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PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN-100061231509

ISBN-139780061231506

eBay Product ID (ePID)71136060

Product Key Features

Book TitleFour Freedoms

Number of Pages400 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2009

TopicWar & Military, Family Life, Literary, Historical

GenreFiction

AuthorJohn Crowley

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight19.6 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2008-046338

ReviewsFour Freedoms.perfectly captures an era-WWII America-when the chosen are overseas and the left-behind are granted a rare moment of possibility. Crowley's extraordinary characters and the poignant, funny, disturbing ways they find to connect with one another make you wish this war would never end., â€œUltimately, the significance of Four Freedoms lies in its thoroughness, the sheer specificity. . . . The result is an accessible, painstakingly crafted work that offers many pleasures and rewards. It could be the novel that finally brings Crowley the wide attention he has long deserved.â€�, In a tricky narrative that weaves in and out of the novel's present (19425) and lavishly detailed flashbacks to the characters' earlier lives, Crowley creates a fascinating microcosm....More rich, satisfying food for thought from one of America's most imaginative and accomplished novelists., John Crowley is a virtuoso of metaphor, a peerless recreator of living moments, of small daily sublimities. And his latest novel, Four Freedoms, is in many ways his most unguarded and imaginative work., â€œAlthough nominally about life at an American aircraft factory during World War II, Crowleyâ€™s complex and subtle novel is much grander. . . . Four Freedoms is also a triumph of both research and imagination. . . . A wonderful novel that readers wonâ€™t soon forget.â€�, Although nominally about life at an American aircraft factory during World War II, Crowley's complex and subtle novel is much grander. . . . Four Freedoms is also a triumph of both research and imagination. . . . A wonderful novel that readers won't soon forget., Four Freedoms...perfectly captures an era-WWII America-when the chosen are overseas and the left-behind are granted a rare moment of possibility. Crowley's extraordinary characters and the poignant, funny, disturbing ways they find to connect with one another make you wish this war would never end., â€œJohn Crowley is a virtuoso of metaphor, a peerless recreator of living moments, of small daily sublimities. And his latest novel, Four Freedoms , is in many ways his most unguarded and imaginative work.â€�, Ultimately, the significance of Four Freedoms lies in its thoroughness, the sheer specificity. . . . The result is an accessible, painstakingly crafted work that offers many pleasures and rewards. It could be the novel that finally brings Crowley the wide attention he has long deserved., Ultimately, the significance of FOUR FREEDOMS lies in its thoroughness, the sheer specificity....The result is an accessible, painstakingly crafted work that offers many pleasures and rewards. It could be the novel that finally brings Crowley the wide attention he has long deserved., Brilliantly realized .... More rich, satisfying food for thought from one of America's most imaginative and accomplished novelists., â€œ Four Freedoms .perfectly captures an eraâ€”WWII Americaâ€”when the chosen are overseas and the left-behind are granted a rare moment of possibility. Crowleyâ€™s extraordinary characters and the poignant, funny, disturbing ways they find to connect with one another make you wish this war would never end.â€�, In a tricky narrative that weaves in and out of the novel's present (1942-5) and lavishly detailed flashbacks to the characters' earlier lives, Crowley creates a fascinating microcosm....More rich, satisfying food for thought from one of America's most imaginative and accomplished novelists., Although nominally about life at an American aircraft factory during World War II, Crowley's complex and subtle novel is much grander....FOUR FREEDOMS is also a triumph of both research and imagination....A wonderful novel that readers won't soon forget., One gets the feeling that Crowley loves observing women because he captures them so precisely and so intimately....FOUR FREEDOMS goes back in time... bringing us stories filled with love, loss, integrity, and heart.

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal813/.54

Synopsis"So rich and so evocative and so authentic." --Tom Brokaw, author of The Greatest Generation "John Crowley is a virtuoso of metaphor, a peerless recreator of living moments, of small daily sublimities." -- New York Times Book Review From the critically acclaimed author of Lord Byron's Novel and The Translator comes a novel set in World War II America that follows the stories of a group of aircraft factory workers--in particular, the enigmatic figure of draftsman Prosper Olander. Named one of the Best Books of 2009 by the Washington Post, Four Freedoms is a beautifully crafted story of liberation and redemption from an author who has been compared to Robertson Davies, Thomas Mann, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez., "So rich and so evocative and so authentic." --Tom Brokaw, author of The Greatest Generation "John Crowley is a virtuoso of metaphor, a peerless recreator of living moments, of small daily sublimities." --New York Times Book Review From the critically acclaimed author of Lord Byron's Novel and The Translator comes a novel set in World War II America that follows the stories of a group of aircraft factory workers--in particular, the enigmatic figure of draftsman Prosper Olander. Named one of the Best Books of 2009 by the Washington Post, Four Freedoms is a beautifully crafted story of liberation and redemption from an author who has been compared to Robertson Davies, Thomas Mann, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

LC Classification NumberPS3553.R597F68 2009