deliver a gripping adventure tale, which the concluding chapters offer plenty of -- dangerous rapids leading to life-threatening waterfalls, menacing black bears and coyotes., You'll be so busy savoring this deliciously-written tale that the only thing you'll truly care about is that this book lingers, like a soft summer night, so grab Raft of Stars and run with it., Rural Wisconsin in the mid-1990s is the setting for Graff's memorable story of loss, violence, adventure, and redemption. . . . Graff's characters have heart to spare, and his affection for this rugged part of the country is infectious. His coming-of-age story offers us nostalgia and escape, and he reminds us that while freedom can be elusive, the people who love you always make your life worth living., [An] exquisitely crafted novel about two 10-year-old boys on the lam on a river raft. . . . The art and craft of this narrative, apparent from the first page with its sublime constellations of images, offers brutal beauty, the glinting edge of truth, and the possibility of redemption for the fifth-grade boys, and also for the adults chasing them. Finding their way through the thick, gnarled woods and along the perilous river, both children and adults show they can transcend the thicket of confusion surrounding their personal circumstances and emerge toward more clarity.
Intended Audience
Trade
Artikelbeschreibung des Verkäufers
Rechtliche Informationen des Verkäufers
Premier Books LLC
David Taylor
26C Trolley Sq
19806-3356 Wilmington, DE
United States
Ich versichere, dass alle meine Verkaufsaktivitäten in Übereinstimmung mit allen geltenden Gesetzen und Vorschriften der EU erfolgen.
Der Verkäufer ist für dieses Angebot verantwortlich.
eBay-Artikelnr.:395302742688
Verpackung und Versand
Artikelstandort:
Fairfield, Ohio, USA
Versand nach:
Afghanistan, Albanien, Algerien, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua und Barbuda, Argentinien, Armenien, Aruba, Aserbaidschan, Australien, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesch, Belgien, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivien, Bosnien und Herzegowina, Botsuana, Brasilien, Britische Jungferninseln, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgarien, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chile, China, Cookinseln, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire (Elfenbeinküste), Demokratische Republik Kongo, Deutschland, Dominica, Dominikanische Republik, Dschibuti, Dänemark, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estland, Falklandinseln (Malwinen), Fidschi, Finnland, Frankreich, Gabun, Gambia, Georgien, Ghana, Gibraltar, Grenada, Griechenland, Grönland, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hongkong, Indien, Indonesien, Irak, Irland, Island, Israel, Italien, Jamaika, Japan, Jemen, Jersey, Jordanien, Kaimaninseln, Kambodscha, Kamerun, Kanada, Kapverdische Inseln, Kasachstan, Katar, Kenia, Kirgisistan, Kiribati, Kolumbien, Komoren, Kuwait, Laos, Lesotho, Lettland, Libanon, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Litauen, Luxemburg, Macau, Madagaskar, Malawi, Malaysia, Malediven, Mali, Malta, Marokko, Mauretanien, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mazedonien, Mexiko, Moldawien, Monaco, Mongolei, Montenegro, Montserrat, Mosambik, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Neuseeland, Nicaragua, Niederlande, Niederländische Antillen, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norwegen, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippinen, Polen, Portugal, Republik Kongo, Republik Kroatien, Ruanda, Rumänien, Saint-Pierre und Miquelon, Salomonen, Sambia, San Marino, Saudi-Arabien, Schweden, Schweiz, Senegal, Serbien, Seychellen, Sierra Leone, Simbabwe, Singapur, Slowakei, Slowenien, Somalia, Spanien, Sri Lanka, St. Helena, St. Kitts und Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent und die Grenadinen, Suriname, Svalbard und Jan Mayen, Swasiland, Südafrika, Südkorea, Tadschikistan, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad und Tobago, Tschad, Tschechische Republik, Tunesien, Turkmenistan, Turks- und Caicosinseln, Tuvalu, Türkei, Uganda, Ungarn, Uruguay, Usbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatikan, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Vereinigtes Königreich, Vietnam, Wallis und Futuna, Weltweit, Westsahara, Zentralafrikanische Republik, Zypern, Ägypten, Äquatorialguinea, Äthiopien, Österreich
Ausgeschlossen:
APO/FPO, Alaska/Hawaii, Barbados, Belarus, Französisch-Guayana, Französisch-Polynesien, Guadeloupe, Libyen, Martinique, Neukaledonien, Panama, Papua-Neuguinea, Russische Föderation, Réunion, Samoa (Westsamoa), US-Protektorate, Ukraine, Venezuela
| Verpackung und Versand | Nach | Service | Lieferung*Siehe Lieferhinweise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kostenloser Versand | USA | Economy Shipping | Lieferung zwischen Mi, 8. Mai und Sa, 18. Mai nach 43230 |
| Bearbeitungszeit |
|---|
| Der Verkäufer verschickt den Artikel innerhalb von 3 Werktagen nach Zahlungseingang. |
| Steuern |
|---|
| An der Kasse fallen ggf. Steuern an. Mehr erfahrenMehr erfahren zu Steuern auf eBay-Käufe. |
Mehrwertsteuer für diesen Artikel #395302742688
Mehrwertsteuer für diesen Artikel #395302742688
Der Verkäufer berechnet Mehrwertsteuer für Artikel, die in die folgenden Bundesstaaten verschickt werden:
| Bundesstaat | Steuersatz für Sales Tax |
|---|
Rücknahmebedingungen
| Frist für Kontaktaufnahme mit dem Verkäufer nach Erhalt Artikels: | Rückerstattung erfolgt in folgender Form: | Rücksendung |
|---|---|---|
| 30 Tage | Geld zurück | Käufer zahlt Rückversand |
Der Käufer trägt die Rücksendekosten.
| Rücknahmebedingungen im Detail |
|---|
| Rücknahme akzeptiert |
Zahlungsdaten
Zahlungsmethoden
Beliebte Kategorien in diesem Shop
Angemeldet als gewerblicher Verkäufer
Verkäuferbewertungen (1.021.784)
n***2 (105)- Bewertung vom Käufer.
Letzter Monat
Bestätigter Kauf
Great condition
h***h (104)- Bewertung vom Käufer.
Letzter Monat
Bestätigter Kauf
A+++ seller. Perfect transaction. Buy with confidence.
e***j (1)- Bewertung vom Käufer.
Letzter Monat
Bestätigter Kauf
Refunded.
Noch mehr entdecken:
- Nachschlagewerke und Lexikons auf English,
- Andrew Gross Belletristik-Bücher,
- Penguin Books Sprachkurse und Lehrmaterialien,
- Penguin Books Studium und Erwachsenenbildung,
- Andrew Gross Belletristik-Bücher im Taschenbuch-Format,
- Shades-of-Grey-Belletristik - Bücher,
- Deutsche Bücher Shades-of-Grey-Belletristik,
- Masters of the Universe Jugendliche Hörbücher und Hörspiele,
- Erwachsene Masters of the Universe Hörbücher und Hörspiele,
- Masters of the Universe Buchreihe Hörbücher und Hörspiele auf Deutsch