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A major American novel, and arguably the finest work of literature ever to emerge from a US prison, On the Yard is a book of penetrating psychological realism in which Malcolm Braly paints an unforgettable picture of the complex and frightening world of the penitentiary. At its center are the violently intertwined stories of Chilly Willy, in trouble with the law from his earliest years and now the head of the prison's flourishing black market in drugs and sex, and of Paul, wracked with guilt for the murder of his wife and desperate for some kind of redemption. At once brutal and tender, clear-eyed and rueful, On the Yard presents the penitentiary not as an exotic location, an exception to everyday reality, but as an ordinary place, one every reader will recognize, American to the core.
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New York Review Books Classics: On the Yard, Malcolm Braly, Jonathan Lethem
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2002
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- Titolo
- New York Review Books Classics: On the Yard
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Malcolm Braly, Jonathan Lethem
- Editore
- NYRB Classics
- Pubblicato
- 2002
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 376
- ISBN10
- 094032296X
- ISBN13
- 9780940322967
- Serie
- Tag
- Narrativa, Prosa storica, Temi psicologici, Gialli, Tematica filosofica, Arte, Thriller, Narrativa contemporanea, Classici, Tensione, USA, Guerre, Letteratura Americana, XX Secolo, Scuola, Sociologia, Società, Thriller psicologici, Detective, Giornalismo e Pubblicistica, Salute mentale, True crime, Cupoe, oscuro, Razza, Razzismo, Droghe, Sopravvivenza, Noir, Prigione, Mafia, Criminalità, Europa Orientale, Americana, Criminologia, Olandese, Prigionieri
- Descrizione
- A major American novel, and arguably the finest work of literature ever to emerge from a US prison, On the Yard is a book of penetrating psychological realism in which Malcolm Braly paints an unforgettable picture of the complex and frightening world of the penitentiary. At its center are the violently intertwined stories of Chilly Willy, in trouble with the law from his earliest years and now the head of the prison's flourishing black market in drugs and sex, and of Paul, wracked with guilt for the murder of his wife and desperate for some kind of redemption. At once brutal and tender, clear-eyed and rueful, On the Yard presents the penitentiary not as an exotic location, an exception to everyday reality, but as an ordinary place, one every reader will recognize, American to the core.