Título: The New Earth: A Novel
Autor: Jess Row
Sinopse: A globe-spanning epic novel about a fractured New York family reckoning with the harms of the past and confronting humanity’s uncertain future, from award-winning author Jess Row
For fifteen years, the Wilcoxes have been a family in name only. Though never the picture of happiness, they once seemed like a typical white Jewish clan from the Upper West Side. But in the early 2000s, two events ruptured the relationships between them. First, Naomi revealed to her children that her biological father was actually Black. In the aftermath, college-age daughter Bering left home to become a radical peace activist in Palestine’s West Bank, where she was killed by an Israeli Army sniper.
Now, in 2018, Winter Wilcox is getting married, and her only demand is that her mother, father, and brother emerge from their self-imposed isolations and gather once more. After decades of neglecting personal and political wounds, each remaining family member must face their fractured history and decide if they can ever reconcile.
Assembling a vast chorus of voices and ideas from across the globe, Jess Row “explodes the saga from within—blows the roof off, so to speak, to let in politics, race, theory, and the narrative self-awareness that the form had seemed hell-bent on ignoring” (Jonathan Lethem). The New Earth is a commanding investigation of our deep and impossible desire to undo the injustices we have both inflicted and been forced to endure.
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “The New Earth: A Novel”, de Jess Row, publicado pela editora Ecco, em 2023 e com 592 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: Ecco
Páginas: 592
Ano: 2023-03-28
Edição:
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 0062400630
ISBN13: 9780062400635
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Ecco convidam o leitor a mergulhar em narrativas densas e multifacetadas, onde o conflito humano e a complexidade das relações familiares e sociais ganham destaque. A experiência de leitura frequentemente apresenta personagens marcados por traumas, crises pessoais ou dilemas éticos, em contextos que vão do cotidiano contemporâneo até cenários históricos ou fantásticos. O tom varia entre o lírico e o tenso, com ritmo que ora acelera em suspense, ora se detém em reflexões profundas, revelando uma preferência por textos que exploram a psicologia dos personagens e os impasses morais que enfrentam.
