While They Slept: An Inquiry into the Murder of a Family - Brossura

Harrison, Kathryn

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ISBN 10: 0345516605 ISBN 13: 9780345516602

Casa editrice: Ballantine Books, 2009

Riassunto

Describes how eighteen-year-old Billy Gilley, Jr. brutally murdered his parents and younger sister and the aftermath of the shocking crime, in a study that reflects on the deadly effects of abuse and violence within a family.

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Recensione

“[Harrison’s] telling brings moral clarity to the dark fate of a family: the daylight gaze of narrative itself as a form of empathy.”—New York Times Book Review

“A tale at once gothic and Greek, Freudian and Shakespearean, taboo and tragic.”—Washington Post Book World

“Magnificent . . . a darkly poignant study of survival.”—USA Today

“Masterful . . . a fascinating and comprehensive examination of the before and after of a brutal triple murder, of the cyclical nature of violence and of the tragic ineffectiveness of our social support systems.”—Los Angeles Times

“Lucid, psychologically probing and disturbing...[While they Slept is] a morally nuanced story, and a culmination of Harrison’s favored themes: sex, family and power.”—Time Out New York

“You can count on Harrison for white-water prose and ferocious candor...Harrison’s intense and resonant inquiry affirms the cathartic power of the story, and reflects on the miraculous cycle of loss and death.”—Booklist

L'autore

Kathryn Harrison is the author of the memoirs The Kiss and The Mother Knot. She has also written the novels Envy, The Seal Wife, The Binding Chair, Poison, Exposure, and Thicker Than Water; a travel memoir, The Road to Santiago; a biography, Saint Thérèse of Lisieux; and a collection of essays, Seeking Rapture. She lives in New York with her husband, the novelist Colin Harrison, and their children.

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• Editore: Ballantine Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0345516605
• ISBN 13: 9780345516602
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 288