A Piece of My Heart

A Piece of My Heart

by RichardFord (Author)

Synopsis

Robard Hewes has driven across the country in search of a woman named Buena who, twelve years ago, infused him with a feeling that has now turned into obsession. Sam Newel has travelled from Chicago seeking the missing piece of himself. They both find themselves on an uncharted hunting island in the Mississippi owned by an old man named Lamb. When these men converge on this strange land, each discovers the thing he's looking for yet triggers a conflagration of inevitable violence in this tense and brutal yet moving tale.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 02 Oct 2006

ISBN 10: 0747584966
ISBN 13: 9780747584964
Book Overview: Published to coincide with Richard Ford's debut hardback for Bloomsbury, The Lay of the Land Runner up for the Ernest Hemingway Award 1976 By the internationally renowned winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction

Media Reviews
'This is quality writing in the highest American tradition of Faulkner, Hemingway and Steinbeck ... The dialogue is immaculate. The story-telling and plotting are confident and rich in texture. Above all, the sense of atmosphere, mood, time and place has a resonance that sings in the head and stimulates every sense' The Times 'A modern book of great power. Ford writes with a stark brilliance that imprints descriptions of the land and people deeply into one's consciousness' Daily Telegraph 'A tour de force' Daily Telegraph 'Its power is mysterious and unmistakable ... extraordinary' Newsweek
Author Bio
Richard Ford was born in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1944. He has published five novels and three collections of stories, including The Sportswriter, Independence Day, Wildlife, A Multitude of Sins and most recently The Lay of the Land. Independence Day was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.