The Golden Age - Rilegato

Vidal, Gore

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ISBN 10: 0375430822 ISBN 13: 9780375430824

Casa editrice: Random House Large Print, 2000

Riassunto

A vivid, kaleidoscopic fictional narrative of American history from 1939 to 1954 follows the seminal events--World War II and the Cold War--and personalities that transformed America from a republic to an empire, as seen through the eyes of Caroline Sanford, a Hollywood actress turned Washington newspaper publisher, and her nephew, Peter Sanford. 15,000 first printing. (Historical Fiction)

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"[A] true magnum opus."
--The New York Times

"A smart, witty Washington novel... You'll be gripped to the edge of your Chesterfield... Long live Gore Vidal."
--Chicago Sun-Times

"Rich in dialogue and mirthless humor, The Golden Age is... a worthy conclusion to one of the finest sustained historical visions in American literature."
--The New York Observer
From the Trade Paperback edition.

L'autore

Gore Vidal is the author of twenty-two novels, five plays, many screenplays and short stories, more than two hundred essays, and a memoir. Two of his American empire novels, Lincoln and 1876, were the subject of cover stories in Time and Newsweek, respectively. In 1993, a collection of his criticism, United States: Essays 1952-1992, won the National Book Award. He received an award from the Cannes Film Festival for best screenplay for The Best Man. He divides his time between Ravello, Italy, and Los Angeles.

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• Editore: Random House Large Print
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0375430822
• ISBN 13: 9780375430824
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 708