|
|
Millhauser, Steven ListingsIf you cannot find what you want on this page, then please use our search feature to search all our listings. Click on Title to view full description
|
|
|
|
1 |
Millhauser, Steven Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer
New York, New York, U.S.A. Vintage Books 1997 0679781277 / 9780679781271 Trade Paperback Near-Fine
Near-fine condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine, clean pages. Pages show slight tanning. Covers are clean, show light wear (NO tears). NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 293 pages. From Publishers Weekly Literature's romance with the building-as-metaphor earns new energy through Millhauser's latest novel (after Little Kingdoms, 1993), which quietly chronicles the life of an entrepreneur whose career peaks when he builds a fabulous hotel in turn-of-the-century Manhattan. Beginning with his first jobs-in his father's cigar shop and as a bellhop-young Martin's rise is fueled by a happy blend of pragmatism and imagination. Both inform the design of the cafes and hotels he builds as an adult, though the latter seems to gain sway in the construction of his magnum opus, the Grand Cosmo. Within the rusticated walls of that grand hotel, one floor's elevators open onto "a densely wooded countryside" dotted with cottages; another floor simulates a rugged mountainside, featuring "caves" furnished with beds, plumbing and "refrigerated air." For recreation, guests can wander in the artificial moonlight of the Pleasure Park or visit the Temple of Poesy, where young women in Green tunics will recite poetry, 24 hours a day. Such amenities speak of Dressler's view of the hotel as "a world within the world, rivaling the world." In deliberate contrast stands Millhauser's cooler evocation of his protagonist's private life. The magnate's genial sister-in-law works for him, while the troubles of his neurasthenic wife-"his sister's sister, his tense, languous, floating, ungraspable bride"-reflect his increasingly manic, untethered imaginings. Millhauser's characteristic fascination with the material artifacts of the vanished past-and the startling deftness with which he can describe the street, the carnival, the hotel that never existed-marks him as a cultural historian as well as an idiosyncratic fabulist. Taking its place alongside other fine tales of architectural symbology, from Poe to Borges to Ayn Rand, this enticing novel becomes at once the tale of a life, a marriage and a creative imagination in crisis.
Price:
3.50 USD
|
|
Add to Shopping Cart |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Millhauser, Steven on 77sunsetbooks.com
Millhauser, Steven on Aaronjamesbooksellers.com
Millhauser, Steven on Agorabooks.net
Millhauser, Steven on Alongthewaybooks.com
Millhauser, Steven on Argyleemporium.com.au
Millhauser, Steven on Avenuebookandco.com
Millhauser, Steven on Batteredbook.com
Millhauser, Steven on Bellalunabooks.com
Millhauser, Steven on Boardsandwraps.com
Millhauser, Steven on Bookcastleonline.com
Millhauser, Steven on Bookhousestl.com
Millhauser, Steven on Booksagain.net
Millhauser, Steven on Bookyahoo.net
Millhauser, Steven on Bratsbargainbookstore.com
Millhauser, Steven on Brownsbooks.ca
Millhauser, Steven on Browseawhilecowra.com
| Millhauser, Steven on Cabinfeverbooks.ca
Millhauser, Steven on Central-bookexchange.com
Millhauser, Steven on Claytonbooks.com
Millhauser, Steven on Cmereadbooks.com
Millhauser, Steven on Coloradosusedbookstore.com
Millhauser, Steven on Dawnturnerbooks.com
Millhauser, Steven on Deansbookstore.com
Millhauser, Steven on Dejalubookstore.com
Millhauser, Steven on Goddingsltd.co.uk
Millhauser, Steven on Havercroftbooks.com
Millhauser, Steven on Joslu.com
Millhauser, Steven on Juniperseedbooks.com
Millhauser, Steven on Khbooks.com
Millhauser, Steven on Marvinminkler.com
Millhauser, Steven on Opcit.com
Millhauser, Steven on Peerlessbookstore.com
| Millhauser, Steven on Pribooks.com
Millhauser, Steven on Rareandrecent.com
Millhauser, Steven on Readitagain1.com
Millhauser, Steven on Rememberbooksonline.com
Millhauser, Steven on Remembrancebooks.com.au
Millhauser, Steven on Russellbooks.com
Millhauser, Steven on Sauconybookshop.com
Millhauser, Steven on Springstreetbooksri.com
Millhauser, Steven on Trillionbooks.com
Millhauser, Steven on Used.orcabooks.com
Millhauser, Steven on Villageidiotsbooks.com
Millhauser, Steven on Wildsageemporium.com
Millhauser, Steven on Youronlinebookstore.com
|
|
|
