The Motel Life

Name: The Motel Life
Brand: Findaway Voices
Availability: InStock
Author: Willy Vlautin
ISBN: 9781667014098

Author: Willy Vlautin

Narrator: Willy Vlautin

Unabridged: 5 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: El Cortez Records

Published: 07/01/2021

Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Classic

Synopsis

With "echoes of Of Mice and Men"(The Bookseller, UK), The Motel Life explores the frustrations and failed dreams of two Nevada brothers—on the run after a hit-and-run accident—who, forgotten by society, and short on luck and hope, desperately cling to the edge of modern life.

About Willy Vlautin

Willy Vlautin is the author of the novels The Motel Life, Northline, Lean on Pete, The Free, Donâ€™t Skip Out on Me, and The Night Always Comes. He is the founding member of the bands Richmond Fontaine and The Delines.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Teree

I live in Reno, knew Willy in the nineties, and drive by many of the places he writes about, nearly every day. This book was instantly engaging to me. Nevada really does tend to be the lonesome place he describes. The characters never really complain about their hard times. Seems they are used to it......more

Goodreads review by Kathrina

I've been studying ideas about empathy and perspective-taking that happen when we read, and I feel a bit apologetic to be approaching this book from that scholarly in, because I know Vlautin didn't write this book for that purpose. In fact, I'd like to corner Vlautin at the horse tracks, ply him wit......more