American Rust: A Novel

Meyer's well received debut novel about a struggling family in a former steel town. First edition, first printing. Bump to the lower edge, wrinkling to the top of the dust jacket.

From Publisher:

Set in a beautiful but economically devastated Pennsylvania steel town, a lush landscape as deceptively promising as the edifices of the abandoned steel mills that once provided the livelihood of generations, American Rust is a novel of the lost American dream and the desperation that arises from its loss. From local bars to train yards to prison, it is the story of two young men bound to the town by family, responsibility, inertia, and the beauty around them, who dream of a future beyond the factories, abandoned homes, and polluted river. Evoking John Steinbeck's novels of restless lives during the Great Depression, American Rust takes us into the contemporary American heartland at a moment of profound unrest and uncertainty about the future. It is a dark but lucid vision, a moving novel about the bleak realities that battle our desire for transcendence, and the power of love and friendship to redeem us.

Product Info

ISBN: 0385527519

ISBN-13: 9780385527514

Publisher: Spiegel & Grau

Year: 2009-02-24

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

Seller Info

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Address: Mailing Address Seattle, Washington

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Country: United States