Título: Go as a River: A Novel
Autor: Shelley Read
Sinopse: NATIONAL BESTSELLER
* Finalist for Goodreads Choice Award * Colorado Public Radio 2023 Books We Love *
Set amid Colorado’s wild beauty, a heartbreaking coming-of-age story of a resilient young woman whose life is changed forever by one chance encounter. A tragic and uplifting novel of love and loss, family and survival—and hope—for readers of Great Circle, The Four Winds, and Where the Crawdads Sing.
“Beautiful . . . A striking first novel of love and strength and growth, set against the forests and rivers of Colorado’s high country. Read is a gifted writer, and the book is a literary triumph.”—Denver Post
“With gorgeous descriptions of the great outdoors, an illicit love story, and an unforgettable protagonist, Go as a River offers something for everyone.”—Real Simple
Seventeen-year-old Victoria Nash runs the household on her family’s peach farm in the small ranch town of Iola, Colorado—the sole surviving female in a family of troubled men. Wilson Moon is a young drifter with a mysterious past, displaced from his tribal land and determined to live as he chooses.
Victoria encounters Wil by chance on a street corner, a meeting that profoundly alters both of their young lives, unknowingly igniting as much passion as danger. When tragedy strikes, Victoria leaves the only life she has ever known. She flees into the surrounding mountains where she struggles to survive in the wilderness with no clear notion of what her future will bring. As the seasons change, she also charts the changes in herself, finding in the beautiful but harsh landscape the meaning and strength to move forward and rebuild all that she has lost, even as the Gunnison River threatens to submerge her homeland—its ranches, farms, and the beloved peach orchard that has been in her family for generations.
Inspired by true events surrounding the destruction of the town of Iola in the 1960s, Go as a River is a story of deeply held love in the face of hardship and loss, but also of finding courage, resilience, friendship, and, finally, home—where least expected. This stunning debut explores what it means to lead your life as if it were a river—gathering and flowing, finding a way forward even when a river is dammed.
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “Go as a River: A Novel”, de Shelley Read, publicado pela editora Spiegel & Grau, em 2023 e com 320 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: Spiegel & Grau
Páginas: 320
Ano: 2023-02-28
Edição:
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 1954118236
ISBN13: 9781954118232
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Spiegel & Grau costumam oferecer uma experiência de leitura que combina narrativas densas e reflexivas com temas contemporâneos e históricos. O catálogo traz obras que exploram desde dramas pessoais e sociais profundos, como histórias de superação e conflitos internos, até análises sobre questões ambientais e políticas globais. Muitas obras apresentam um tom sóbrio e envolvente, com ritmo que varia entre o investigativo e o intimista, convidando o leitor a refletir sobre a condição humana e as estruturas sociais. Há também espaço para relatos de experiências extraordinárias, seja em ambientes inusitados ou em contextos históricos marcantes, o que sugere uma preferência editorial por textos que mesclam rigor documental e narrativa acessível.
