The story opens in 1906 in New Rochelle, NY, at the home of an affluent American family. An extraordinary tapestry, Ragtime captures the spirit of America in the era between the turn of the century & the First World War. Urn:lcp:ragtime00doct_0:lcpdf:288e61d9-35c6-481b-a48b-00a41eaf854e Extramarc Columbia University Libraries Foldoutcount 0 Identifier ragtime00doct_0 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t28959b01 Invoice 1213 Isbn 9780679602972Ġ679602976 Lccn 97042251 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary OL694909M Openlibrary_edition Publisher: New York: Random House, 1975) These were just a couple examples of how I personally interpreted some of the ideas presented by the author, and it’s quite possible they’ll carry a different meaning for you based on your life experiences and observations. Doctorow 3.89 42,379 ratings2,916 reviews Published in 1975, Ragtime changed our very concept of what a novel could be. In 2009 he was short listed for the Man Booker International Prize honoring a writer’s lifetime achievement in fiction, and in 2012 he won the PEN Saul Bellow Award given to an author whose “scale of achievement over a sustained career places him in the highest rank of American Literature.” In 2013 the American Academy of Arts and Letters awarded him the Gold Medal for Fiction.Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 16:02:23.306117 Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA1147524 Boxid_2 CH129925 City New York Containerid_2 X0008 Donorīostonpubliclibrary Edition Modern Library ed. The author of Andrew’s Brain and Ragtime sometimes puts down a book because he can see where the story’s going. A late-summer night finds him alone and shivering beside a railroad track in the Adirondack mountains when a private railcar passes. Doctorow is Joe, a young man on the run in the depths of the Great Depression. Among his honors are the National Book Award, three National Book Critics Circle Awards, two PEN Faulkner Awards, The Edith Wharton Citation for Fiction, and the presidentially conferred National Humanities Medal. The hero of this dazzling novel by American master E. His works of fiction include Homer & Langley, The March, Billy Bathgate, Ragtime, The Book of Daniel, City of God, Welcome to Hard Times, Loon Lake, World’s Fair, The Waterworks, and All the Time in the World. Doctorows works of fiction include Welcome to Hard Times, The Book of Daniel, Ragtime, Loon Lake, Worlds Fair, Billy Bathgate, The Waterworks. In 2009 he was short listed for the Man Booker International Prize honoring a writer’s lifetime achievement in fiction, and in 2012 he won the PEN Saul Bellow Award given to an author whose “scale of achievement over a sustained career places him in the h History based known novels of American writer Edgar Laurence Doctorow. Among his honors are the National Book Award, three National Book Critics Circle Awards, two PEN Faulkner Awards, The Edith Wharton Citation for Fiction, and the presidentially conferred National Humanities Medal. His works of fiction include Homer & Langley, The March, Billy Bathgate, Ragtime, The Book of Daniel, City of God, Welcome to Hard Times, Loon Lake, World’s Fair, The Waterworks, and All the Time in the World. As an alternative, the Kindle eBook is available now and can be read on any device with the free Kindle app. History based known novels of American writer Edgar Laurence Doctorow. 17.00 Get Fast, Free Shipping with Amazon Prime FREE Returns FREE delivery Friday, January 6 if you spend 25 on items shipped by Amazon Select delivery location Only 3 left in stock (more on the way).
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