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The General and Julia

- A Novel
Af: Jon Clinch Engelsk Hardback

The General and Julia

- A Novel
Af: Jon Clinch Engelsk Hardback
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Longlisted for the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award

Ulysses S. Grant reflects on the crucial moments of his life as a husband, a father, a general, and a president while writing his memoirs and reckoning with his complicated legacy in this epic and intimate work of “superb historical fiction” (Booklist, starred review).

Barely able to walk and rendered mute by the cancer metastasizing in his throat, Ulysses S. Grant is scratching out words, hour after hour, day after day. Desperate to complete his memoirs before his death so his family might have some financial security and he some redemption, Grant journeys back in time.

He had once been the savior of the Union, the general to whom Lee surrendered at Appomattox, a twice-elected president who fought for the civil rights of Black Americans and against the rising Ku Klux Klan, a plain farmer-turned-business magnate who lost everything to a Wall Street swindler, a devoted husband to his wife Julia, and a loving father to four children. In this gorgeously rendered and moving novel, Grant rises from the page in all of his contradictions and foibles, his failures and triumphs.

Moving from blood-stained battlefields to Gilded Age New York, the novel explores how Grant’s own views on race and Reconstruction changed over time. “A graceful, moving narrative” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) from historical fiction master Jon Clinch, this evocatively crafted novel breathes fresh life into an American icon.
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Longlisted for the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award

Ulysses S. Grant reflects on the crucial moments of his life as a husband, a father, a general, and a president while writing his memoirs and reckoning with his complicated legacy in this epic and intimate work of “superb historical fiction” (Booklist, starred review).

Barely able to walk and rendered mute by the cancer metastasizing in his throat, Ulysses S. Grant is scratching out words, hour after hour, day after day. Desperate to complete his memoirs before his death so his family might have some financial security and he some redemption, Grant journeys back in time.

He had once been the savior of the Union, the general to whom Lee surrendered at Appomattox, a twice-elected president who fought for the civil rights of Black Americans and against the rising Ku Klux Klan, a plain farmer-turned-business magnate who lost everything to a Wall Street swindler, a devoted husband to his wife Julia, and a loving father to four children. In this gorgeously rendered and moving novel, Grant rises from the page in all of his contradictions and foibles, his failures and triumphs.

Moving from blood-stained battlefields to Gilded Age New York, the novel explores how Grant’s own views on race and Reconstruction changed over time. “A graceful, moving narrative” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) from historical fiction master Jon Clinch, this evocatively crafted novel breathes fresh life into an American icon.
Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 272
ISBN-13: 9781668009789
Indbinding: Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1668009781
Udg. Dato: 14 nov 2023
Længde: 28mm
Bredde: 236mm
Højde: 162mm
Forlag: Atria Books
Oplagsdato: 14 nov 2023
Forfatter(e): Jon Clinch
Forfatter(e) Jon Clinch


Kategori Moderne Samtidslitteratur


ISBN-13 9781668009789


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Hardback


Sider 272


Udgave


Længde 28mm


Bredde 236mm


Højde 162mm


Udg. Dato 14 nov 2023


Oplagsdato 14 nov 2023


Forlag Atria Books