| Winged Shoes and a Shield: Collected Stories Contributor(s): Bajema, Don (Author) |
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ISBN: 0872865886 ISBN-13: 9780872865884 Publisher: City Lights Books OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2012025574 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 7.9" (0.80 lbs) 292 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Hallucinating between childhood and manhood, Eddie Burnett is both hero and anti-hero in this hard-hitting collection of linked stories. Coming of age in California's post-war suburbs and freefalling through the turbulence of the sixties and early seventies, Eddie's transformation from a boy's innocence to a man's hardened wariness is captured in lyrical, emotionally raw episodes. He navigates the minefields of American masculinity in a series of disturbing, yet strangely uplifting odysseys, from hope to despair and back again. A walking badass of a book.--Rolling Stone Don is a great writer. His work is worth reading.--Henry Rollins Author, screenwriter, actor and performer, Don Bajema lives in New York City. |