by Alice McDermott · Libros del Asteroide · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788410178175
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Alice McDermott's new novel, 'Absolution,' transports us to Saigon in 1963, where two women, Tricia and Charlene, form a fragile alliance as they navigate their roles as wives of men involved in the American Navy during the Vietnam War. Decades later, Charlene's daughter seeks out Tricia, and together they recall that crucial era, exploring themes of motherhood, sacrifice, and the search for forgiveness in a world marked by war and politics. With her characteristic delicacy, McDermott gives voice to the women who lived on the margins of this conflict, offering a profound reflection on obligation and sacrifice.
Alice McDermott is an American writer and university professor. She is the author of nine novels and a collection of essays. For her 1998 novel Charming Billy she won an American Book Award and the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction and was a finalist for the International Dublin Literary Award and the Orange Prize. That Night, At Weddings and Wakes, and After This were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Her most recent novel, Absolution was awarded the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award.
