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Loading... The Music of the Inferno: A Novel (Suny Series in Italian/American Culture)by Frank Lentricchia
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. The story of Robert, a sixty-year old man who spent his entire adult life working and living in the basement of a Manhattan bookstore, who returns to his home town of Utica, NY, to tell the untold secrets of the founding families of the city. The jacket blurb compares the author to Joyce and Faulkner, and describes it as “rich in literary heritage and allusion.” I don’t think I got it. ( ) no reviews | add a review
An unusual, deft, often piercing meditation on storytelling, ethnicity, and the Italian/American experience. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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