C W Smith

Gebundenes Buch

Purple Hearts

Beschreibung

To make ends meet Sylvia takes on a boarder in her husband Georgie Karacek's absence. When Georgie's epilepsy comes to light, he is discharged from the army. He suspects that his bride and the boarder are lovers. But wartime conditions explode into rioting, and that uproar puts them at odds with the town when Georgie helps a black friend flee.

Autor

C. W. Smith has twice won the Jesse Jones "Best Novel" Award from the Texas Institute of Letters and has held two NEA Creative Writing Fellowships and a Dobie-Paisano Fellowship at the University of Texas. Purple Hearts is his eighth novel. He is a Dedman Family Distinguished Professor at Southern Methodist University.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Texas Christian University Press
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 161mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 844g
• ISBN-13: 9780875653624
• ISBN-10: 0875653626
• Artikelnr.: 23417668