Robert Olmstead es un aclamado novelista y educador estadounidense. Su obra profundiza frecuentemente en las complejidades de la experiencia humana, explorando temas ligados a la naturaleza, la familia y los límites. La prosa de Olmstead se caracteriza por un fuerte sentido del lugar y una habilidad para sumergir a los lectores en los paisajes que representa, ya sea el entorno rural de una granja o la austera belleza de un desierto. Su escritura es elogiada por su autenticidad y calidad lírica, capturando la esencia de emociones y relaciones profundas.
Tierra salvaje reconstruye la época de las grandes matanzas que diezmaron al Bisonte americano y narra, con una prosa de gran potencia y lirismo, la epopeya de las caravanas en la segunda mitad del siglo XIX, dentro de una historia personal de amor, lucha y sacrificio. Su autor, Robert Olmstead, ha sido comparado con Ernest Hemingway, Cormac McCarthy y John Edward Williams. Tierra salvaje es su primer libro traducido al español.
Set against the backdrop of 1916 Mexico, an aging cavalryman named Napoleon Childs leads a group of inexperienced soldiers in pursuit of the elusive Pancho Villa. As they navigate harsh terrain, their mission takes a dire turn when they face a devastating ambush. After witnessing the loss of his troops, Napoleon finds himself captured and abandoned in the unforgiving desert, facing a fight for survival against overwhelming odds.
When Robey Childs's mother experiences a premonition about her husband, a Civil War soldier, she sends her only son to retrieve his father from the battlefield, accompanied by a horse that becomes his only companion as he makes his way through the destruction of war.
Focuses on such practical writing tasks as how to begin, how to end, and how to switch from narrative to dialogue when writing fiction and nonfiction
Auf der Farm in New Hampshire scheint 1972 die Zeit still zu stehen. Seit Generationen hat sie niemand mehr verlassen, es sei denn zum Sterben. Der 18jährige Robert bricht mit dieser Tradition: sein Collegebesuch bedeutet mehr als ein blosser Ortswechsel.
Zwei junge Menschen, Vetter und Kusine, teffen sich an einem entscheidenden Punkt ihres Lebens. Raymond hat soeben sein Studium abgebrochen, und Juliet gibt das Kind, das sie von einem ungeliebten Mann bekommen hat, zur Adoption frei. Zusammen brechen die beiden auf und mit einer Harley-Davidson erkunden sie den amerikanischen Westen, lassen sich gefangennehmen von der kargen Schönheit der Landschaft. Sie erleben die Liebe und genießen das Gefühl grenzenloser Freiheit.
Ein ebenso makabrer wie tragikomischer Roman aus dem Leben eines amerikanischen Bestattungsunternehmers.
Eddie Ryan, haiku poet, Vietnam veteran, and town mortician of Inverawe, New Hampshire, spends his days slipping hand-written poems into the pockets of the departed, keeping lists of bizarre local deaths, and protecting his wife and children from his own fear and anxiety. Then, one snowy Christmas eve, a gypsy logger named Cody steers his truck onto Ryan's front lawn—with the accidentally bisected corpse of his partner strapped to his plow. Cody, garrulous and grieving, wins Eddie's sympathy and a place to stay. Soon, Eddie and Cody find themselves spending time together fishing, hunting, drinking, and unraveling the secrets of their Inverawe neighbors, including the most troubling mystery of all—who is stealing the hearts from Eddie's corpses and why. A Trail of Heart's Blood Wherever We Go is vintage lyrical, heady, and full of hard-won wisdom.
