Título: Blue Skies: A Novel
Autor: T. C. Boyle
Sinopse: "Boyles satire has lost none of its edge over the course of a nearly half-century literary career . . . [Blue Skies is] an expert blend of suspense, terror and, occasionally, very black humor . . . this fiercely honest writer shows us what he sees and invites his readers to draw their own conclusions." Wendy Smith, Washington Post From best-selling novelist T. C. Boyle, a satirical yet ultimately moving send-up of contemporary American life in the glare of climate change. Boyle has long been one of the most exciting and intelligent storytellers in the United States. Ron Charles, Washington Post Denied a dog, a baby, and even a faithful fiancé, Cat suddenly craves a snake: a glistening, writhing creature that can be worn like jewelry, living jewelry to match her black jeans. But when the budding social media star promptly loses the young Burmie she buys from a local pet store, she inadvertently sets in motion a chain of increasingly dire and outrageous events that comes to threaten her very survival. Brilliantly imaginative . . . in a terrifying way (Annie Proulx), Blue Skies follows in the tradition of T. C. Boyles finest novels, combining high-octane plotting with mordant wit and shrewd social commentary. Here Boyle, one of the most inventive voices in contemporary fiction, transports us to water-logged and heat-ravaged coastal America, where Cat and her hapless, nature-loving familyincluding her eco-warrior parents, Ottilie and Frank; her brother, Cooper, an entomologist; and her frat-boy-turned-husband, Toddare struggling to adapt to the new normal, in which once-in-a-lifetime natural disasters happen once a week and drinking seems to be the only way to cope. But theres more than meets the eye to this compulsive family drama. Lurking beneath the banal façade of twenty-first-century Californians and Floridians attempting to preserve normalcy in the face of violent weather perturbations is a caricature of materialist American society that doubles as a prophetic warning about our planets future. From pet bees and cricket-dependent diets to massive species die-off and pummeling hurricanes, Blue Skies deftly explores the often volatile relationships between humans and their habitats, in which the only truism seems to be that things always get worse. An eco-thriller with teeth, Boyles Blue Skies is at once a tragicomic satire and a prescient novel that captures the absurdity and inexpressible sadness at the heart of everything.
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “Blue Skies: A Novel”, de T. C. Boyle, publicado pela editora Liveright Publishing, em 2023 e com 277 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Liveright Publishing
Páginas: 277
Ano: 2023
Edição:
Linguagem: English
ISBN: 132409303X
ISBN13: 9781324093039
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Liveright Publishing costumam reunir narrativas densas e reflexivas, que transitam entre memórias pessoais e análises históricas profundas. A experiência de leitura frequentemente envolve um ritmo contemplativo, marcado por ensaios, biografias e relatos que exploram tanto o íntimo quanto o coletivo, com atenção ao detalhe e à linguagem cuidadosa. O catálogo indica um interesse por temas como identidade, passagem do tempo, política e cultura, apresentados com uma prosa que varia do lírico ao direto, sempre com nuances de complexidade emocional e intelectual. Há obras que privilegiam o relato pessoal e outras que adotam um tom mais investigativo, sugerindo uma diversidade de abordagens dentro de um mesmo compromisso com a qualidade literária.
