Título: Virgil Wander
Autor: Leif Enger
Sinopse: A man seeks to rediscover his broken Midwestern community in “a fast-paced, humorous and mystical novel about hope, friendship, love and the relationship between a town and its people” by the New York Times–bestselling author of Peace Like a River (BookPage). Movie house owner Virgil Wander is “cruising along at medium altitude” when his car flies off the road into icy Lake Superior. Though Virgil survives, his language and memory are altered. Awakening in this new life, Virgil begins to piece together the past. He is helped by a cast of curious locals—from a stranger investigating the mystery of his disappeared son, to the vanished man’s enchanting wife, to a local journalist who is Virgil’s oldest friend. Into this community returns a shimmering prodigal son who may hold the key to reviving their town. Leif Enger conjures a remarkable portrait of a region and its residents, who, for reasons of choice or circumstance, never made it out of their defunct industrial district. Carried aloft by quotidian pleasures including movies, fishing, necking in parked cars, playing baseball and falling in love, Virgil Wander is a journey into the heart of America’s Upper Midwest. “Enger deserves to be mentioned alongside the likes of Richard Russo and Thomas McGuane. Virgil Wander is a lush crowd-pleaser about meaning and second chances and magic.” —The New York Times Book Review “[Enger’s] writing leaped out at me – it’s so easy and so vivid and so powerful all at once, and his characters are instantly real.” —Tana French, Vulture
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “Virgil Wander”, de Leif Enger, publicado pela editora Atlantic Monthly Press, em 2018 e com 352 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Atlantic Monthly Press
Páginas: 352
Ano: 2018
Edição: 1
Linguagem: pt_BR
ISBN: 9780802146687
ISBN13: 9780802146687
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Atlantic Monthly Press apresentam uma leitura que mescla tensão e profundidade, com foco frequente em narrativas policiais e histórias de guerra que exploram conflitos humanos e sociais. O catálogo traz obras que transitam entre o thriller investigativo e o relato histórico, sempre com personagens complexos, como detetives marcados por passados difíceis ou soldados imersos em batalhas traumáticas. Além disso, há espaço para reflexões científicas e biográficas que abordam temas como comportamento humano e descobertas históricas, oferecendo um equilíbrio entre narrativas mais narrativas e outras de cunho informativo e analítico.
