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by David Vann · Editions Gallimard · libro de bolsillo · 231 pages
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Sukkwan Island es una intensa novela ambientada en una isla salvaje del sur de Alaska, accesible únicamente por barco o hidroavión. La historia sigue a Jim, quien decide llevar a su hijo de trece años a vivir en una cabaña aislada durante un año con la esperanza de renovar su relación y superar fracasos personales. Sin embargo, la dureza del entorno y la inestabilidad emocional del padre transforman rápidamente la estancia en una pesadilla psicológica. Esta obra, galardonada con el premio Médicis Étranger en 2010, es un relato sobrecogedor que explora los rincones más oscuros del alma humana y la fragilidad de los vínculos familiares. La narrativa de David Vann sumerge al lector en una atmósfera de tensión creciente que culmina en un drama violento e imprevisible.

David Vann is an American novelist and short story writer, and was formerly a professor of creative writing at the University of Warwick in England. Vann received a Guggenheim Fellowship and has been a National Endowment for the Arts fellow, a Wallace Stegner fellow, and a John L'Heureux fellow. His work has appeared in many magazines and newspapers. His books have been published in 23 languages and have won 14 prizes and been on 83 'best books of the year' lists. They have been selected for The New Yorker Book Club, the Times Book Club, the Samlerens Bogklub in Denmark and have been optioned for film by Inkfactory and Haut et Court. He has appeared in documentaries with the BBC, CNN, PBS, National Geographic, and E!.