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PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press

ISBN-100226248445

ISBN-139780226248448

eBay Product ID (ePID)65499

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Book TitleThrough Streets Broad and Narrow

Number of Pages348 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1986

TopicGeneral

FeaturesReprint

GenreFiction

AuthorGabriel Fielding

Book SeriesPhoenix Fiction Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.1 in

Item Weight15 oz

Item Length1 in

Item Width0.8 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN86-011244

Dewey Edition19

Dewey Decimal823/.914

Edition DescriptionReprint

SynopsisIn this sequel to the acclaimed In the Time of Greenbloom , John Blaydon "runs head on into the paradox of Ireland, attempts to solve it single-handed and gets his heart and most of his head broken in the process. The manner of his undoing is told in a series of brilliant pictures, evocative, authentic, macabre, or hilariously funny. . . . Mr. Fielding has written an original novel of vitality, wit, and compassionate insight."--Isabelle Mallet, New York Times Book Review "A powerful and beautifully written novel, "Streets" can either stand by itself or solidly in company with In the Time of Greenbloom . . . . [Fielding's] touch is as sure and controlled as his invention is unlimited, and the resultant work seems various and beautiful and new. The major objection to the book is not its ending, but that it ends. It is too good to give up, too vital and dynamic to leave."--Margaret Marble, Los Angeles Times "A prismatic study of a finely gifted man in the elaborate tangles of his growth in a complex and wonderfully drawn environment."-- Newsweek "Fielding writes a torrential prose, and his imagist phrases, fabulous incidents, antic characters and peripheral violence whip the story forward."-- Time, In this sequel to the acclaimed "In the Time of Greenbloom," John Blaydon "runs head on into the paradox of Ireland, attempts to solve it single-handed and gets his heart and most of his head broken in the process. The manner of his undoing is told in a series of brilliant pictures, evocative, authentic, macabre, or hilariously funny. . . . Mr. Fielding has written an original novel of vitality, wit, and compassionate insight." Isabelle Mallet, "New York Times Book Review " "A powerful and beautifully written novel, "Streets" can either stand by itself or solidly in company with "In the Time of Greenbloom." . . . Fielding's] touch is as sure and controlled as his invention is unlimited, and the resultant work seems various and beautiful and new. The major objection to the book is not its ending, but that it ends. It is too good to give up, too vital and dynamic to leave." Margaret Marble, "Los Angeles Times" "A prismatic study of a finely gifted man in the elaborate tangles of his growth in a complex and wonderfully drawn environment." "Newsweek " "Fielding writes a torrential prose, and his imagist phrases, fabulous incidents, antic characters and peripheral violence whip the story forward." "Time""

LC Classification NumberPR6003.A74T47 1986