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Twelve Years
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Joel Agee, the son of James Agee, was raised for twelve years in East Germany, where his stepfather, the novelist Bodo Uhse, was a member of the privileged communist intelligentsia. This is the story of how young Joel failed to become a good communist, becoming instead a fine writer. A wonderfully evocative memoir. . . . Agee evoked for me the atmosphere of postwar Berlin more vividly than the actual experience of it--and I was there. --Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, New York Times One of those rar…
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- Author: Joel Agee
- Publisher: University of Chicago Press
- ISBN-10: 0226010503
- ISBN-13: 9780226010502
- Format: 14.5 x 21.7 x 2.1 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English
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Joel Agee, the son of James Agee, was raised for twelve years in East Germany, where his stepfather, the novelist Bodo Uhse, was a member of the privileged communist intelligentsia. This is the story of how young Joel failed to become a good communist, becoming instead a fine writer.
A wonderfully evocative memoir. . . . Agee evoked for me the atmosphere of postwar Berlin more vividly than the actual experience of it--and I was there. --Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, New York Times One of those rare personal memoirs that brings to life a whole country and an epoch. --Christopher Isherwood Twelve Years consists of a series of finely honed anecdotes written in a precise, supple prose rich with sensual detail. --David Ghitelman, Newsday By turns poetic and picturesque, Agee energetically catalogues his expatriate passage to manhood with a pinpoint eye and a healthy American distaste for pretension. . . . Huckleberry Finn would have . . . welcomed [him] as a soulmate on the raft. --J. D. Reed, Time A triumph. . . . Unfettered by petty analysis or quick explanations, a story that is timeless and ageless and vital. --Robert Michael Green, Baltimore SunEXTRA 10 % discount with code: EXTRA
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- Author: Joel Agee
- Publisher: University of Chicago Press
- ISBN-10: 0226010503
- ISBN-13: 9780226010502
- Format: 14.5 x 21.7 x 2.1 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English English
Joel Agee, the son of James Agee, was raised for twelve years in East Germany, where his stepfather, the novelist Bodo Uhse, was a member of the privileged communist intelligentsia. This is the story of how young Joel failed to become a good communist, becoming instead a fine writer.
A wonderfully evocative memoir. . . . Agee evoked for me the atmosphere of postwar Berlin more vividly than the actual experience of it--and I was there. --Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, New York Times One of those rare personal memoirs that brings to life a whole country and an epoch. --Christopher Isherwood Twelve Years consists of a series of finely honed anecdotes written in a precise, supple prose rich with sensual detail. --David Ghitelman, Newsday By turns poetic and picturesque, Agee energetically catalogues his expatriate passage to manhood with a pinpoint eye and a healthy American distaste for pretension. . . . Huckleberry Finn would have . . . welcomed [him] as a soulmate on the raft. --J. D. Reed, Time A triumph. . . . Unfettered by petty analysis or quick explanations, a story that is timeless and ageless and vital. --Robert Michael Green, Baltimore Sun
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