Claire Vaye Watkins Libros

Drawing on personal experiences with grief, loss, sisterhood, violence and death, these stories form a response to the genre of the Western, adding a rare, powerful, female voice to that tradition.

In this highly anticipated debut novel from a celebrated short fiction writer, a love story unfolds in a hauntingly imagined near future ravaged by relentless drought. Southern California has transformed into a surreal landscape, with the Central Valley barren and water sources depleted. Most "Mojavs," hindered by armed vigilantes and bureaucratic indifference, have been evacuated to internment camps. Amidst this chaos, Luz and Ray, two young Mojavs, find refuge in an abandoned mansion in Los Angeles' Laurel Canyon. Once a conservation icon, Luz and Ray, a veteran turned surfer, struggle to survive on rationed cola and scavenged supplies. Their fragile love flourishes in this desolate environment, providing a glimmer of hope. However, their lives change when they encounter a mysterious child, igniting a desire for a better future. They embark on a perilous journey east, facing dangers such as sinkholes, patrolling authorities, and bandits, all under the relentless sun. Rumors of a visionary dowser and his followers, said to have formed a colony near a sea of dunes, haunt their path. This profoundly moving and original narrative delves into the myths we create about ourselves and others, exploring the complex power of relationships and the shape of hope in an uncertain future.

From "the most captivating voice to come out of the West since Annie Proulx" (Vogue), the furious, hilarious, soul-rending story of one woman's reckoning with marriage, work, sex, and motherhood.

Nevada jaillit de la confluence entre une sensibilite et un lieu. Avec ce recueil de nouvelles a la puissance d'evocation exceptionnelle, Claire Vaye Watkins se fraye vaillamment un chemin a travers la mythologie de l'Ouest americain, et par le biais de la creation litteraire affronte un heritage sanglant dont elle est la depositaire, celui de la Famille de Charles Manson. Comme les oeuvres de Cormac McCarthy ou d'Annie Proulx, ses histoires se deploient du sublime aux grands espaces, de l'intime a l'infini, de la Ruee vers l'or a la ville fantome en passant par le desert et le bordel, hommages poignants a tous les etres en lutte. Ce livre ressemble a un portrait du coeur humain, affame de beaute et d'amour, presque toujours dechiquete par ses appetits. Paul Harding (auteur des Foudroyes , prix Pulitzer)