Banks, Russell

Banks, Russell
(n. 28 mar. 1940, Newton, Mass., EE.UU.).

Novelista estadounidense. Banks estuvo relacionado en la década de 1960 con la editorial Lillabulero, y ha enseñado en varias universidades. Acaparó gran atención con Continental Drift [Deriva continental] (1985), inspirada en una breve temporada que el autor pasó en Jamaica. Sus últimas novelas, al igual que sus primeras obras, suelen retratar a personajes manejados por fuerzas económicas y sociales que no comprenden. Entre ellas se distinguen Aflicción (1989; película, 1998), Como en otro mundo (1991; película, 1997) y Cloudsplitter [El desintegrador de nubes] (1998), novela histórica sobre el abolicionista John Brown.

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