Shadow Country

Resumen del libro

Peter Matthiessens great American epic-Killing Mister Watson, Lost Mans River, and Bone by Bone-was conceived as one vast mysterious novel, but because of its length it was originally broken up into three books. In this bold new rendering, Matthiessen has cut nearly a third of the overall text and collapsed the time frame while deepening the insights and motivations of his characters with brilliant rewriting throughout. In Shadow Country, he has marvelously distilled a monumental work, realizing his original vision.

Inspired by a near-mythic event of the wild Florida frontier at the turn of the twentieth century, Shadow Country reimagines the legend of the inspired Everglades sugar planter and notorious outlaw E. J. Watson, who drives himself relentlessly toward his own violent end at the hands of neighbors who mostly admired him, in a killing that obsessed his favorite son.

Biografía del autor

Peter Matthiessen (Nueva York, 1927-2014), escritor, viajero y naturalista, se ha interesado profundamente por el pensamiento oriental y el budismo zen, como reflejan muchos de sus trabajos. En 1978 ganó el National Book Award por x{0026}lt;em El leopardo de las nievesx{0026}lt;/em . Es también autor de la novelax{0026}lt;em Jugando en los campos del Señor x{0026}lt;/em y del volumen de relatos x{0026}lt;em En la laguna Estigix{0026}lt;/em a.