| Corktown Contributor(s): Feied, Frederick (Author) |
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ISBN: 0595305628 ISBN-13: 9780595305629 Publisher: iUniverse OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2003 Annotation: "Corktown" is set in a predominantly Irish section of Detroit in the 1930s. It evokes a time and place while recounting the adventures and misadventures of Fara Belarde and his friends. Plunged by a family breakup into a new environment that he finds both threatening and exciting, Fara is bombarded with experiences and challenges as he becomes part of a group of boys that includes Irish, Mexican, Greek, and Maltese. Humor and imagination play a large part in the novel, as does nostalgia for a past that Fara remembers brilliantly, if not always perfectly. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 6" W x 9" (0.67 lbs) 204 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1930's - Ethnic Orientation - Irish - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural - Locality - Detroit, Michigan - Sex & Gender - Masculine - Geographic Orientation - Michigan - Cultural Region - Great Lakes - Cultural Region - Midwest |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Corktown is set in a predominantly Irish section of Detroit in the 1930s. It evokes a time and place while recounting the adventures and misadventures of Fara Belarde and his friends. Plunged by a family breakup into a new environment that he finds both threatening and exciting, Fara is bombarded with experiences and challenges as he becomes part of a group of boys that includes Irish, Mexican, Greek, and Maltese. Humor and imagination play a large part in the novel, as does nostalgia for a past that Fara remembers brilliantly, if not always perfectly. |