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Fiction.
Literature.
Fielding Bliss has never forgotten the long, crazy summer of 1984 when a heat wave scorched Breathed, Ohio. It was the year he became friends with the devil.Sal seems to appear out of nowhereâ??a bruised and tattered thirteen-year-old boy claiming to be the devil himself answering an invitation. Fielding Bliss, the son of a local prosecutor, brings him home, where he's welcomed into the Bliss family, assuming he's a runaway from a nearby farm town.When word spreads that the devil has come to Breathed, not everyone is happy to welcome this self-proclaimed fallen angel. Murmurs follow him and tensions rise along with the temperatures, as an unbearable heat wave rolls into town right along with him. As strange accidents start to occur, riled by the feverish heat, some in the town start to believe that Sal is exactly who he claims to be. While the Bliss family wrestles with their own personal demons, a fanatic drives the town to the brink of a catastrophe that will change this sleepy Ohio backwater forev… (meer)
debuutroman van McDaniel Tiffany Fielding Bliss is dertien jaar en leeft in een stadje Breathed in Ohio. Wanneer hij vrienden wordt met Sal, een gehavende dertinejarige , die beweert dat hij de duivel is, verandert alles in zijn leven maar ook in Breathed. Spanningen en roddels krijgen een eigen leven en het toont duidelijk aan hoe dit kan afstevenen op een catastrofe, hoe manipulatie het slechte (of de duivel) in elke mens naar boven kan laten komen ( )
Informatie afkomstig uit de Italiaanse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
Mio padre Glen, notti striate di comete e il canto dei gechi sulle zanzariere.
Mia madre Betty, una canzone jazz suonata da trombe e tralci di caprifoglio.
Dina, mia sorella, una pioggia di spruzzi sull'erba verde e bignè di burro alla menta a mezzogiorno.
Jennifer, mia sorella anche lei, stelle come fiori di tarassaco e infiniti cieli di lucciole.
Ecco, sono loro la mia estate. E per loro è questo libro.
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Italiaanse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
Il caldo arrivò insieme al diavolo. Era l'estate del 1984 e il diavolo era stato invitato. Quel caldo torrido, no. C'era da aspettarselo che arrivassero insieme. Dopo tutto, il caldo non è forse il volto del diavolo? E a chi non è mai capitato di uscire di casa senza portarselo dietro?
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Italiaanse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
E poi l'ultima, quella da cui si levavano gli schizzi più alti, la pozzanghera della mia innocenza. Quegli schizzi cadono ancora sul passato e sul presente, e continueranno a cadere per sempre, in un eterno specchio d'acqua, traghettandomi indietro.
Fiction.
Literature.
Fielding Bliss has never forgotten the long, crazy summer of 1984 when a heat wave scorched Breathed, Ohio. It was the year he became friends with the devil.Sal seems to appear out of nowhereâ??a bruised and tattered thirteen-year-old boy claiming to be the devil himself answering an invitation. Fielding Bliss, the son of a local prosecutor, brings him home, where he's welcomed into the Bliss family, assuming he's a runaway from a nearby farm town.When word spreads that the devil has come to Breathed, not everyone is happy to welcome this self-proclaimed fallen angel. Murmurs follow him and tensions rise along with the temperatures, as an unbearable heat wave rolls into town right along with him. As strange accidents start to occur, riled by the feverish heat, some in the town start to believe that Sal is exactly who he claims to be. While the Bliss family wrestles with their own personal demons, a fanatic drives the town to the brink of a catastrophe that will change this sleepy Ohio backwater forev
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Fielding Bliss is dertien jaar en leeft in een stadje Breathed in Ohio. Wanneer hij vrienden wordt met Sal, een gehavende dertinejarige , die beweert dat hij de duivel is, verandert alles in zijn leven maar ook in Breathed. Spanningen en roddels krijgen een eigen leven en het toont duidelijk aan hoe dit kan afstevenen op een catastrofe, hoe manipulatie het slechte (of de duivel) in elke mens naar boven kan laten komen (