Riding Toward Everywhere - Couverture souple

Vollmann, William T.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0061256765 ISBN 13 : 9780061256769

Editeur : Ecco, 2008

Synopsis

Book by Vollmann William T

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

William T. Vollmann is the author of seven novels, three collections of stories, and a seven-volume critique of violence, Rising Up and Rising Down. He is also the author of Poor People, a worldwide examination of poverty through the eyes of the impoverished themselves; Riding Toward Everywhere, an examination of the train-hopping hobo lifestyle; and Imperial, a panoramic look at one of the poorest areas in America. He has won the PEN Center USA West Award for Fiction, a Shiva Naipaul Memorial Prize and a Whiting Writers' Award. His journalism and fiction have been published in The New Yorker, Esquire, Spin and Granta. Vollmann lives in Sacramento, California.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Arelentlessly curious, endlessly sensitive, and unequivocally adventurous examiner of human existence, William T. Vollmann now takes to the rails. In the company of experienced fellow train-hopper Steve, Vollmann trawls the secretive waters of a unique underground lifestyle—subjecting both our national romance with and skepticism about the hobo life to his finely tuned, analytical eye. Carrying on in the footloose tradition of Huckleberry Finn, he offers a moving, strikingly modern vision of the American dream, brilliantly exploring both our deeply ingrained romanticizing of "freedom" and the myriad ways we restrict the very freedoms we profess to admire.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Ecco
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0061256765
• ISBN 13: 9780061256769
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288