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John Henry Days.
de WHITEHEAD, Colson
- Usado
- as new
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- As New/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0385498195
- ISBN 13
- 9780385498197
- Librería
-
Edmonds, Washington, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Doubleday, 2001. First edition / First printing. Black paper spine, tan paper-covered boards. Very fine in a very fine dust jacket. Selected by the editors of The New York Times Book Review for their 10 Best Books of 2001 List. Winner of: 2002 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for John Henry Days. 2002 MacArthur Fellowship. The 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Nickel Boys. 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Underground Railroad. 2016 National Book Award for Underground Railroad. The 2017 Arthur C. Clarke Award for Underground Railroad. 2013 Guggenheim Fellowship.
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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Detalles
- Librería
- Orpheus Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 18626
- Título
- John Henry Days.
- Autor
- WHITEHEAD, Colson
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Black paper spine, tan paper-covered boards.
- Estado del libro
- Nuevo
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition / First printing.
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0385498195
- ISBN 13
- 9780385498197
- Editorial
- Doubleday,
- Lugar de publicación
- New York:
- Fecha de publicación
- 2001.
- Páginas
- 389 pages.
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Alternative History Fiction; Fiction;
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Sobre el vendedor
Orpheus Books
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Edmonds, Washington
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