James Baker Hall

Broschiertes Buch

Yates Paul, His Grand Flights, His Tootings

Beschreibung

James Baker Hall's blackly comic coming-of-age novel has been denied, by unfortunate circumstances surrounding its original 1964 publication, its rightful place alongside classics such as Catcher in the Rye and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in the canon of essential late-twentieth-century American fiction. Set in Lexington, Kentucky, the story unfolds through the eyes of thirteen-year-old Yates Paul. He becomes consumed with revelations about his inattentive father's loneliness, his grandmot

Autor

James Baker Hall, the former Kentucky Poet Laureate and a native of Kentucky, has taught creative writing at the University of Kentucky since 1973. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in poetry and a Wallace Stegner Fellowship in creative writing at Stanford. Hall is the author of five volumes of poetry, two novels, and four collections of photography. His works include Praeder's Letters; Yates Paul, His Grand Flights, His Tootings; and Tobacco Harvest.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of Kentucky
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. September 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 380g
• ISBN-13: 9780813190358
• ISBN-10: 0813190355
• Artikelnr.: 22148271