Genoa 50 ANV Binding: Paperback Publisher: Consortium Book Sales & Dist Publish Date: 2015/07/14 Synopsis: First published in 1965, Genoa is Paul Metcalf's purging of the burden of his relationship to his great-grandfather Herman Melville. In his signature polyphonic style, a storm-tossed Indiana attic becomes the site of a reckoning with the life of Melville; with Columbus, and his myth; and between two brothers--one, an MD who refuses to practice; the other, an executed murderer. Genoa is a triumph, a novel without peer, that vibrates and sings a quintessentially American song. Paul Metcalf (1917-99) was an American writer and the great-grandson of Herman Melville. His three volume Collected Works were published by Coffee House Press in 1996-- Language: ENGLISH Pages: 217 Dimensions: 8.00 x 5.50 x 1.00 Wei... |