Golden Age

Zusatztext With the Last One Hundred Years trilogy! [Smiley] surely confirms her place alongside Roth! Updike and Bellow as one of the truly great chroniclers of 20th-century American life . . . The historical and political canvas of Golden Age is breathtaking in its expansiveness! and there is an epic quality to the trilogy as a whole. But Smiley is equally compelling on the domestic and familial . . . Reading the Last One Hundred Years trilogy [is] such a powerful ! moving and rewarding experience; a rare chance to witness! from the sidelines! five generations of a family unfold Informationen zum Autor Jane Smiley is the author of numerous novels, including A Thousand Acres , which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, as well as five works of nonfiction and a series of books for young adults. In 2001 she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 2006 she received the PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature. Her novel Horse Heaven was short-listed for the Orange Prize in 2002, and Private Life was chosen as one of the best books of 2010 by The Atlantic, The New Yorker, and The Washington Post. She lives in northern California. Klappentext Frank had done his best-he hadn't said anything impatient! cutting! sharp. He had prevented his foot from tapping irritably under the table. He had spoken when spoken to! smiled when he had to! bounced his grandson Chance on his knee. When he finally fled! he did it smoothly! with a congenial nod! not saying! or even implying! that the clamor of voices was driving him crazy. He strolled as if idly! as if only admiring the straightness of Jesse's rows! out toward the bean field. He put his hands in his pockets! looked west and north! pretending to care about the weather. The final novel in Jane Smiley's masterpiece - the Last Hundred Years trilogy Zusammenfassung The final novel in Jane Smiley's masterpiece - the Last Hundred Years trilogy...

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Jane Smiley
• Verlag: Mantle
• Sprache: Englisch
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahren
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 08.10.2015
• EAN: 9781447275671
• ISBN: 978-1-4472-7567-1
• Seiten: 400
• Abmessung: 153 mm x 234 mm x 37 mm
• Serien: Last Hundred Years Trilogy; Last Hundred Years Trilogy
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur > Historische Romane und Erzählungen; FICTION / Historical / General, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Family Life / General, Historical fiction, FICTION / Literary, Iowa, FICTION / Small Town & Rural, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Fiction: general and literary, c 1990 to c 2000, c 1990 to c 1999, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989, Saga fiction (family / generational sagas)