Learning Tree - Brossura

Parks, Gordon

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0449215040 ISBN 13: 9780449215043

Casa editrice: Fawcett, 1987

Riassunto

"A fine novel."
THE BOSTON HERALD
Photographer, writer, and composer, Gordon Parks has written a moving, true-to-life novel of growing up as a black man in this country in this century. Hailed by critics and readers alike, THE LEARNING TREE tells the extraordinary journey of a family as they struggle to understand the world around them and leave their mark a world that is better for their having been in it.

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Recensione:

"Gordon Parks has made a real world...with characters as lusty, humorous, tragic and impelling as those of Faulkner, Williams or Steinbeck".

--Bangor Daily News

L'autore:

Gordon Parks (1912–2006) was the author of numerous books of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and photography, including The Learning Tree and A Choice of Weapons. He received a plethora of honorary degrees and awards, including the National Medal of Arts. He was also a film director and composer, and wrote the music and libretto for Martin, a ballet honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.

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• Editore: Fawcett
• Data di pubblicazione: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0449215040
• ISBN 13: 9780449215043
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 240