by David Vann · Random House · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099558750
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«Goat Mountain» is the literary fiction novel by David Vann, published by Random House in paperback (256 pages, in English).
In 1978, an eleven-year-old boy takes part for the first time in the hunt on the family's 640-acre ranch in northern California, alongside his father, his grandfather and a friend. When they discover a poacher, the father lets him look through the rifle scope; a shot unleashes a crisis that confronts the family with guilt and faith.
Originally published in 2013; this paperback edition from Windmill Books came out in October 2014.
Aimed at readers of literary and psychological fiction, with an oppressive narrative about family bonds and guilt.
David Vann is an American novelist and short story writer, and was formerly a professor of creative writing at the University of Warwick in England. Vann received a Guggenheim Fellowship and has been a National Endowment for the Arts fellow, a Wallace Stegner fellow, and a John L'Heureux fellow. His work has appeared in many magazines and newspapers. His books have been published in 23 languages and have won 14 prizes and been on 83 'best books of the year' lists. They have been selected for The New Yorker Book Club, the Times Book Club, the Samlerens Bogklub in Denmark and have been optioned for film by Inkfactory and Haut et Court. He has appeared in documentaries with the BBC, CNN, PBS, National Geographic, and E!.
