Thomas Pierce (1) (1982–)
Auteur de The Afterlives
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A propos de l'auteur
Thomas Pierce was born in 1982 in South Carolina. He earned his M.F.A. at the University of Virginia and was a Poe/Faulkner Fellow. Hall of Small Mammals is his debut collection of short stories. In 2016, he was selected as one of the U.S. National Book Foundation's 'five under 35' new writers to afficher plus watch. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Œuvres de Thomas Pierce
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- Date de naissance
- 1982
- Sexe
- male
- Lieu de naissance
- South Carolina, USA
- Prix et distinctions
- National Book Foundation, 5 Under 35 Honoree (2016)
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- Œuvres
- 3
- Aussi par
- 2
- Membres
- 296
- Popularité
- #79,168
- Évaluation
- 3.4
- Critiques
- 8
- ISBN
- 18
- Langues
- 1
But "The Afterlives" is, I think, a novel about how the deepest questions -- what happens after we die? Can we change our fates? -- can blur the edges of even the most pleasant versions of modernity. The author injects a bit of science fiction to get to these themes, including a super-accurate heart monitor and ubiquitous, often annoying holograms, and there's a touch of the supernatural here, too. Still, I don't think that this one should be mistaken for a genre novel of any sort. While Pierce's writing remains accessible throughout, the angst that Jim and Danielle feel is real, and the decision decisions they make are difficult. Pierce's descriptions are often skillful, and he makes bending timelines and possibilities look easy, which allows him to strike a difficult difference here between the prosaic and the fantastical. "The Afterlives" isn't, I suppose, the deepest novel I could imagine -- there are denser tomes about the mystery of death and eternity out there -- but that doesn't mean it's a bad novel. Not at all.… (plus d'informations)