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John Henry Days; a novel
de Whitehead, Colson
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot, very gentle rubbing to front-rear edge, light soiling to rear board, faint mark t
- ISBN 10
- 0385498195
- ISBN 13
- 9780385498197
- Librería
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Oakland, California, United States
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New York: Doubleday, 2001. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot, very gentle rubbing to front-rear edge, light soiling to rear board, faint mark to front board and fore-edge, bright pages, tight binding, very light soiling to DJ, else Near Fine(-) in Near Fine(-) DJ.. Large octavo in white DJ, 389 pages; 25 cm. E-journalist J. Sutter travels to West Virginia for the first John Henry Days celebration. Colson Whitehead's eagerly awaited and triumphantly acclaimed new novel is on one level a multifaceted retelling of the story of John Henry, the black steel-driver who died outracing a machine designed to replace him. On another level it's the story of a disaffected, middle-aged black journalist on a mission to set a record for junketeering who attends the annual John Henry Days festival. It is also a high-velocity thrill ride through the tunnel where American legend gives way to American pop culture, replete with p. r. flacks, stamp collectors, blues men, and turn-of-the-century song pluggers. John Henry Days is an acrobatic, intellectually dazzling, and laugh-out-loud funny book that will be read and talked about for years to come. African American journalists -- Fiction. DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve.
Sinopsis
In a glowing review of Colson Whitehead's first novel, The Intuitionist, the New York Times Book Review concluded, "Literary reputations may not always rise and fall as predictably as elevators, but if there's any justice in the world of fiction, Colson Whitehead's should be heading toward the upper floors." With John Henry Days, Colson Whitehead delivers on the promise of his critically acclaimed debut in a magnificent new novel: a retelling of the legend of John Henry that sweeps across generations and cultures in a stunning, hilarious, and unsettling portrait of American society.Immortalized in folk ballads, John Henry has been a favorite American hero since the mid-nineteenth century. According to legend, John Henry, a black laborer for the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, was a man of superhuman strength and stamina. He proved his mettle in a contest with a steam drill, only to die of exhaustion moments after his triumph. In John Henry Days, Colson Whitehead transforms the simple ballad into a contrapuntal masterpiece. The narrative revolves around the story of J. Sutter, a young black journalist. Sutter is a "junketeer," a freeloading hack who roams from one publicity event to another, abusing his expense account and mooching as much as possible. It is 1996, and an assignment for a travel Web site takes Sutter to West Virginia for the first annual "John Henry Days" festival, a celebration of a new U.S. postal stamp honoring John Henry. And there the real story of John Henry emerges in graceful counterpoint to Sutter's thoroughly modern adventure.As he explores the parallels between the lives of these two black men, and between the Industrial Age, which literally killed John Henry, and the Digital Age that is destroying J. Sutter's soul, Whitehead adds multiple dimensions to the myth of the steel-driving man. And in dazzling set pieces, he traces the evolution of the famous ballad over the past century. John Henry Days is a novel of extraordinary scope and mythic power that juxtaposes history and popular culture, the blatant bigotry of the past with the more insidious racism of the present, and laugh-out-loud humor with unforgettable poignancy.From the Hardcover edition.
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- Librería
- Bibliope by Calvello Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 91172
- Título
- John Henry Days; a novel
- Autor
- Whitehead, Colson
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot, very gentle rubbing to front-rear edge, light soiling to rear board, faint mark t
- Cantidad disponible
- 2
- Edición
- First edition, first printing (full number line)
- ISBN 10
- 0385498195
- ISBN 13
- 9780385498197
- Editorial
- Doubleday
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2001
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Novels;
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Oakland, California
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