Falconer - John Cheever Ierse literatuur from the bear-like Sobakevich to

from the bear-like Sobakevich to the insubstantial fool Manilov

vertegenwoordiger van een kleine uitgeverij

maar die van de kleine mens die vanuit het gewone leven de epische diepte in is geslingerd van een enorme gebeurtenis

Dan slaat alles om – de grote angst grijpt om zich heen

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Falconer - John Cheever Ierse literatuur from the bear-like Sobakevich toEzekiel Farragut is a college professor, a drug addict and a murderer. Locked in Falconer State Penitentiary, he struggles through tormenting visits from his wife, the burden of memory and guilt, and the brutal monotony of his surroundings to retain his humanity, eventually finding the possibility of redemption through an affair with a fellow prisoner. Considered by many to be Cheever's masterpiece, Falconer is a tour de force from one of America's