Max Baer and the Star of David: A Novel
Autor Jay Neugeborenen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 ian 2016
In this bewitching tale, fictional characters,the African American couple Horace and Joleen Littlejohn, interact with a real historical character, boxing champion Max Baer. Presenting themselves as husband and wife, Horace and Joleen are, in fact, brother and sister. They become constant companions and sometime lovers to Max in this story about Max’s life in and out of the ring.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781942134176
ISBN-10: 1942134177
Pagini: 208
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Mandel Vilar Press
Colecția Mandel Vilar Press
ISBN-10: 1942134177
Pagini: 208
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Mandel Vilar Press
Colecția Mandel Vilar Press
Notă biografică
Jay Neugeboren, author of award-winning novels (The Stolen Jew, Before My Life Began, 1940, The American Sun & Wind Moving Picture Company, and Poli); nonfiction (Imagining Robert, Transforming Madness); and four collections of prize-winning stories.His essays and stories have appeared widely—in the New York Review of Books, the Atlantic Monthly, the American Scholar, Psychiatric Services, Black Clock, Ploughshares, Commonweal, Moment, Hadassah, and the New York Times—and have been reprinted in more than 50 anthologies, including Best American Stories and O. Henry Prize Stories. The recipient of numerous awards, including fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, he was a professor and writer-in-residence for many years at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and has also taught at Stanford, Columbia, and the State University of New York at Old Westbury. He now lives and writes in New York City.
Descriere
Mixing fictional and historical characters this haunting story is about Max Baer’s life in and out of the boxing ring.