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Late city : a novel / Robert Olen Butler.

Summary:
"A visionary and deeply moving novel centered around former newspaperman Sam Cunningham as he prepares to die, Late City covers much of the early twentieth century, unfurling as a conversation between the dying man and a surprising God. As the two review Sam's life, from his childhood in the American South and his time in the French trenches during World War I to a newspaper career in Chicago in the Roaring Twenties and the decades that follow, moments of history are brought sharply into focus. Sam grows up in Louisiana with a harsh father and escapes by enlisting in the army as a sniper. The hardness his father instilled in him helps him make it out of World War I alive, but we come to realize that it also prevents him from contending with the emotional wounds of war. Back in the U.S., Sam moves to Chicago and begins a career as a newspaperman, meets his wife, and has a son, whose fate counters Sam's at almost every turn. As he contemplates his relationships-with his parents, his brothers in arms, his wife, his editor, and most importantly, his son-Sam is amazed at what he still has left to learn about himself after all these years in this heart-rending novel from the Pulitzer Prize winner"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780802158826
  • ISBN: 080215882X
  • Physical Description: 290 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: 4aFirst Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2021.
Subject: Older men > Fiction.
Older men > Family relationships > Fiction.
Reminiscing in old age > Fiction.
World War, 1914-1918 > Veterans > Fiction.
Veterans > Fiction.
Families > Fiction.
Fathers and sons > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Domestic fiction.

Available copies

  • 17 of 17 copies available at SPARK Libraries. (Show)

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  • 0 current holds with 17 total copies.
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Albright Memorial Library FICTION BUTLER (Text) 50686016091121 Adult Fiction Available -
Annie Halenbake Ross Library F But (Text) 00152780 ADULT Fiction Available -
Boone Area Library BUT (Text) 33249024502431 Fiction Available -
DuBois Public Library FIC BUTLER (Text) 61000100066063 Adult Fiction Available -
Guthrie Memorial Library: Hanover's Public Library Adults BUT Fiction (Text) 34007002443294 Adult Area Available -
Juniata County Library F BUT (Text) 39640100619566 JUNM Fiction Available -
Kutztown Community Library BUT (Text) 33249024640496 Fiction Available -
Martin Library Adults BUT Fiction (Text) 33454005839444 Reading Room Balcony Available -
Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity FIC BUT LAT 2021 (Text) 31001101832112 Adult Fiction Available -
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