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Norman Moonbloom is a loser, a drop-out who can't even make it as a deadbeat. His brother, a slumlord, hires him to collect rent in the buildings he owns in Manhattan. Making his rounds from apartment to apartment, Moonbloom confronts a wildly varied assortment of brilliantly described urban characters, among them a gay jazz musician with a sideline as a gigolo, a Holocaust survivor, and a brilliant young black writer modeled on James Baldwin. Moonbloom hears their cries of outrage and abuse; he learns about their secret sorrows and desires. And as he grows familiar with their stories, he finds that he is drawn, in spite of his best judgment, into a desperate attempt to improve their lives.Edward Lewis Wallant's astonishing comic tour de force is a neglected masterpiece of 1960s America.
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The Tenants of Moonbloom, Edward Lewis Wallant
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2003
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- (In brossura)
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- Titolo
- The Tenants of Moonbloom
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Edward Lewis Wallant
- Editore
- NYRB Classics
- Pubblicato
- 2003
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 264
- ISBN10
- 1590170709
- ISBN13
- 9781590170700
- Serie
- Tag
- Narrativa, Classici, USA, Letteratura Americana, New York, Povertà, Fratelli, Manhattan, NY, Alloggio
- Prima pubblicazione
- 1963
- Titolo originale
- The Tenants of Moonbloom
- Valutazione
- 3,95 su 5
- Descrizione
- Norman Moonbloom is a loser, a drop-out who can't even make it as a deadbeat. His brother, a slumlord, hires him to collect rent in the buildings he owns in Manhattan. Making his rounds from apartment to apartment, Moonbloom confronts a wildly varied assortment of brilliantly described urban characters, among them a gay jazz musician with a sideline as a gigolo, a Holocaust survivor, and a brilliant young black writer modeled on James Baldwin. Moonbloom hears their cries of outrage and abuse; he learns about their secret sorrows and desires. And as he grows familiar with their stories, he finds that he is drawn, in spite of his best judgment, into a desperate attempt to improve their lives.Edward Lewis Wallant's astonishing comic tour de force is a neglected masterpiece of 1960s America.