White People - Hardcover
This is a collection of two novellas and ten stories written over the last 20 years. The characters featured include the voice of Walt Whitman as he resurrects a dead yankee soldier for the sake of the boy's mother and a retired saleslady who finds an injured male angel under her picnic table.
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"Gurganus, a storyteller in the grand tradition...can tell his stories as well as anyone alive in our time." --"The New York Times Book Review"
"Ranging from family memoirs to historical pieces, from satire to surrealism, White People celebrates American culture in all its humanistic vibrancy and grotesque contradictions.Blending trenchant satire with outrageous humor, Gurganus's stories recall both Mark Twain and Flannery O'Connor."--"Chicago Tribune"
"Each story is a gem."--"San Francisco Chronicle""
-Elegant, mysterious and satisfying.- -- Los Angeles Times Book Review
-Gurganus, a storyteller in the grand tradition...can tell his stories as well as anyone alive in our time.- --The New York Times Book Review
-Ranging from family memoirs to historical pieces, from satire to surrealism, White People celebrates American culture in all its humanistic vibrancy and grotesque contradictions. Blending trenchant satire with outrageous humor, Gurganus's stories recall both Mark Twain and Flannery O'Connor.---Chicago Tribune
-Each story is a gem.---San Francisco Chronicle
"Elegant, mysterious and satisfying." -- Los Angeles Times Book Review "Gurganus, a storyteller in the grand tradition...can tell his stories as well as anyone alive in our time." --The New York Times Book Review "Ranging from family memoirs to historical pieces, from satire to surrealism, White People celebrates American culture in all its humanistic vibrancy and grotesque contradictions. Blending trenchant satire with outrageous humor, Gurganus's stories recall both Mark Twain and Flannery O'Connor."--Chicago Tribune "Each story is a gem."--San Francisco Chronicle
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"Ranging from family memoirs to historical pieces, from satire to surrealism, White People celebrates American culture in all its humanistic vibrancy and grotesque contradictions.Blending trenchant satire with outrageous humor, Gurganus's stories recall both Mark Twain and Flannery O'Connor."--"Chicago Tribune"
"Each story is a gem."--"San Francisco Chronicle""
-Elegant, mysterious and satisfying.- -- Los Angeles Times Book Review
-Gurganus, a storyteller in the grand tradition...can tell his stories as well as anyone alive in our time.- --The New York Times Book Review
-Ranging from family memoirs to historical pieces, from satire to surrealism, White People celebrates American culture in all its humanistic vibrancy and grotesque contradictions. Blending trenchant satire with outrageous humor, Gurganus's stories recall both Mark Twain and Flannery O'Connor.---Chicago Tribune
-Each story is a gem.---San Francisco Chronicle
"Elegant, mysterious and satisfying." -- Los Angeles Times Book Review "Gurganus, a storyteller in the grand tradition...can tell his stories as well as anyone alive in our time." --The New York Times Book Review "Ranging from family memoirs to historical pieces, from satire to surrealism, White People celebrates American culture in all its humanistic vibrancy and grotesque contradictions. Blending trenchant satire with outrageous humor, Gurganus's stories recall both Mark Twain and Flannery O'Connor."--Chicago Tribune "Each story is a gem."--San Francisco Chronicle
In eleven glorious stories, Allan Gurganus, author of the highly acclaimed Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All, gives heartbreaking and hilarious voice to the fears, desires, and triumphs of Americans -- black and white, gay and straight, old and young, Northern and especially Southern.
Here are war heroes bewildered by the complex negotiations of family life, former debutantes called upon to muster resources they never knew they had, senior citizens startled by their own bravery, and married men perplexed by the marvelous possibilities of entirely different lives. Written with lyricism, wit, and deep humanity, this award-winning volume confirms Allan Gurganus as one of the finest writers of our time.
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- PublisherFaber & Faber
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0571161545
- ISBN 13 9780571161546
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages272
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First U.K. Edition/First Printing. This copy has been SIGNED by Allan Gurganus on the title page! This copy of the UK edition of "White People" - brilliantly executed, pointedly and perfectly titled - is a major collection of two novellas and ten stories written over the last twenty years, and follows Allan Gurganus's spectacular debut as a novelist with "Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All.". Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 7670
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