Fifty Year Sword

Mark Z. Danielewski

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Publisher:: Random House LLC US, 10/2012
Binding:: Gebunden, ,
Language:: Englisch
ISBN-13:: 9780307907721
Item number:: 2352631
Volume:: 288 Pages
other:: COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT
Copyright-Jahr:: 2012
Weight:: 660 g
Format:: 237 x 139 mm
Thickness:: 38 mm
Release date:: 16.10.2012
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Short description

Late one evening at a party at an East Texas ranch house, five orphans gather to hear a story about a quest for a terrible weapon. Before them lies a long black box with five latches. As the owner of the box settles into a curious tale of revenge, the children grow more and more captivated, even as we grow more and more afraid that a new crime may await them all, especially as clocks in Upshur County approach midnight.

Blurb

In this story set in East Texas, a local seamstress named Chintana finds herself responsible for five orphans who are not only captivated by a storyteller's tale of vengeance but by the long black box he sets before them. As midnight approaches, the box is opened, a fateful dare is made, and the children as well as Chintana come face to face with the consequences of a malice retold and now foretold.

Biography

Mark Z. Danielewski wurde 1966 als Sohn des polnischen Filmregisseurs Tad Danielewski geboren. An seinem Debütroman "House of Leaves", das alsbald zum Kultbuch avancierte, hat er über zehn Jahre gearbeitet. Seine Schwester, die Sängerin/Songwriterin Poe, hat zu dem Roman das Erfolgsalbum "Haunted" veröffentlicht. Sein zweiter Roman, "Only Revolutions", wurde für den National Book Award nominiert.