Jim Lewis: Ghosts of New York | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9781949199963 | Ghosts of New York | Jim Lewis | Taschenbuch | Paperback | Englisch

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"A masterful tapestry."--Richard Price, author of Lush Life
"A marvelous novel." --Rabih Alameddine, author of The Angel of History and An Unnecessary Woman
"Jim Lewis sees like a photographer and writes like an avenging angel." --Sally Mann, author of Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs
"A beautifully vulnerable work of fiction." --Jardine Libaire, author of White Fur Ghosts of New York is a novel in which the laws of time and space have been subtly suspended. It interweaves four strands: a photographer newly returned to the neighborhood where she grew up, after years spent living overseas; a foundling raised on 14th Street; a graduate student, his romantic partner, and his best friend entangled in a set of relationships with far-reaching personal and political repercussions; and a shopkeeper suffering from first love late in life. Mixing prophecy, history, and a hint of speculative fiction, its stories are bound together even as they are propelled into stranger territory. And undergirding it all is a song, which appears, disappears, and then resurfaces. Ghosts of New York explores complex lives through indelible renderings of settings--a bar, a night market, a recording studio--that alternate between familiar and unsettling. The work of a celebrated novelist and veteran of the art, film, and music scenes in New York and Austin (described as "a rare talent" by the New York Times and "a powerful literary voice" by Jeffrey Eugenides), this novel will immediately absorb readers intrigued by creative people and the places that sustain and challenge them.

Über den Autor

Jim Lewis grew to adulthood in Cape Charles, spending his formative years on the second floor of an apartment house in the 200 block of Mason Avenue. From his second-story observation point, Jim watched the comings and goings of barges, ferries in the harbor and the arrivals and departures at the railroad station. Growing up in Cape Charles, Jim participated in all the activities that made Cape Charles the enchanting town that it was. He attended the local school for twelve years, played football for four years, was a member of the Boy Scout Troop, and did all the things that boys from Cape Charles did. He explored the Bloodfield Woods, sledded down the side of the hump, hunted ducks on Big Allegood Pond, and jumped off the white tower. To earn money during the summer, Jim worked at various jobs. He picked tomatoes on Tinkham's farm, cut grass for neighbors, stocked shelves at the local Colonial Store, and worked at Wendell's Bottling Plant. Jim drew mentors from the Cape Charles community. His school teachers: James May, the school custodian, Miss Gladys Nottingham, the local librarian, and Marshield Hunt, local scoutmaster, were people who provided life examples. Just as Mr. Lewis began the research for this Cape Charles book, he contracted Parkinson's Disease. The course of Jim's illness grew as the research for his book progressed. It took Jim 10 years to complete Cape Charles: A Railroad Town.

Erscheinungsjahr:	2021
Genre:	Importe , Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik:	Belletristik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9781949199963
ISBN-10:	1949199967
Sprache:	Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage:	Paperback
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Lewis, Jim
Hersteller:	West Virginia University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Books on Demand GmbH, In de Tarpen 42, D-22848 Norderstedt, info@bod.de
Maße:	210 x 140 x 19 mm
Von/Mit:	Jim Lewis
Erscheinungsdatum:	01.04.2021
Gewicht:	0,422 kg

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