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The Sacrilege of Alan Kent
Erskine Caldwell
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Description for The Sacrilege of Alan Kent
Hardcover. A semi-autobiography of the childhood of Alan Kent, from early manhood to artist. The text includes brief, graphic sketches which illustrate the struggle against various hardening effects of a brutal and seemingly indifferent world. Illustrator(s): Frizzell, Ralph. Num Pages: 88 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 295.
As Mary Hood writes in her foreword, The Sacrilege of Alan Kent is unique. Comparisons are not odious, they are impossible. There is nothing like it in any of Caldwell's published works, nor can we find its example in all of American literature. Alan Kent is a wanderer, a seeker. Driven by, or fleeing from, unnamed forces, he struggles against the hardening effects of a brutal and indifferent world. In a series of episodes, Erskine Caldwell tells the semiautobiographical story of Kent's childhood, roving early manhood, and transformation into an artist. The ... Read more
As Mary Hood writes in her foreword, The Sacrilege of Alan Kent is unique. Comparisons are not odious, they are impossible. There is nothing like it in any of Caldwell's published works, nor can we find its example in all of American literature. Alan Kent is a wanderer, a seeker. Driven by, or fleeing from, unnamed forces, he struggles against the hardening effects of a brutal and indifferent world. In a series of episodes, Erskine Caldwell tells the semiautobiographical story of Kent's childhood, roving early manhood, and transformation into an artist. The ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
Weight
295g
Number of Pages
88
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780820317892
SKU
V9780820317892
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About Erskine Caldwell
Erskine Caldwell (1903-1987) was born in Newnan, Georgia. He became one of America's most widely read, prolific, and critically debated writers, with a literary output of more than sixty titles. At the time of his death, Caldwell's books had sold eighty million copies worldwide in more than forty languages. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters ... Read more
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