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Norman Moonbloom is a loser, a drop-out who can't even make it as a deadbeat. His brother, a slumlord, hires him to collect rent in the buildings he owns in Manhattan. Making his rounds from apartment to apartment, Moonbloom confronts a wildly varied assortment of brilliantly described urban characters, among them a gay jazz musician with a sideline as a gigolo, a Holocaust survivor, and a brilliant young black writer modeled on James Baldwin. Moonbloom hears their cries of outrage and abuse; he learns about their secret sorrows and desires. And as he grows familiar with their stories, he finds that he is drawn, in spite of his best judgment, into a desperate attempt to improve their lives.Edward Lewis Wallant's astonishing comic tour de force is a neglected masterpiece of 1960s America.
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The Tenants of Moonbloom, Edward Lewis Wallant
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- Jaar van publicatie
- 2003
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- Titel
- The Tenants of Moonbloom
- Taal
- Engels
- Auteurs
- Edward Lewis Wallant
- Uitgever
- NYRB Classics
- Jaar van publicatie
- 2003
- Formaat
- Paperback
- Aantal pagina's
- 264
- ISBN10
- 1590170709
- ISBN13
- 9781590170700
- Reeks
- Tags
- Fictie, Klassiekers, Verenigde Staten, Amerikaanse Literatuur, New York, Armoede, Broers, Manhattan, NY, Accommodatie
- Eerste editie
- 1963
- Oorspronkelijke titel
- The Tenants of Moonbloom
- Beoordeling
- 3,95 van 5
- Aantekening
- Norman Moonbloom is a loser, a drop-out who can't even make it as a deadbeat. His brother, a slumlord, hires him to collect rent in the buildings he owns in Manhattan. Making his rounds from apartment to apartment, Moonbloom confronts a wildly varied assortment of brilliantly described urban characters, among them a gay jazz musician with a sideline as a gigolo, a Holocaust survivor, and a brilliant young black writer modeled on James Baldwin. Moonbloom hears their cries of outrage and abuse; he learns about their secret sorrows and desires. And as he grows familiar with their stories, he finds that he is drawn, in spite of his best judgment, into a desperate attempt to improve their lives.Edward Lewis Wallant's astonishing comic tour de force is a neglected masterpiece of 1960s America.