Título: Dream State: A Novel
Autor: Eric Puchner
Sinopse: “Dream State is a delight…An exquisitely rendered novel about the vagaries of fate, and friendship, and love.” —Alice McDermott, National Book Award winner and author of Absolution
“A masterpiece. Dream State is a glittering, evocative achievement.” —Adam Johnson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Orphan Master’s Son
Eric Puchner returns with an ambitious and deeply moving multigenerational novel that follows three lifelong friends and the betrayal at the center of their entwined fates.
Cece is in love. She has arrived early at her future in-laws’ lake house in Salish, Montana, to finish planning her wedding to Charlie, a young doctor with a brilliant life ahead of him. Charlie has asked Garrett, his best friend from college, to officiate the ceremony, though Cece can’t imagine anyone more ill-suited for the task—an airport baggage handler haunted by a tragedy from his and Charlie’s shared past. But as she spends time with Garrett, his gruff mask slips, and her long-held expectations for her life with Charlie begin to crumble. And why does Garrett, after meeting Cece, begin to feel, well, human again? As a contagious stomach flu threatens to scuttle the wedding, and Charlie and Garrett’s friendship is put to the ultimate test, Cece makes the bravest decision of her life: to run off with the groom’s best friend.
Nine years later, Garrett is a wildlife biologist married to Cece. Charlie has invited them both back into his life. But has he truly forgiven Garrett? And can Cece, battling regret, resist the ghostly pull of the life she almost had? Spanning fifty years and set against the backdrop of a rapidly warming Montana, Dream State explores the repercussions of Cece and Garrett’s betrayal, not only on the three friends themselves but on their children, Lana and Jasper, unlikely soulmates who must grapple with mistakes from the past—both their own, and the fallout they’ve inherited.
Written with delicacy, precision, and enormous heart, both a love letter and an elegy to the American west, Dream State is a thrillingly ambitious ode to the power of friendship, the weird weather of marriage, and the beauty of impermanence.
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “Dream State: A Novel”, de Eric Puchner, publicado pela editora Doubleday, em 2025 e com 448 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: Doubleday
Páginas: 448
Ano: 2025-04-08
Edição: 1
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 0385550669
ISBN13: 9780385550666
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Doubleday apresentam uma variedade de narrativas que transitam entre o suspense internacional, a ficção histórica densa e relatos íntimos de transformação pessoal. O catálogo revela obras com enredos que exploram intrigas políticas, espionagem e mistério, ao lado de histórias que mergulham em dramas familiares, descobertas emocionais e questões contemporâneas como relacionamentos e sexualidade. A leitura costuma alternar entre um ritmo tenso e envolvente em thrillers, e uma prosa mais reflexiva e detalhista em relatos de vida e ficção psicológica. Essa diversidade sugere um interesse por textos que equilibram ação e profundidade, com personagens complexos e cenários que vão de ambientes históricos a cidades modernas.
