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Machine Dreams
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Series: Vintage Contemporaries
General FictionHistorical Fiction
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ISBN10: 0375705252
ISBN13: 9780375705250
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: Nov 9 1999
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.58
Height: 0.74 Width: 5.08 Depth: 8.17
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780375705250
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: Nov 9 1999
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.58
Height: 0.74 Width: 5.08 Depth: 8.17
Language: English
Called an enduring literary achievement . . . astonishing by The New York Times, this highly acclaimed debut novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Night Watch introduces the Hampsons, an ordinary, small-town American family profoundly affected by the extraordinary events of history--from the Depression to the Vietnam War.
One of The Atlantic's Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years Here is a stunning chronicle that is revealed in the thoughts, dreams, and memories of each member of the Hampson family. Mitch struggles to earn a living as Jeans becomes the main breadwinner, working to complete college and raise the family. While the couple fight to keep their marriage intact, their daughter Danner and son Billy forge a sibling bond of uncommon strength. When Billy goes off to Vietnam, Danner becomes the sole bond linking her family, whose dissolution mirrors the fractured state of America in the 1960s. Deeply felt and vividly imagined, this lyrical novel is among the wisest of a generation to grapple with a war that maimed us all (The Village Voice), by a master of contemporary fiction.
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