Amid the harsh landscape of the Ozark Hills, sixteen-year-old Ree is taking care of her mother and two brothers. Her father has put their house up as bail and if he doesn't show up at court it'll be sold from under them. To save her family she needs to track him down but in a community riven with long-running feuds getting answers isn't easy.

Il dodicenne Alek trascorre l'estate a West Table, Missouri, con sua nonna Alma. Vecchia, eccentrica e orgogliosa, la donna ha lavorato per cinquant'anni come cameriera per le famiglie ricche della città, allevando tre figli e sopportando un marito sempre assente. Alma conosce molte storie, ma quella che più la ossessiona è l'esplosione della sala da ballo che nel 1929 causò la morte di quarantadue persone, tra cui l'amatissima sorella Ruby. Nessuno ha mai scoperto com'è andata, né è mai s...

The author of Winter's Bone delivers "a terrifying journey into the heart of darkness" with this suspenseful coming of age tale set in the Ozarks ( The New York Times Book Review).Shug Akins is a lonely, overweight thirteen-year-old boy. His mother, Glenda, is the one person who loves him—she calls him Sweet Mister and attempts to boost his confidence and give him hope for his future. Shuggie's purported father, Red, is a brutal man with a short f...

La quête courageuse et désespérée d'une jeune femme qui veut protéger sa famille.Accusé de diriger un laboratoire de crystal meth, le père de Ree Dolly s'est enfui, et les Dolly risquent de perdre leur maison s'il ne se présente pas à son prochain rendez-vous au tribunal. Avec deux jeunes frères qui dépendent d'elle, Ree, seize ans, sait qu'elle doit retrouver son père.En plein cœur des Ozarks, avec l'hiver qui se profile, Ree comprend rapidement que poser de...

Daniel Woodrell is able to lend uncanny logic to harsh, even criminal, behaviour in his wrenching first collection of short fiction. Desperation - both material and psychological - motivates his characters. A husband cruelly avenges the murder of his wife's pet; an injured rapist is cared for by a young girl, until she reaches breaking point; a disturbed veteran of Iraq is murdered for his erratic behaviour; an outsider's house is set on fire by an angry neighbour.There is also the...

A young man witnesses the unrestrained violence of the Civil War along the American frontier in this novel from the author of Winter's Bone ."A renegade Western that celebrates the genre while bushwhacking its most cherished traditions." — Chicago TribuneWhile armies in the East clash in the great battles of the American Civil War, bands of men seek their own fierce retri...

Daniel Woodrell's modern classic is an unforgettable tale of desperation and courage that inspired the award-winning film starring Jennifer Lawrence.Ree Dolly's father has skipped bail on charges that he ran a crystal meth lab, and the Dollys will lose their house if he doesn't show up for his next court date. With two young brothers depending on her, 16-year-old Ree knows she has to bring her father back, dead or alive. Living in the harsh poverty of the Ozarks, R...

Traduit de l’américain par Franck ReichertAujourd’hui, Jewel Cobb descend en ville pour remplir un contrat. Dans ses rêves les plus fous, Cobb est un tueur de légende. Mais dans la vraie vie, il est surtout le parfait pigeon. Alors qu’il débarque à Saint-Bruno, à l’autre bout de la ville, un conseiller municipal noir est assassiné. Sa mort plonge un quartier entier dans le chaos. Cette fange, le détective René Shade la connaît bien. Il remonte obstinément la piste qui le mène de “F...

"Woodrell writes about violence and dark deeds . . . in compact, musical prose. . . . once you begin reading [these short stories ]you can't stop." — New York TimesDaniel Woodrell is able to lend uncanny logic to harsh, even criminal behavior in this wrenching collection of stories. Desperation--both material and psychological—motivates his characters. A husband cruelly avenges the killing of his wife's pet; an injured rapist is cared for ...

Jamalee e Jason Merridew sono fratelli, bellissimi e del tutto fuori posto nel minuscolo mondo di West Table. Entrano nelle case dei ricchi per gioco, per uscire dalla loro pelle e cambiare vita, e proprio in una villa incontrano Sammy Barlach, un giovane rapinatore che non ha niente da perdere. Ma sotto le maniere da duro, Sammy nasconde un profondo bisogno di amicizia ed è subito sedotto dalla voglia di riscatto dei fratelli e dalla loro spregiudicata madre, Bev. Intanto Jamalee, detta T...

In 1929, an explosion in a Missouri dance hall killed forty-two people. Who was to blame? Mobsters from St Louis? Embittered gypsies? The preacher who cursed the waltzing couples for their sins? Or could it just have been a colossal accident?Alma Dunahew, whose scandalous younger sister was among the dead, believes the answer lies in a dangerous love affair, but no one will listen to a maid from the wrong side of the tracks. It is only decades later that her grandson hears her vers...

Missouri, 1929. Un soir d'été, les habitants de West Table se rendent joyeux au bal du village. Mais la salle prend feu avant d'exploser, laissant de nombreux morts et beaucoup de questions. Inspiré d'un drame qui toucha la famille de Daniel Woodrell, ce roman saisissant mène l'enquête et brosse le portrait intime et terrible d'une petite communauté, ses relations viciées, ses hypocrisies et ses secrets.