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The astonishing novel of a young boy's life in the New York City of the 1930s, a stunning recreation of the sights, sounds, aromas and emotions of a time when the streets were safe, families stuck together through thick and thin, and all the promises of a generation culminate in a single great World's Fair . . .
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Winner of the National Book Award Marvelous . . . You get lost in Worlds Fair as if it were an exotic adventure. You devour it with the avidity usually provoked by a suspense thriller.The New York TimesHailed by critics from coast to coast and by readers of all ages, this resonant novel is one of E.L. Doctorows greatest works of fiction. It is 1939, and even as the rumbles of progress are being felt worldwide, New York City clings to remnants of the past, with horse-drawn wagons, street peddlers, and hurdy-gurdy men still toiling in its streets. For nine-year-old Edgar Altschuler, life is stoopball and radio serials, idolizing Joe DiMaggio, and enduring the conflicts between his realist mother and his dreamer of a father. The forthcoming Words Fair beckons, an amazing vision of American automation, inventiveness, and prosperityand Edgar Altschuler responds.A marvelous work from a master storyteller, Worlds Fair is a book about a boy who must surrender his innocence to come of age, and a generation that must survive great hardship to reach its future.Praise for Worlds FairSomething close to magic.Los Angeles TimesWorlds Fair is better than a time capsule; its an actual slice of a long-ago world, and we emerge from it as dazed as those visitors standing on the corner of the future.Anne TylerDoctorow has managed to regain the awed perspective of a child in this novel of rare warmth and intimacy. . . . Stony indeed in the heart that cannot be moved by this book.PeopleFascinating . . . exquisitely rendered details of a lost way of life.NewsweekWonderful reading.USA Today " Something close to magic." The Los Angeles Times The astonishing novel of a young boy's life in the New York City of the 1930s, a stunning recreation of the sights, sounds, aromas and emotions of a time when the streets were safe, families stuck together through thick and thin, and all the promises of a generation culminate in a single great World's Fair . . . "From the Paperback edition." Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780812978209
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