U.P. Book by R.A. Riekki
Topic: Disability Publications
Author: R.A. Riekki
Published: 2009/04/25
Contents: Summary - Introduction - Main Item - Related Topics
Synopsis: From a bold new novelist comes a complex tale of friendship and brutality in the book U.P. by R.A. Riekki.
Introduction
U.P. by R.A. Riekki was recently published on Ghost Road Press. The main character in the novel has cerebral palsy.Main Item
U.P. by R.A. Riekki was recently published on Ghost Road Press. The main character in the novel has cerebral palsy.
From a bold new novelist comes a complex tale of friendship and brutality. Set in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, U.P. is the story of four teens immersed in an ugly world, one whose threat of violence is always simmering beneath the surface.
U.P. has been Ghost Road Press's bestseller in fiction for the last nine weeks straight and National Book Award winner John Casey nominated the novel for the prestigious Sewanee Writers' Series.
R.A. Riekki's distinctive characters and their poignant quest for freedom is a swan song to lost youth, redefining the traditional coming-of-age story. Four boys, four distinct narratives that converge into a harrowing and heartbreaking whole.
"An exciting new voice. In the tradition of The Wanderers, Trainspotting and other wild rides through male adolescence, Ron Riekki's U.P. gives us an in-the-round look at a tight knit group of "Yoopers." Riekki tells their tale with un-compromised honesty and genuine artistry." --Don De Grazia, author of American Skin,
Born in Marquette, R.A. Riekki has studied writing at Central Michigan, Brandeis, Virginia, and Western Michigan.
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0979625564
ISBN-13: 978-0979625565
U.P. is available at www.amazon.com/u-p-R-Riekki/dp/0979625564
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