With a new Foreword by Derek De Vries It is 1963 in an unnamed town
in North Dakota, and Anthony Thrasher is languishing for a second
year in eighth grade. Prematurely sophisticated, young Anthony
spends too much time reading Joyce, Eliot, and Dylan Thomas but not
enough time studying the War of 1812 or obtuse triangles. A tutor
is hired, and this "modern Hester Prynne" offers Anthony lessons
that ultimately free him from eighth grade and situate her on the
cusp of the American sexual revolution. Anthony's restless
adolescent voice is perfectly suited to De Vries's blend of erudite
wit and silliness - not to mention his fascination with both
language and female anatomy - and it propels Slouching Towards
Kalamazoo through theological debates and quandaries both
dermatological and ethical to soar on the De Vriesian hallmark of
scrambling conventional wisdom for comic effect.
General
Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
June 2005 |
First published: |
June 2005 |
Authors: |
Peter De Vries
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Dimensions: |
202 x 134 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
246 |
Edition: |
New edition |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-226-14389-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
0-226-14389-9 |
Barcode: |
9780226143897 |
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