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Riddley Walker / afterword, notes, and glossary by Russell Hoban.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hoban, Russell.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Regression (Civilization)--Fiction.
- Regression (Civilization).
- Nuclear warfare--Fiction.
- Nuclear warfare.
- Enslaved persons--Fiction.
- Enslaved persons.
- Canterbury (England)--Fiction.
- Canterbury (England).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (254 p.)
- Edition:
- Expanded ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- ""A hero with Huck Finn's heart and charm, lighting by El Greco and jokes by Punch and Judy.... Riddley Walker is haunting and fiercely imagined and-this matters most-intensely ponderable."" -Benjamin DeMott, The New York Times Book Review""This is what literature is meant to be."" -Anthony Burgess""Russell Hoban has brought off an extraordinary feat of imagination and style.... The conviction and consistency are total. Funny, terrible, haunting and unsettling, this book is a masterpiece."" -Anthony Thwaite, Observer""Extraordinary... Suffused with melancholy and wonder
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Riddley Walker; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Chapter 14; Chapter 15; Chapter 16; Chapter 17; Chapter 18; Afterword; Notes; Glossary
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786613770035
- 9781280998423
- 1280998423
- 9780253008510
- 0253008514
- OCLC:
- 606318662
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