Recent History: A Novel - Rilegato

Giardina, Anthony

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ISBN 10: 0679456295 ISBN 13: 9780679456292

Casa editrice: Random House Inc, 2001

Riassunto

The playwright and author focuses on the issues of race, sex, class, and secrets as they affect an upwardly mobile Italian-American family in 1960s Massachusetts as one man confronts his conflicting feelings about love, passion, and sexual identity. 25,000 first printing.

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Praise for Recent History

“Haunting . . . emotionally riveting, reminding us of the importance of accepting love in whatever form it presents itself.”—Entertainment Weekly

“Graceful . . . [Giardina] manages to handle an enormous amount of emotional material with a light touch. . . . [Luca’s] struggle is urgent and real. Giardina makes us care, in the end, what happens to our hero.”
—The New York Times Book Review

“There comes along, every once in a while, a fictional character so compelling that the novel he or she inhabits becomes larger than life. . . . To write such a novel, I believe, is the goal of every writer, and to find such a novel, the hope of every reader. Recent History . . . is such a book.” —The Austin Chronicle

“Giardina has a keen sense of character and an eloquent and soulful style. We are intrigued by his understanding of male sexuality, but we are more captivated by how much he knows about human frailty and growth.” —San Francisco Chronicle

“Giardina’s prose is exquisitely tuned to his characters’ hopes, uncertainties and misgivings.” —The Seattle Times

“Gorgeously written.”
—Chicago Tribune
From the Trade Paperback edition.

L'autore

The author of two novels and a short-story collection, Anthony Giardina has has two plays produced to critical acclaim at the Long Wharf Theater in New Haven, the Manhattan Theatre Club, Arena Stage in Washington, and elsewhere. He has written for Harper’s, Esquire, GQ, and The New York Times Magazine.

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• Editore: Random House Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0679456295
• ISBN 13: 9780679456292
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 242