Bøger af Victor Lodato

The award-winning author of Matilda Savitch and Edgar and Lucy introduces an unforgettable woman as tenacious as Elizabeth Strout's Oliver Kitteridge and as irresistible as Andrew Sean Greer's Arthur Less in this brilliant, poignant literary breakout about a glamorous octogenarian--the daughter of a notorious New Jersey mobster--who returns to the home she'd long ago rejected, a world very different from the one she left behind.Though she's already led a wonderful life in Los Angeles for more than half a century, Honey Fasinga's days continue to get better and better. A spry 82, she's blessed with robust health and a girlish figure and enjoys good wine, fine clothes, financial security, romance, and well-protected peace. Long ago she broken ties with her New Jersey mobster family and moved west. Now it's time to go home, make her peace, and come to terms with the tragedies of her past--even though she still remembers where all the bodies are buried.But Honey's best intentions frizzle when her lover suddenly dies, her great-nephew Michael bursts into her life in what appears to be a drug-fueled frenzy, and her Lexus gets jacked. Why has Michael's mysteriously appeared--only to disappear even more suddenly? Honey is curious to find the answer--in between navigating the awkward social labyrinths of funerals for old friends and enemies. Complicating matters, her overly friendly young neighbor seems to have gotten herself involved with an unsavory character who promises nothing but trouble.In the twilight of her life, Honey thought she was done with the world. Maybe, though, it still needs her to teach it some lessons about goodness, self-respect, and grace under pressure. An ardent exploration of love in all its forms and at any age, Honey is a funny, charming novel that will break your heart and piece it back together again.

A CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR BEST BOOK OF 2009A BOOKLIST BEST BOOK OF 2009A GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK OF 2009WINNER OF THE PEN USA AWARD FOR FICTIONFear doesn't come naturally to Mathilda Savitch. She prefers to look right at the things nobody else can bear to mention: for example, the fact that her beloved older sister is dead, pushed in front of a train by a man still on the loose. Her grief-stricken parents have basically been sleepwalking ever since, and it is Mathilda's sworn mission to shock them back to life. Her strategy? Being bad.Mathilda decides she's going to figure out what lies behind the catastrophe. She starts sleuthing through her sister's most secret possessions-e-mails, clothes, notebooks, whatever her determination and craftiness can ferret out. But she must risk a great deal-in fact, she has to leave behind everything she loves-in order to discover the truth.Startling, funny, touching, odd, truthful, page-turning, and, in the end, heartbreaking, Mathilda Savitch is an extraordinary debut.

"On every page Lodato''s prose sings with a robust, openhearted wit, making Edgar & Lucy a delight to read...Lodato keeps us in his thrall because his grip on the tiller stays reassuringly firm. Not to mention the supporting cast he''s gathered, a group so eclectic and beguiling that many of them could carry an entire novel of their own. A riveting and exuberant ride."—Cynthia D''Aprix-Sweeney, The New York Times Book Review"Wonder-filled and magisterial...Lodato''s skill as a poet manifests itself on every page, delighting with such elegant similes and incisive descriptions…His skill as a playwright shines in every piece of dialogue…And his skill as a fiction writer displays itself in his virtuoso command of point of view. The book pushes the boundaries of beauty."—Chicago Tribune"Edgar isn''t like other boys and Lucy isn''t like other moms, but grandma Florence keeps them tied to reality. And then their lives take a sharp turn...This otherworldly tale will haunt you."—People"A stunningly rendered novel."—Entertainment Weekly"A quirky coming-of-age novel that deepens into something dark and strange without losing its heart or its sense of wonder." —Tom Perrotta, bestselling author of The LeftoversEdgar and Lucy is a page-turning literary masterpiece, a stunning examination of family love and betrayal.Eight-year-old Edgar Fini remembers nothing of the accident people still whisper about. He only knows that his father is gone, his mother has a limp, and his grandmother believes in ghosts. When Edgar meets a man with his own tragic story, the boy begins a journey into a secret wilderness where nothing is clear, not even the line between the living and the dead. In order to save her son, Lucy has no choice but to confront the demons of her past.Profound, shocking, and beautiful, Edgar and Lucy is a thrilling adventure and the unlikeliest of love stories."This tale gradually exerts a fiendish grip on the reader." —Helen Simonson, author of Major Pettigrew''s Last Stand"I tore through the luminous pages of Edgar and Lucy as if possessed…What this book has to say about love and truth will stay with me for a very, very long time."—Sophie McManus, author of The Unfortunates"I love this book. Profoundly spiritual and hilariously specific...an unusual and intimate epic that manages to capture the wonder and terror of both child and parenthood with an uncanny clarity."—Lena Dunham, bestselling author of Not That Kind of Girl"Victor Lodato may be our bard of the sadness, humor, and confusion of loss. He senses the absurdities and elation of mourning and childhood with a capacious precision that brings to mind J.D. Salinger, Lorrie Moore, Karen Russell, even James Joyce. Edgar and Lucy will make you feel things you haven''t felt in ages." —Daniel Torday, author of The Last Flight of Poxl West

Full Length, DramaDrama / Characters: 2m, 2f (Conceived for African-American actors, but casts of other races are possible) / Multiple sets The play follows an African-American family in a low-income neighborhood whose lives are ultimately ruined by their surroundings. Clive arrives unexpectedly at the house of his mother and his sister. He says that he is fleeing from the police - but perhaps it's another one of his delusions. Unbeknownst to him, he has shown up on a tragic anniversary. Three years prior, his sister's child was killed in a brutal shooting. As fate seems bent on shattering the walls, mother Mae valiantly attempts to keep house. Mr. Lodato is a 2002-2003 Guggenheim Fellow, as well as the recipient of the 2002 L. Arnold Weissberger Award for Motherhouse

Eight-year-old Edgar remembers nothing of the terrible accident people still whisper about. A family epic about a desperate search for a little boy who's lost.