Stone Junction: Una Epopeya Alqu�mica / an Epic Alchemist (Heroes Modernos) - Softcover

Dodge, Jim

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9788492837182: Stone Junction: Una Epopeya Alqu�mica / an Epic Alchemist (Heroes Modernos)

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ISBN 10: 8492837187 ISBN 13: 9788492837182

Publisher: Alpha Decay, 2011

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Annalee Pearse is a pregnant 16-year-old placed in a corrective center run by nuns for failing to cooperate with authorities. It isn't long, however, before she rebels, breaking the jaw of one of the sisters with a powerful right punch and fleeing with her newborn son Daniel. Thus begins this modern odyssey of the search for knowledge and understanding, symbolized by a strange diamond sphere--supposedly the Philosopher's Stone--kept under guard by the U.S. government. Daniel Pearse, now an orphan taken in by the Alliance of Magicians and Outlaws, has to follow its trail by applying the lessons of his teachers in a world in which revenge, betrayal, revolution, hallucinogens, magic, and murder are par for the course. Deeply absorbing, the novel will make readers squirm with laughter at the same time as it exposes them to feelings of the most desolate sadness. This edition features a foreword by National Book Award-winning author Thomas Pynchon.

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Review:

"A glorious narrative, peopled by characters of genuine imaginative force" (Herald)

"Reading Stone Junction is like being at a non-stop party in celebration of everything that matters" (Thomas Pynchon)

"An irresistible kaleidoscope of manic, tragic and exquisitely funny Americana" (Time Out)

"A work of genius" (Big Issue)

"It's a demented modern odyssey of one strange man's quest for truth and knowledge in a decidedly bizarre - and decidedly American - world" (Sunday Tribune)

"This novel is remarkable for its breadth. Amo is skilfully woven into the fabric of real America, and Dodge's sweeping take on that country, combined with the humanity of each of his vast array of characters, lends this book a particular kind of majesty" (The Observer)

"Within half an hour of starting this novel, I was absolutely hooked . . . it kept me guessing all the way to the end" (The Times)

"It is a non-stop take, making you laugh, cry and wonder. The characters are excellent and even though you know you that many of the events are genuinely impossible, it feels completely believable thoughout" (Highland News Group)

Book Description:

With an introduction by Thomas Pynchon

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