The Typist: A Novel

Knight, Michael

ISBN 10: 0802119506 / ISBN 13: 9780802119506

Editore: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2010

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Riassunto:

<div>Written with the stunning economy of language for which Michael Knight&#8217;s work has always been praised, <i>The Typist</i> is a rich and powerful work of historical fiction that expertly chronicles both the politics of the Pacific theater of World War II, and the personal relationships borne from the tragedies of warfare. <br><br>When Francis Vancleave (&#147;Van&#8221;) joins the army in 1944, he expects his term of service to pass uneventfully. His singular talent&#151;typing ninety-five words a minute&#151;keeps him off the battlefield and in General MacArthur&#8217;s busy Tokyo headquarters, where his days are filled with paperwork in triplicate and letters of dictation.<br><br>But little does Van know that the first year of the occupation will prove far more volatile for him than for the U.S. Army. When he&#8217;s bunked with a troubled combat veteran cum-black marketer and recruited to babysit MacArthur&#8217;s eight-year-old son, Van is suddenly tangled in the complex&#151;and risky&#151;personal lives of his compatriots. As he brushes shoulders with panpan girls and Communists on the streets of Tokyo, Van struggles to uphold his convictions in the face of unexpected conflict&#151;especially the startling news from his war bride, a revelation that threatens Van with a kind of war wound he never anticipated.<br></div>

Informazioni sugli autori: <div>Michael Knight is also the author of the novel, <i>The Divining Rod</i>; two collections of short fiction,<i> Dogfight: And Other Stories</i> and<i> Goodnight, Nobody</i>; and a collection of novellas, <i>The Holiday Season</i>. His fiction has appeared in publications such as <i>Esquire</i>, <i>The New Yorker</i> and<i> Oxford American</i>. He teaches creative writing at the University of Tennessee.<br></div>

Michael Knight is the author of the novel, Divining Rod; two collections of short fiction, Dogfight And Other Stories and Goodnight, Nobody; and a collection of novellas, The Holiday Season. His fiction has appeared in publications such as Esquire, The New Yorker, and Oxford American. He teaches creative writing at the University of Tennessee.

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Titolo: The Typist: A Novel
Casa editrice: Atlantic Monthly Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2010
Legatura: Rilegato
Condizione: Good