Brewster by mark slouka

A simmering rage coupled with worldweary angst grip the four teenagers growing up as friends in sloukas lost lake hardscrabble novel, set in the small bluecollar town of brewster, n. A son writes of his mothers painful past the new york times. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Psatnmsqt practice test 2 for assistive technology. Mark slouka s masterful new novel is as tough as the town it is set in, that wintery brewster where it felt like somebody twice as strong as you had their hand around your throat. The frost thaws slowly throughout mark sloukas new novel, brewster, as jon retraces his adolescence in that tobaccostained, goingnowhere. Mark sloukas novel brewster takes place in the small town of that name in 1968, a year. This was a time trial, he saida one mile time trial, four lapsnot a race. Brewster isbn 9781846274992 pdf epub mark slouka ebook. In fifteen beautifully wrought storiesranging from occupied czechoslovakia to californias central valley to the rainforests of the pacific northwest mark slouka explores moments in life when our back is to the wall. Mark sloukas new novel is set in the late 1960s, not far from woodstock, but you cant feel any heat from the summer of love. In sloukas telling, brewster in 1969 was the sort of place where people from manhattan might have stopped but only on the way to nicer places. This passage is adapted from mark slouka, brewster. This comingofage book by mark slouka and is published by w.

Both feature struggling bluecollar economies, both are depicted in a spare, tough. His work has appeared in the best american short stories, the best american essays, and the pen o. This acclaimed book by mark slouka is available at in several formats for your ereader. Sometimes the sport of running and the act of trying to run away from your problems have a lot in common. Brewster by mark slouka 20, hardcover for sale online. Mark slouka is the author of four works of fiction. Jon mosher is 16, the son of jewish emigres who were remote and taciturn even before jons elder brother died suddenly in childhood.

Mark slouka most recent books are the story collection all that is left is all that matters, the memoir nobodys son, and the awardwinning novel brewster. Although the brooding teenagers in these pages listen to. A familiar music beats throughout brewster, mark sloukas intense and elegiac novel about the friendship between two teenage boys during the late 1960s and early 70s. A familiar music beats throughout brewster, mark slouka s intense and elegiac novel about the friendship between two teenage boys during the late 1960s and early 70s. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Brewster, the novel, seizes the reader in just the same way. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading brewster. In slouka s telling, brewster in 1969 was the sort of place where people from manhattan might have stopped but only on the way to nicer places. The most recent, brewster, is the powerful story of an unforgettable friendship between two teenage boys and oftheir hopes for. His third novel published in 20 brewster was called instantly mesmerizing by pulitzer prizewinner jennifer egan. Slouka s third novel, set mainly in 1968 in hardscrabble brewster, n. In fifteen beautifully wrought storiesranging from occupied czechoslovakia to californias central valley to the rainforests of the pacific northwestmark slouka explores moments in life when our back is.