The Practical Heart: Four Novellas: Four Novellas / Allan Gurganus. - Rilegato

Gurganus, Allan

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ISBN 10: 0679437630 ISBN 13: 9780679437635

Casa editrice: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 2001

Riassunto

A collection of four novellas includes "He's One, Too," about a pillar of the community whose attraction to boys turns him into a pariah, and "Saint Monster," a love story that celebrates one boy's feelings for his father.

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Recensione:

"This collection places Gurganus in the pantheon of America's best storytellers...These stories may all arise from Gurganus's Carolina home soil, but their messages are universal in scope. Highly recommended."
-- Library Journal
"The four novellas that make up The Practical Heart recall the four chambers of the organ that gives this collection its name. . . . Each of these first-person accounts of outsiders keeps readers guessing with unexpected twists. . . . The book's knotty prose, dense with description, is the perfect vehicle for these intricate yarns. Gurganus is a gifted storyteller--always surprising, entertaining and, finally, enlightening."
--Time Out New York

L'autore:

Allan Gurganus lives in a small town in North Carolina. The title novella of this book won the National Magazine Prize. His other honors include the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Southern Book Prize, and the Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

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• Editore: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0679437630
• ISBN 13: 9780679437635
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 322