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Riddley Walker / afterword, notes, and glossary by Russell Hoban.

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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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