《A World I Never Made》是University of Illinois Press出版的圖書,作者是James T. Farrell,Charles Fanning
基本介紹
- ISBN:9780252074233
- 作者:James T. Farrell、Charles Fanning
- 出版社:University of Illinois Press
- 出版時間:2007年4月1日
- 頁數:516
- 定價:USD 24.95
- 裝幀:Paperback
內容簡介
A sprawling tale of two families' struggles with harsh urban realities The first book in Farrell's five-volume series to be republished by the University of Illinois Press, "A World I Never Made" introduces three generations from two families, the working-class O'Neills and the lower-middle-class O'Flahertys. The lives of the O'Neills in particular reflect the tragic consequenc...(展開全部) A sprawling tale of two families' struggles with harsh urban realities The first book in Farrell's five-volume series to be republished by the University of Illinois Press, "A World I Never Made" introduces three generations from two families, the working-class O'Neills and the lower-middle-class O'Flahertys. The lives of the O'Neills in particular reflect the tragic consequences of poverty, as young Danny O'Neill's parents--unable to sustain their large family--send him to live with his grandmother. Seen here at the age of seven, Danny is fraught with feelings of anxiety and dislocation as he learns the ins and outs of life on the street, confronting for the first time a world he never made.