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John Jeremiah Sullivan è uno scrittore americano celebrato per i suoi saggi incisivi e il suo giornalismo investigativo. Il suo lavoro si addentra frequentemente nella storia, nella cultura e nei profondi temi umani, fondendo la riflessione personale con un'indagine meticolosa. Lo stile distintivo di Sullivan risiede nella sua capacità di intrecciare elementi disparati in una narrazione avvincente che lascia il lettore a riflettere.
One evening late in his life, veteran sportswriter Mike Sullivan was asked by his son what he remembered best from his three decades in the press box. The answer came as a surprise. 'I was at Secretariat's Derby, in '73. That was ... just beauty, you know?' John Jeremiah Sullivan didn't know, not really, but he spent two years finding out, journeying from prehistoric caves to the Kentucky Derby. The result is Blood Horses, a wise, humorous and often beautiful memoir exploring the relationship between man and horse and the relationship between a sportswriterâe(tm)s son and his late father.
Exploring a colonial-era Utopia, this narrative nonfiction weaves together forgotten history and its relevance today. The book captures the spirit of adventure and discovery reminiscent of David Grann’s and Rinker Buck’s works, delving into the lives and experiences of those who sought a better existence. Through vivid storytelling, it illuminates the complexities of this ambitious endeavor and its lasting impact on contemporary society.
"A sharp-eyed, uniquely humane tour of America's cultural landscape--from high to low to lower than low--by the award-winning young star of the literary nonfiction world In Pulphead, John Jeremiah Sullivan takes us on an exhilarating tour of our popular, unpopular, and at times completely forgotten culture. Simultaneously channeling the gonzo energy of Hunter S. Thompson and the wit and insight of Joan Didion, Sullivan shows us--with a laidback, erudite Southern charm that's all his own--how we really (no, really) live now. In his native Kentucky, Sullivan introduces us to Constantine Rafinesque, a nineteenth-century polymath genius who concocted a dense, fantastical prehistory of the New World. Back in modern times, Sullivan takes us to the Ozarks for a Christian rock festival; to Florida to meet the alumni and straggling refugees of MTV's Real World, who've generated their own self-perpetuating economy of minor celebrity; and all across the South on the trail of the blues. He takes us to Indiana to investigate the formative years of Michael Jackson and Axl Rose and then to the Gulf Coast in the wake of Katrina--and back again as its residents confront the BP oil spill. Gradually, a unifying narrative emerges, a story about this country that we've never heard told this way. It's like a fun-house hall-of-mirrors tour: Sullivan shows us who we are in ways we've never imagined to be true. Of course we don't know whether to laugh or cry when faced with this reflection--it's our inevitable sob-guffaws that attest to the power of Sullivan's work"--Provided by publisher
Die Geschichte entfaltet sich um zwei amerikanische Ureinwohner, die vor fast 300 Jahren als adlige Prinzen aus der alten Welt in Erscheinung treten. Ihre Reise und die damit verbundenen Herausforderungen bieten einen faszinierenden Einblick in die kulturellen Begegnungen zwischen den Ureinwohnern und den europäischen Kolonialisten. Die Erzählung beleuchtet Themen wie Identität, Macht und das Streben nach Freiheit, während sie die komplexen Beziehungen zwischen verschiedenen Kulturen und deren Einfluss auf die Geschichte thematisiert.
