| Many Pretty Toys Contributor(s): Adams, Hazard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791440869 ISBN-13: 9780791440865 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $28.76 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2000 Annotation: When Nixon orders the bombing of Cambodia, the resulting protests push a West Coast university to the brink of anarchy, altering irrevocably the lives of students and faculty and disrupting the process of storytelling itself. Through the words of two professors and a communal voice known only as "We", Hazard Adams interweaves the political, literary, and philosophical developments of the time into a story in which generations and their histories meet, as well as literary styles and methods, showing how political and intellectual events play on the consciousness of a range of characters. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 98021577 |
| Series: Suny Postmodern Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.54" H x 5.87" W x 8.87" (0.70 lbs) 245 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1970's - Cultural Region - West Coast |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When Nixon orders the bombing of Cambodia, the resulting protests push a West Coast university to the brink of anarchy, altering irrevocably the lives of students and faculty and disrupting the process of storytelling itself. Through the words of two professors and a communal voice known only as We, Hazard Adams interweaves the political, literary, and philosophical developments of the time into a story in which generations and their histories meet, as well as literary styles and methods, showing how political and intellectual events play on the consciousness of a range of characters. The spirit here is serious and generous, but not without a satirical element as a communal group attempts to establish an elusive identity. With a remarkable breadth of method, Adams deliberately evades the usual literary classifications. |