by Anne Tyler · Vintage · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099463702
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«Earthly Possessions» is the novel by Anne Tyler published by Vintage in paperback (208 pages, in English).
Charlotte Emory, thirty-five years old, tries to escape a monotonous life and a worn-out marriage: she withdraws money from the bank and decides to disappear. The plan goes awry when a young thief takes her hostage and drags her on a journey to Florida in a stolen car. During the flight, the novel examines earthly possessions and the emotional ties that define its protagonists.
The novel was originally published in 1977; this Vintage edition is from 1997.
Aimed at readers of literary fiction and contemporary narrative, with an interest in character-driven stories and everyday dramas set in the United States.
Anne Tyler is an American novelist, short story writer, and literary critic. She has published twenty-five novels, including Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant (1982), The Accidental Tourist (1985), and Breathing Lessons (1988). All three were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and Breathing Lessons won the prize in 1989. She has also won the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize, the Ambassador Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. In 2012 she was awarded The Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence. Tyler's twentieth novel, A Spool of Blue Thread, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2015, and Redhead By the Side of the Road was longlisted for the same award in 2020.
