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World Above
Abraham Polonsky
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Description for World Above
Paperback. Revealing the legacy of the 1930s for the war years and the McCarthy era, this book explores the personal impact of hard political reality with which the author himself has been so well acquainted. It follows Carl Myers, who progresses from an objective interest in scientific problems to a concern with the human implications of those problems. Series: The Radical Novel Reconsidered. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3556 x 712. Weight in Grams: 558.
Abraham Polonsky is perhaps best known for his film work: director of the motion picture Force of Evil, for which he wrote the screen play with Ira Wolfert from Wolfert's novel Tucker's People, and screenwriter for Academy Award nominee Body and Soul. The World Above, his third and most celebrated novel, was originally published the year before Polonsky was blacklisted by the House Un-American Activities Committee. This brilliantly original novel follows psychologist Carl Myers as he progresses from a purely objective interest in scientific problems to a profound concern with the human implications of those problems. As he becomes disenchanted ... Read more
Abraham Polonsky is perhaps best known for his film work: director of the motion picture Force of Evil, for which he wrote the screen play with Ira Wolfert from Wolfert's novel Tucker's People, and screenwriter for Academy Award nominee Body and Soul. The World Above, his third and most celebrated novel, was originally published the year before Polonsky was blacklisted by the House Un-American Activities Committee. This brilliantly original novel follows psychologist Carl Myers as he progresses from a purely objective interest in scientific problems to a profound concern with the human implications of those problems. As he becomes disenchanted ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
Series
The Radical Novel Reconsidered
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252068065
SKU
V9780252068065
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Reviews for World Above
"A first-rate psychological study which, at its best, is as pleasurable to read as the richest moments in any novel by James, Keller, or Mann... Polonsky's incredible gift as a writer is reflected in the way his narrative ties together the various threads of Carl's intellectual development while intimately relating these, both psychologically and historically, to the unfolding of actual ... Read more