by Philipp Meyer · Norstedts · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789113056470
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«Sonen» is the historical novel by Philipp Meyer, published by Norstedts in paperback (581 pages, in Swedish).
The novel follows Eli McCullough, born in 1836, the year Texas declared its independence. Captured by the Comanches at age eight, he grows up among the tribe and takes part in the conquest of the West, while three generations of his family build an oil empire.
Swedish translation of 'The Son', the original novel by Philipp Meyer, translated by Niclas Nilsson. The work was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 2014.
Recommended for readers of historical fiction and family sagas set in the American West.
Philipp Meyer is an American fiction writer and the author of the novels American Rust and The Son, as well as short stories published in The New Yorker and elsewhere. Meyer also created and produced the AMC television show based on his novel. He won the 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize, received a 2010 Guggenheim Fellowship and was a finalist for the 2014 Pulitzer Prize. He won the 2014 Lucien Barrière prize in France and the 2015 Prix Littérature-Monde Prize in France. In 2017 he was named a Chevalier (Knight) in France's Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
