The Willow Tree
$26.96
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
20 June 2012
Summary
A searing portrayal of America’s dispossessed inner-city residents, new to Penguin Modern Classics.
Bobby - young, black and happily in love with Hispanic girlfriend Maria - lives in a cramped Bronx apartment with his mother, his younger siblings and walls full of rats. But when Bobby and Maria are brutally attacked by a Hispanic gang, leaving the couple severely injured, everything changes. Maria may be lost, but, under the unusual care of the reclusive doctor he knows only as Moishe…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141195698 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 014119569X |
| Author: | Hubert Selby Jr. |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 20 June 2012 |
| Weight: | 202g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 16mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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Selby’s work has the power, the intimacy with suffering and morality, the honesty and moral urgency of Dostoevsky’s
Selby’s work has the power, the intimacy with suffering and morality, the honesty and moral urgency of Dostoevsky’s * The New York Times Book Review *
About The Author
Hubert Selby Jr.
Hubert Selby, Jr. was born in Brooklyn in 1928. At the age of 15, he dropped out of school and went to sea with the merchant marines. While at sea he was diagnosed with lung disease. With no other way to make a living, he decided to try writing- ‘I knew the alphabet. Maybe I could be a writer.’ In 1964 he completed his first book, Last Exit to Brooklyn, which has since become a cult classic. In 1966, it was the subject of an obscenity trial in the UK. His other books include The Room, The Demon, Requiem for a Dream, Song of the Silent Snow, The Willow Tree and Waiting Period. In 2000, Requiem for a Dream starred Jared Leto and Ellen Burstyn and was directed by Darren Aronofsky. Hubert Selby Jr died in Highland Park, Los Angeles, California in April 2004.
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