by William Kennedy · Penguin Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140138986
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«Very Old Bones» is the novel by William Kennedy, published by Penguin Books in paperback (304 pages, in English).
In 1958, the Phelan clan gathers to hear the will of Peter Phelan, a painter of late success who has portrayed his family. The narrative, seen through Orson Purcell, Peter's illegitimate son, alternates present and past and reveals tragedies, obsessions, and clandestine joys of an Irish-American saga in Albany (New York).
It is the fifth novel of the Albany Cycle, William Kennedy's series set in Albany (New York).
For readers of literary fiction and family sagas with historical background, especially those who follow William Kennedy's Albany Cycle.
William Joseph Kennedy is an American writer and journalist who won the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for his 1983 novel Ironweed.
