John Henry Days из жанра Современная русская и зарубежная проза

John Henry Days

Современная русская и зарубежная проза

Автор: Whitehead Colson

Язык: английский

Год: 2002

Издатель: Anchor

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Проверил: Admin 20 Дек 14

Формат: FB2, ePub, TXT, RTF, PDF, HTML, MOBI, JAVA, LRF

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Colson Whitehead’s eagerly awaited and triumphantly acclaimed new novel is on one level a multifaceted retelling of the story of John Henry, the black steel-driver who died outracing a machine designed to replace him. On another level it’s the story of a disaffected, middle-aged black journalist on a mission to set a record for junketeering who attends the annual John Henry Days festival. It is also a high-velocity thrill ride through the tunnel where American legend gives way to American pop culture, replete with p. r. flacks, stamp collectors, blues men, and turn-of-the-century song pluggers. John Henry Days is an acrobatic, intellectually dazzling, and laugh-out-loud funny book that will be read and talked about for years to come.