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Uncommon Type: Some Stories

Uncommon Type: Some Stories

Hanks, Tom

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Fiction AnthologiesGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction

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ISBN10: 1101946156
ISBN13: 9781101946152
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Published: Oct 17 2017
Pages: 416
Weight: 1.15
Height: 1.20 Width: 5.50 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, USA Today - A collection of first-rate short stories (The New York Times) that explore--with great affection, humor, and insight--the human condition in all its foibles.

A small-town newspaper columnist with old-fashioned views of the modern world. A World War II veteran grappling with his emotional and physical scars. A second-rate actor plunged into sudden stardom and a whirlwind press junket. Four friends traveling to the moon in a rocketship built in the backyard. These are just some of the stories that Tom Hanks captures in his first work of fiction.

The stories are linked by one thing: in each of them, a typewriter plays a part, sometimes minor, sometimes central.

To many, typewriters represent a level of craftsmanship, beauty, and individuality that is harder and harder to find in the modern world. In these stories, Hanks gracefully reaches that typewriter-worthy level. By turns whimsical, witty, and moving, Uncommon Type establishes him as a welcome and wonderful new voice in contemporary fiction.

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