A Painted House (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)
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A Painted House (1991)
EN USISBN: 0613494512 bzw. 9780613494519, in Englisch, Turtleback, gebraucht.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, In Stock.
contemporary,foreign language fiction,legal,literary,literature and fiction,mystery thriller and suspense,suspense,thrillers, A Painted House (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition), Ever since he published The Firm in 1991, John Grisham has remained the undisputed champ of the legal thriller. With A Painted House, however, he strikes out in a new direction. As the author is quick to note, this novel includes "not a single lawyer, dead or alive," and readers will search in vain for the kind of lowlife machinations that have been his stock-in-trade. Instead, Grisham has delivered a quieter, more contemplative story, set in rural Arkansas in 1952. It's harvest time on the Chandler farm, and the family has hired a crew of migrant Mexicans and "hill people" to pick 80 acres of cotton. A certain camaraderie pervades this bucolic dream team. But it's backbreaking work, particularly for the 7-year-old narrator, Luke: "I would pick cotton, tearing the fluffy bolls from the stalks at a steady pace, stuffing them into the heavy sack, afraid to look down the row and be reminded of how endless it was, afraid to slow down because someone would notice." What's more, tensions begin to simmer between the Mexicans and the hill people, one of whom has a penchant for bare-knuckles brawling. This leads to a brutal murder, which young Luke has the bad luck to witness. At this point--with secrets, lies, and at least one knife fight in the offing--the plot begins to take on that familiar, Grisham-style momentum. Still, such matters ultimately take a back seat in A Painted House to the author's evocation of time and place. This is, after all, the scene O.
contemporary,foreign language fiction,legal,literary,literature and fiction,mystery thriller and suspense,suspense,thrillers, A Painted House (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition), Ever since he published The Firm in 1991, John Grisham has remained the undisputed champ of the legal thriller. With A Painted House, however, he strikes out in a new direction. As the author is quick to note, this novel includes "not a single lawyer, dead or alive," and readers will search in vain for the kind of lowlife machinations that have been his stock-in-trade. Instead, Grisham has delivered a quieter, more contemplative story, set in rural Arkansas in 1952. It's harvest time on the Chandler farm, and the family has hired a crew of migrant Mexicans and "hill people" to pick 80 acres of cotton. A certain camaraderie pervades this bucolic dream team. But it's backbreaking work, particularly for the 7-year-old narrator, Luke: "I would pick cotton, tearing the fluffy bolls from the stalks at a steady pace, stuffing them into the heavy sack, afraid to look down the row and be reminded of how endless it was, afraid to slow down because someone would notice." What's more, tensions begin to simmer between the Mexicans and the hill people, one of whom has a penchant for bare-knuckles brawling. This leads to a brutal murder, which young Luke has the bad luck to witness. At this point--with secrets, lies, and at least one knife fight in the offing--the plot begins to take on that familiar, Grisham-style momentum. Still, such matters ultimately take a back seat in A Painted House to the author's evocation of time and place. This is, after all, the scene O.
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A Painted House (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)
EN USISBN: 9780613494519 bzw. 0613494512, in Englisch, Turtleback Books, gebraucht.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Shipping costs to: USA.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, HawkingBooks.
Turtleback Books. SCHOOL & LIBRARY BINDING. 0613494512 Very Good Condition. Clean, tight and neat. Five star seller - Ships Quickly - Buy with confidence! . Very Good.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, HawkingBooks.
Turtleback Books. SCHOOL & LIBRARY BINDING. 0613494512 Very Good Condition. Clean, tight and neat. Five star seller - Ships Quickly - Buy with confidence! . Very Good.
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A Painted House (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)
EN USISBN: 9780613494519 bzw. 0613494512, in Englisch, Turtleback Books, gebraucht.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Free shipping.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Hawking Books [54932187], Lake Arrowhead, CA, U.S.A.
0613494512 Very Good Condition. Clean, tight and neat. Five star seller - Ships Quickly - Buy with confidence!
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Hawking Books [54932187], Lake Arrowhead, CA, U.S.A.
0613494512 Very Good Condition. Clean, tight and neat. Five star seller - Ships Quickly - Buy with confidence!
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A Painted House (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (2002)
EN HC USISBN: 9780613494519 bzw. 0613494512, in Englisch, Turtleback, gebundenes Buch, gebraucht.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, plus shipping, Shipping area: DOM.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, ExtremelyReliable, TX, Richmond, [RE:3].
School & Library Binding, Bound for Schools & Libraries ed.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, ExtremelyReliable, TX, Richmond, [RE:3].
School & Library Binding, Bound for Schools & Libraries ed.
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A Painted House (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (2002)
EN USISBN: 9780613494519 bzw. 0613494512, in Englisch, Turtleback, gebraucht.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Shipping costs to: USA.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Ergodebooks.
Turtleback, 2002-01-01. School & Library Binding. Good.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Ergodebooks.
Turtleback, 2002-01-01. School & Library Binding. Good.
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