by David Vann · Editorial Empúries · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788497876742
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Sukkwan Island is a novel by American author David Vann, published in 2010. The story follows Jim, a man who takes his son Roy to a remote island in Alaska to try to rebuild their relationship after a series of personal failures. However, the harsh life on the island and Jim's emotional fragility transform the trip into a nightmare. The novel explores themes such as loneliness, lack of communication, and the fragility of family relationships in an unforgiving natural environment.
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!.
