by Philipp Meyer · Ecco Pr · tapa dura · ISBN 9780062120397
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«The Son» is Philipp Meyer's Western novel, published by Ecco in hardcover (561 pages, in English).
Multigenerational saga following the rise of the McCullough family in Texas from the Comanche raids of the nineteenth century. Eli McCullough, captured at thirteen, is raised among the Comanches, and his story intertwines with that of his son Peter and his great-granddaughter JA, who faces a man's world during the oil boom.
Novel finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2014 and nominated for the Goodreads Choice Awards in 2013. Published by Ecco Press in 2013.
Ideal for readers of historical fiction and Westerns seeking an extensive family saga. Adult audience.
Philipp Meyer is an American fiction writer and the author of the novels American Rust and The Son, as well as short stories published in The New Yorker and elsewhere. Meyer also created and produced the AMC television show based on his novel. He won the 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize, received a 2010 Guggenheim Fellowship and was a finalist for the 2014 Pulitzer Prize. He won the 2014 Lucien Barrière prize in France and the 2015 Prix Littérature-Monde Prize in France. In 2017 he was named a Chevalier (Knight) in France's Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
