The Fortress of Solitude is the story of Dylan Ebdus growing up
white and motherless in downtown Brooklyn in the 1970s. It's a
neighborhood where the entertainments include muggings along with
games of stoopball. In that world, Dylan has one friend, a black
teenager, also motherless, named Mingus Rude. As Lethem follows the
knitting and unraveling of their friendship, he creates an
overwhelmingly rich and emotionally gripping canvas of race and
class, superheros, gentrification, funk, hip-hop, graffiti tagging,
loyalty, and memory. The Fortress of Solitude" "is the first great
urban coming of age novel to appear in years.
General
| Imprint: |
Random House
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Vintage Contemporaries |
| Release date: |
August 2004 |
| First published: |
August 2004 |
| Authors: |
Jonathan Lethem
|
| Dimensions: |
204 x 132 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
509 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-375-72488-6 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
Promotions
|
| LSN: |
0-375-72488-5 |
| Barcode: |
9780375724886 |
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