Shotgun Lovesongs

Resumen del libro

Henry, Lee, Kip and Ronny grew up together in rural Wisconsin. Friends since childhood, their lives all began the same way, but have since taken different paths. Henry stayed on the family farm and married his first love, whilst the others left in search of something more.

Ronnie became a rodeo star, Kip made his fortune in the city, and musician Lee found fame - but heartbreak, too. Now all four are back in town for a wedding, each of them hoping to recapture their old closeness but unable to escape how much has changed. Amid the happiness of reunion and celebration, old rivalries resurface and a wife's secret threatens to tear both a marriage and a friendship apart ...This is a novel about the things that matter - love and loyalty, the power of music and the beauty of nature - told in a uniquely beautiful, warm-hearted and profound way and exploring the age-old question of whether we can ever truly come home.

Biografía del autor

Nickolas Butler (Allentown, Pennsilvània, 1979) es va criar a Eau Claire, Wisconsin, i va estudiar a la Universitat de Wisconsin-Madison i al Taller dx{0026} x02019;Escriptors dx{0026} x02019;Iowa. Els seus textos han aparegut en diverses publicacions com The New York Times Review, Narrative Magazine, Ploughshares i The Progressive. La seva primera novel-la, Shotgun lovesongs (2014), li va valdre un èxit notable de crítica i públic i la productora Fox Searchlight va adquirir-ne els drets per dur-la al cinema. També és autor de les novel-les Al cor dels homes (Empúries, 2017; nominada al Premi Médicis Estranger) i Little faith (2019), així com del recull de contes Beneath the bonfire (2015). Bona sort és la segona novel-la de Nickolas Butler que es publica en català.