| Big Man with a Shovel Contributor(s): Amato, Joe (Author) |
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ISBN: 098363260X ISBN-13: 9780983632603 Publisher: Steerage Press OUR PRICE: $9.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.59 lbs) 174 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "If there could ever be anything like The Great American Novel, it might look like Big Man with a Shovel, an achievement that shows just how flexible and surprising the novel can be, and how, in the hands of a poet, it may still be the most incisive means we have for examining who we are as individuals and collectively as a society."Steve Tomasula, author of VAS: An Opera in Flatland"The charm and power of Amato's book is in its mutability. Amato's text moves easily through working-class narration, American folklore, high academic palaver, war narrative, editorial splashback, history and ephemera, in an intelligent, erudite, and passionate novel." Steve Katz, author of Creamy & DeliciousA work of highly unconventional literary fiction, Big Man with a Shovel is a modern-day fable in which a powerful laborer befriends a young worker only to find himself pitted against a tyrannical foreman. Set in Upstate New York in 1965, this coming-of-age drama mixes folklore, myth, and metafiction in a story that is by turns playful, suspenseful, and mysterious. Available in paperback and Kindle editions. |
Contributor Bio(s): Amato, Joe: - Joe Amato was born in Syracuse, New York, and raised in the metro area. A licensed Professional Engineer in New York State, Amato spent seven years in industry working in various project engineering capacities before returning to graduate school to complete his doctorate in English. Amato is the author of nine books and numerous essays and reviews. With his spouse, the writer Kass Fleisher, Amato has authored a play and three award-winning screenplays. Since 2003, Amato has taught writing and literature at Illinois State University. |