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Ride : a novel / David Walton.
LIBRA - Special PS3573.A4727 R53 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Walton, David (David Albert)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Group homes for people with mental disabilities--Fiction.
- Group homes for people with mental disabilities.
- People with mental disabilities--Fiction.
- People with mental disabilities.
- Bus travel.
- City and town life--Fiction.
- City and town life.
- Loss (Psychology)--Fiction.
- Loss (Psychology).
- Middle-aged men--Fiction.
- Middle-aged men.
- Social workers--Fiction.
- Social workers.
- Bus travel--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Psychological fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 183 pages ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Penguin Books, 2004.
- Summary:
- "A visionary novelist with a voice entirely his own" (E. L. Doctorow) turns a bus ride into a metaphysical journey. David Walton's critically acclaimed debut novel follows a week in the life of Ray Maddas, a man seeking to live a minimalist life by spending his days teaching the mentally handicapped how to ride the bus. With wit, humor, and compassion, Ride paints an extraordinary and compelling portrait of the madness of routine and the intricate complexities involved in life's most rudimentary tasks.
- ISBN:
- 0142004073
- 9780142004074
- OCLC:
- 52757368
- Online:
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- Publisher description
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