Blue Pastoral (Hardcover)


-- First paperback edition.
-- Assembled out of a catalogue of literary styles and a chorus of comic voices, Gilbert Sorrentino's parodic and picaresque Pastoral takes his hero musician Serge "Blue" Gavotte on a journey across the country in search of the Perfect Musical Phrase. Blue Pastoral is a relentless Swiftian satire of American culture and the way it uses and abuses language.
-- A recipient of numerous grants and awards including the John Dos Passos Prize for Literature, two Guggenheim Fellowships, two NEA Fellowships and a Lannan Literary Award, Sorrentino is the author of thirteen novels as well as books of poetry and criticism.
-- First published by North Point (1983).

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-- First paperback edition.
-- Assembled out of a catalogue of literary styles and a chorus of comic voices, Gilbert Sorrentino's parodic and picaresque Pastoral takes his hero musician Serge "Blue" Gavotte on a journey across the country in search of the Perfect Musical Phrase. Blue Pastoral is a relentless Swiftian satire of American culture and the way it uses and abuses language.
-- A recipient of numerous grants and awards including the John Dos Passos Prize for Literature, two Guggenheim Fellowships, two NEA Fellowships and a Lannan Literary Award, Sorrentino is the author of thirteen novels as well as books of poetry and criticism.
-- First published by North Point (1983).

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Imprint

Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Release date

1983

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Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

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Dimensions

250 x 160mm (L x W)

Format

Hardcover

Pages

306

ISBN-13

978-0-7145-2817-5

Barcode

9780714528175

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LSN

0-7145-2817-X



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