Tom Hanks: Uncommon Type
Uncommon Type
Buch
- Some Stories
- Random House LCC US
- Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9781101911945
- Bestellnummer: 8696643
- Gewicht: 381 g
- Stärke: 21 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 4.9.2018
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
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Klappentext
One of the Best Books of the Year: NPR, USA TodayNational Bestseller
A small-town newspaper columnist with old-fashioned views of the modern world. A World War II veteran grappling with his emotional and physical scars. A second-rate actor plunged into sudden stardom and a whirlwind press junket. Four friends traveling to the moon in a rocketship built in the backyard. These are just some of the stories that Tom Hanks captures in his first work of fiction: a collection of shorts that explore-with great affection, humor, and insight-the human condition in all its foibles. The stories are linked by one thing: in each of them, a typewriter plays a part, sometimes minor, sometimes central.
To many, typewriters represent a level of craftsmanship, beauty, and individuality that is harder and harder to find in the modern world. In these stories, Hanks gracefully reaches that typewriter-worthy level. By turns whimsical, witty, and moving, Uncommon Type establishes him as a welcome and wonderful new voice in contemporary fiction.
