by Don Carpenter · 10/18 · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782264065278
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«Un dernier verre au bar sans nom» is the coming-of-age novel by Don Carpenter, published by 10/18 in paperback (451 pages, in French).
Set in the late 1950s between San Francisco and Portland, the novel follows young aspiring writers such as Charlie, a Korean War veteran, and his companion Jaime, amid alcohol and bohemian atmosphere, and addresses literary creation, friendship, love and the struggle for recognition, within the framework of the Beat generation.
Carpenter's posthumous novel, rescued and published after his death thanks to the editorial impetus of Jonathan Lethem.
For readers interested in the Beat generation, the bohemian atmosphere of the 1950s and coming-of-age novels about literary vocation.
Don Carpenter was an American writer, best known as the author of Hard Rain Falling. He wrote numerous novels, novellas, short stories and screenplays over the course of a 22-year career that took him from a childhood in Berkeley, California and the Pacific Northwest to Hollywood. A close observer of human frailty, his writing depicted marginal characters like pool sharks, prisoners, and drug dealers, as well as movie moguls and struggling actors.
