The Long Take, Or, A Way to Lose More Slowly
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.
Format: Book
Edition: First United States edition.
Description: 237 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
A Canadian veteran of D-Day travels through New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, struggling with his memories of the war and experiencing firsthand America's postwar social and racial divisions. The story is told in verse and illustrations -- adapted from cover description.
Contents:
1946 -- 1948 -- 1951 -- 1953 -- Credits.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Poetry.
Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Poetry.
Film noir -- Poetry.
Journalists -- Poetry.
City and town life -- Poetry.
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- Poetry.
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Social conditions -- Poetry.
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Race relations -- Poetry.
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Poetry.
United States -- Social conditions -- 1945- -- Poetry.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Poetry.
Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Poetry.
Film noir -- Poetry.
Journalists -- Poetry.
City and town life -- Poetry.
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- Poetry.
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Social conditions -- Poetry.
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Race relations -- Poetry.
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Poetry.
United States -- Social conditions -- 1945- -- Poetry.
ISBN:
9780525655213
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
LITERATURE Poetry Rob | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
"A noir narrative"--Dust jacket.
Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Picador, an imprint of Pan Macmillan, London, in 2018.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-236).
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, 2018.
Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Picador, an imprint of Pan Macmillan, London, in 2018.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-236).
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, 2018.