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Synopsis
From the author of Trust, longlisted for the Booker Prize
FINALIST FOR THE 2018 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION.
'Like Huckleberry Finn written by Cormac McCarthy. -- Sunday Times
Håkan Söderström is a man who has become a legend. Giant in size, rumoured to be bloodthirsty and fearless, he is known simply as the Hawk.
But behind this myth is a tale of longing and survival. As a young man he is sent from Gothenburg with his brother Linus, to seek their fortunes in New York. In the chaos of the port, he is separated from Linus and finds himself instead on a ship bound for California. Determined to find Linus, Håkan sets out on a journey east, moving against the tide of history, experiencing the Gold Rush and its effects, encountering capitalists and colonialists, explorers and early scientists, and witnessing the formation of America and the betrayal of its dream.
This is the story of a stranger in a strange new land, looking out onto the vast landscape in confusion, fear and wonder. As Håkan confronts desert and mountains, heat and ice, he is thrown between the threat of violence and devastating loneliness - all the while keeping the image of his brother, and the hope of companionship, in the distance.
'A brutal, sad, tender coming-of-age story, set in a historical past that feels both familiar and at the same time like nothing we've ever encountered before.' Guardian
'A gritty, dreamy anti-western western... Surreal, cerebral, and affecting beyond what I thought possible.' LitHub
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About the Author
Hernan Diaz was born in Argentina and grew up in Argentina and Sweden. He lives in New York, where he is associate director of the Hispanic Institute at Columbia University. This is his first novel. His second novel Trust was longlisted for the Booker Prize
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This lyrical western about loneliness and companionship follows legendary giant 'the Hawk' as he yearns to be reunited with his brother Linus, lost after their arrival in New York from Gothenburg. Capitalists, colonialists and early scientists populate the raw and nascent America the Hawk conducts his search through, in this hypnotic, violent and surprising debut.
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