UNCOMMON TYPE Some Stories - Couverture rigide

Hanks, Tom

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0525520864 ISBN 13 : 9780525520863

Editeur : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017

Synopsis

A hectic, funny sexual affair between two best friends. A World War II veteran dealing with his emotional and physical scars. A second-rate actor plunged into sudden stardom and a whirlwind press junket. A small-town newspaper columnist with old-fashioned views of the modern world. A woman adjusting to life in a new neighbourhood after her divorce. Four friends going to the moon and back in a rocket ship constructed in the backyard. A teenage surfer stumbling into his father’s secret life.

These are just some of the people and situations that Tom Hanks explores in his first work of fiction, a collection of stories that dissects, with great affection, humour and insight, the human condition and all its foibles. The stories are linked by one in each of them, a typewriter plays a part, sometimes minor, sometimes central. To many, typewriters represent a level of craftsmanship, beauty and individuality that is harder and harder to find in the modern world. In his stories, Mr Hanks gracefully reaches that typewriter-worthy level.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Alfred A. Knopf
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0525520864
• ISBN 13: 9780525520863
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Nombre de pages: 405
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• Personne responsable: non disponible