by Anne Tyler · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788426411785
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The Accidental Tourist is a novel by Anne Tyler published in 1985. The story follows Macon Leary, a travel guidebook writer who hates traveling, as he deals with the loss of his son and the failure of his marriage. Amidst his grief and isolation, he meets Muriel, a peculiar dog trainer who helps him reconnect with life and find new meaning in his existence. The novel explores themes such as grief, loneliness, family, and the search for happiness in unexpected places.
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.
