Ragtime [Signed]

Doctorow, E.L.

Verlag: Random House, New York, 1975

Beschreibung

Signed by the Author on the half title with inscription to Michael Preston with the date June 1987. No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal shelf handling; The dust jacket is fine but for a hint of age-related dulling. Ragtime is a sweeping work of historical fiction set in New York City between 1902 and 1912. Ranked 86th on Modern Library s 1998 list of 100 Best Novels and featured in Time magazine s 100 Best English-Language Novels from 1923 to 2005, Ragtime transformed the idea of what a novel could be. This extraordinary tapestry captures the spirit of America between the turn of the century and World War I. The story begins in 1906 in New Rochelle, NY, at the home of a wealthy family. One Sunday afternoon, famed escape artist Harry Houdini crashes his car into a telephone pole outside their house. From there, the boundary between history and imagination blurs as figures like Henry Ford, Emma Goldman, J.P. Morgan, Evelyn Nesbit, Sigmund Freud, and Emiliano Zapata weave in and out of the narrative, intersecting with Doctorow s fictional family. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 19276

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Ragtime [Signed]

Verlag: Random House, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1975

Einband: Hardcover with Dust Jacket

Zustand: Near Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+

Signiert: Signatur des Verfassers

Auflage: First Edition, First Printing.