E. L. Doctorow

Briliant brothers Langley and Homer Collyer are born into bourgeois New York comfort, their home a mansion on upper Fifth Avenue, their future rosy. But before he is out of his teens Homer begins to lose his sight, Langley returns from the war with his lungs seared by gas, and when both their parents die, they seen periously ill-equipped to deal with the new era.As the brothers construct a life on the fringes of society, they hold fast to their principle of self-reliance. But they are mocked and spied on, and despite wanting nothing more than to shut out the world,the epic events of the century flow through their housebound lives as they struggle to survive and create meaning for themselves.
El carrito está deshabilitado momentáneamente.
ISBN
9780349122595
Autores
E. L. Doctorow
Idiomas
Inglés
Año de publicación
2011
Editorial
Hachette Uk Distribution
Categoría
Novela
Géneros
Ficción, General & Literary Fiction
Edades recomendadas
Jóvenes adultos, Adultos
Páginas
208
Peso
0.19