The Wright Brothers - Passfield, John
24,99 €
inkl. MwSt.

Versandfertig in 1-2 Wochen
  • Broschiertes Buch

What is the myth of the Wright brothers? Is it the fairy tale of 1903, when two human beings ignored their differences and created an invention that split human history into two eras: before and after the possibility of flight? Or is it the grim post-1903 reality, when each brother struggled alone, an ocean between them, to promote their new invention in the face of hostility, indifference, ridicule and disbelief? Or - are both harmony and disharmony - chaos and control - the dark and light threads in the fabric of every human dream? The Wright Brothers: Flight is Possible together with the…mehr

Andere Kunden interessierten sich auch für
Produktbeschreibung
What is the myth of the Wright brothers? Is it the fairy tale of 1903, when two human beings ignored their differences and created an invention that split human history into two eras: before and after the possibility of flight? Or is it the grim post-1903 reality, when each brother struggled alone, an ocean between them, to promote their new invention in the face of hostility, indifference, ridicule and disbelief? Or - are both harmony and disharmony - chaos and control - the dark and light threads in the fabric of every human dream? The Wright Brothers: Flight is Possible together with the accompanying journal and notebook represent the twenty-first installment in author John Passfield's project of exploring the concept of form and meaning in the contemporary novel. More information can be found at www.johnpassfield.ca.
Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Autorenporträt
John Passfield was born in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, and continues to reside in Southern Ontario, near Cayuga, with his family. He is interested in exploring the development of the novel as an art-form in a search for a form for the poetic novel of our time. He has published almost thirty novels, and his planning notebooks and journals are available for free access on his website, johnpassfield.ca. His novel John Passfield: Saturday Morning was shortlisted for the ReLit award in 2022. He has posted more than one hundred readings on YouTube, each of which presents a passage from one of his novels and a comment on an aspect of the craft of novel-writing.