The Anarchist's Convention and Other Stories |
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Author:
| Sayles, John |
ISBN: | 978-1-56025-691-5 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2005 |
Publisher: | Basic Books
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $26.99 |
Book Description:
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Before John Sayles was an Oscar-nominated screenwriter, he was a National Book Award-nominated writer of fiction.
The Anarchists' Convention is his first short story collection, providing a prism of America through fifteen stories. These everyday people--a kid on the road heading west, aging political activists, a lonely woman in Boston--go about their business with humor and resilience, dealing more in possibility than fact. In the widely anthologized and O. Henry...
More DescriptionBefore John Sayles was an Oscar-nominated screenwriter, he was a National Book Award-nominated writer of fiction. The Anarchists' Convention is his first short story collection, providing a prism of America through fifteen stories. These everyday people--a kid on the road heading west, aging political activists, a lonely woman in Boston--go about their business with humor and resilience, dealing more in possibility than fact. In the widely anthologized and O. Henry Award-winning "I-80 Nebraska," Sayles perfectly renders the image of a pill-popping trucker who has become a legend of the road.