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John Henry Days
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‘Funny and wise and sumptuously written.’ Jonathan Franzen
'Blithely gifted…an ambitious, finely chiselled work.' John Updike
'Witty, acerbic and immensely compelling …Whitehead is a first-rate writer.’ Financial Times
' Hugely talented…Colson Whitehead has produced an immensely rich, many stranded novel. The writing is inspired on every page. Just Wonderful! One of my books of the year.' Time Out
'Such is the buoyancy of his talent, and the protean assuredness of his prose, that the result is controlled, poignant, wittily observed and often gleefully comic.' Guardian
'Dazzling … It may be nothing new to suggest that history is fiction; but the pleasure of reading this ingenious patchwork lies in how it reminds us of the vitality of those fictions.' Independent on Sunday
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Building the railways that made America, John Henry died with a hammer in his hand moments after competinc against a steam drill in a battle of endurance. The story of his death made him a legend. Over a century later, J. Les mer
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Building the railways that made America, John Henry died with a hammer in his hand moments after competinc against a steam drill in a battle of endurance. The story of his death made him a legend. Over a century later, J. Sutter, freelance journalist is sent to West Virginia to cover the launch of a new postage stamp at the first John Henry Days' festival. The book gives a riveting portrait of America, and through a patchwork of inteweaving histories it reveals how a nation creates its present through the stories it tells of its past.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Fourth Estate Ltd
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781841155708
- Utgivelsesår
- 2002
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
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«
‘Funny and wise and sumptuously written.’ Jonathan Franzen
'Blithely gifted…an ambitious, finely chiselled work.' John Updike
'Witty, acerbic and immensely compelling …Whitehead is a first-rate writer.’ Financial Times
' Hugely talented…Colson Whitehead has produced an immensely rich, many stranded novel. The writing is inspired on every page. Just Wonderful! One of my books of the year.' Time Out
'Such is the buoyancy of his talent, and the protean assuredness of his prose, that the result is controlled, poignant, wittily observed and often gleefully comic.' Guardian
'Dazzling … It may be nothing new to suggest that history is fiction; but the pleasure of reading this ingenious patchwork lies in how it reminds us of the vitality of those fictions.' Independent on Sunday
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