The Hanging on Union Square

H. T. Tsiang

ISBN 10: 0143134027 / ISBN 13: 9780143134022

Edité par Penguin Books Ltd, GB, 2019

A propos de cet article

In Depression-era New York, Mr Nut is an oblivious American everyman, who wants to strike it rich. Over the course of a single night he meets a cast of strange characters - disgruntled workers at a Communist cafeteria, lecherous old men, sexually exploited women and pesky authors - all of whom eventually convince him to cast off his bourgeois aspirations to become a radical activist. Absurdist, inventive and suffused with revolutionary fervour, The Hanging on Union Square is a work of blazing wit and originality.

N° de réf. du vendeur LU-9780143134022

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Hanging on Union Square
• Éditeur: Penguin Books Ltd, GB
• Date de parution: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0143134027
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780143134022
• Reliure: Paperback
• État de l'article: New
• Poids: 199 grammes

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Synopsis

In Depression-era New York, Mr Nut is an oblivious American everyman, who wants to strike it rich. Over the course of a single night he meets a cast of strange characters - disgruntled workers at a Communist cafeteria, lecherous old men, sexually exploited women and pesky authors - all of whom eventually convince him to cast off his bourgeois aspirations to become a radical activist. Absurdist, inventive and suffused with revolutionary fervour, The Hanging on Union Square is a work of blazing wit and originality.

À propos de l?auteur

H. T. Tsiang (1899-1971) was born in China and emigrated to the United States at the age of twenty-seven. While living in New York he wrote poetry and op-eds, acted in local theatre productions and self-published three novels. In 1943 he staged a theatrical adaptation of his novel, The Hanging on Union Square, that counted Alfred Hitchcock, Orson Welles and Gregory Peck among its audience members. He died in Los Angeles.