Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance - Hardcover

Powers, Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0688042015 ISBN 13: 9780688042011

Publisher: William Morrow & Co, 1985

Synopsis

A photograph of three young men walking along a road in Germany just before World War I imspires one man to attempt to penetrate the photograph's mystery through research and prompts another man to a personal quest

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Review:

Praise for Richard Powers: 'If Powers were an American writer of the nineteenth century... he'd probably be the Herman Melville of Moby-Dick. His picture is that big.' Margaret Atwood, New York Review of Books 'Nothing less than brilliant' John Updike 'A writer of blistering intellect... [Powers is] a novelist of ideas and a novelist of witness, and in both respects, he has few American peers.' Los Angeles Times 'There is no contemporary American writer quite like Richard Powers...It is rare to find a novel as intellectually and emotionally engaging as this.' Guardian 'A wonderful song of triumph...In the American literary world, Richard Powers' name is spoken of in the same breath as Don Delillo and Jonathan Franzen...The Time of Our Singing is a resounding affirmation of how much the modern novel can contain.' Glasgow Herald 'One of the few younger American writers who can stake a claim to the legacy of Pynchon, Gaddis, and DeLillo.' * The Nation *

Book Description:

The backlist of Richard Powers, one of America's most important novelists, moves to Atlantic Books.

On the eve of World War One, three young men are captured by photographer August Sander. Looking at the camera, dressed in suits against a background of an empty field, they become an iconic image. But what happens to these men after the shutter falls and how is the story of an enduring image influenced by forgotten histories? A novel of obsession in the age of technology.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Co
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0688042015
• ISBN 13: 9780688042011
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1