Adventures of John Carson in Several Quarters of the World Contributor(s): Doyle, Brian (Author) |
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ISBN: 1250100526 ISBN-13: 9781250100528 Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL OUR PRICE: $31.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Biographical |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2016043274 |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 8.3" (0.75 lbs) 240 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: "An affectionate homage...a loving reconstruction of an era of storytelling now lost." --The New York Times " A] triumph...If a writer is going to put on Stevenson's voice, he'd better, as the poets say, 'bring it.' Reader, Doyle has brought it...Adventures is a tonic for our bitter times." --Washington Post But now Brian Doyle brings Stevenson's untold tale to life, braiding the adventures of seaman John Carson with those of a young Stevenson, wandering the streets of San Francisco, gathering material for his fiction, and yearning for his beloved across the bay. An adventure tale, an elegy to one of the greatest writers of our language, a time-traveling plunge into The City by the Bay during its own energetic youth, The Adventures of John Carson in Several Quarters of the World is entertaining, poignant, and sensual. |
Contributor Bio(s): Doyle, Brian: - BRIAN DOYLE (1956-2017) was the longtime editor of Portland Magazine at the University of Portland, in Oregon. He was the author of six collections of essays, two nonfiction books, two collections of "proems," the short story collection Bin Laden's Bald Spot, the novella Cat's Foot, and the novels Mink River, The Plover, and Martin Marten. He is also the editor of several anthologies, including Ho`olaule`a, a collection of writing about the Pacific islands. Doyle's books have seven times been finalists for the Oregon Book Award, and his essays have appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, Harper's, Orion, The American Scholar, The Sun, The Georgia Review, and in newspapers and magazines around the world, including The New York Times, The Times of London, and The Age (in Australia). His essays have also been reprinted in the annual Best American Essays, Best American Science & Nature Writing, and Best American Spiritual Writing anthologies. Among various honors for his work is a Catholic Book Award, three Pushcart Prizes, the John Burroughs Award for Nature Essays, Foreword Reviews' Novel of the Year award in 2011, and the Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2008 (previous recipients include Saul Bellow, Kurt Vonnegut, Flannery O'Connor, and Mary Oliver). |