Moody Rick. Ice Storm

Publisher:Warner books, A time Warner Company,
Language:English,
Pages: 279.
Rick Moody (born 1961) is an American novelist and short story writer best known for the 1994 novel The Ice Storm, a chronicle of the dissolution of two suburban Connecticut families over Thanksgiving weekend in 1973, which brought widespread acclaim, became a bestseller, and was made into a feature film of the same title.
PRAISE FOR RICK MOODY'S THE ICE STORM
"THE ICE STORM is a powerful indication that the art of the novel is in the best of hands with the younger generation. A remarkable work, full of wit and drama. "
— George Plimpton
"Packed with keen observation and sympathy for human failure. "
— Chicago Tribune
"A remarkable, brave, and beautiful book. With intelligence, restraint, and without sentimentality, Rick Moody has created a moving portrait of a nuclear family meltdown. "
— Jeffrey Eugenides
"Moody is a stylishly clever writer. . A deft second novel. "
— TIME
"Insightful and convincing. " — Publishers Weekly
"Moody's poignant tale of that night's turbulent events places him in the tradition of such other suburban WASP authors as Cheever and Updike. But by focusing on the children of these confused adults, he puts a distinctly nineties spin on what might seem familiar territory. " — Vogue
"Rick Moody writes exquisite, word-smitten prose. " — Elle
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"Should appeal to readers who lived through the 70s and to members of Generation X, who seem to be fascinated by the decade of their birth. "
— Hudson Valley magazine
"THE ICE STORM works on so many levels, and is so smartly written, that it should establish Moody as one of his generation's bellwether voices...Builds toward a remarkable scene that will change everyone's life forever. "
— Hungry Mind Review
"Excellent...Moody's second quirky novel is a huge 70s nostalgia trip, a litany of kitsch, a mountain of memorabilia as the backdrop to a bittersweet story of suburban America. "
— Time Out
"A blackly funny, beautifully written novel...remarkably mature, containing far more insights about family life and far more wisdom than any 29-year-old author should reasonably possess. Moody is clearly a writer to watch. "
— The Sunday Times (London)
"One of the wittiest books about family life ever written. "
— The Guardian
"A dead-on portrait of wayward teens...Brilliantly captures the era's oversexed sorrow. "
— Mirabella
"It is beautiful, in the strange way that tragedy can be — heartrending, awesome — and it resonates deeply long after the reader is finished with the book. "
— Fairfield County Weekly
"Elegant, moving, and regenerative. " — Donald Antrim
"Remarkable . at times the author's exploration of human frailty is profound. . A fine novel. "
— The Economist
"THE ICE STORM is reminiscent of Cheever and Updike in the best of ways. Rick Moody comes off as the true heir, the next generation. His is an often elegant, if unsettling, view of family life. "
— A. M. Homes