A hectic, funny sexual affair between two best friends. A Wolrd War II veteran dealing with his emotional and physical scars. A second-rate actor plunged into sudden stardom and a whirlwind press junket. A small-town newspaper columnist with old-fashioned views of the modern world. A woman adjusting to life in a new neighborhood after her divorce. Four friends going to the moon and back in a rocketship constructed in the backyard. A teenage surfer stumbling into his father's secret life. These are just some of the people and situations that Tom Hanks explores in his first work of fiction, a collection of stories that dissects, with great affection, humor, and insight, the human condition and all its foibles. The stories are linked by one thing : in each of them, a typewriter plays a part, sometimes minor, sometimes central. To many, typewriters represent a level of craftsmanship, beauty, and individuality that is harder and harder to find in the modern world. In his stories, Mr. Hanks gracefully reaches that typewriter-worthy level. Known for his honesty and sensitivity as an actor, Tom Hanks brings both those characteristiccs to his writing. Alternatingly whimsical, moving and occasionally melancholy, Uncommon Type is a book that will delight as well as surprise his millions of fans. It also establishes him as a welcome and wonderful new voice in contemporary fiction, a voice that perceptively delves beneath the surface of friendships, families, love, and normal, everyday behavior.

Auteur

Tom Hanks

Éditeur

ALFRED A. KNOPF

ISBN

9780735273832

Langue

anglais

Année de publication

2017

Catégorie

Littérature canadienne et internationale, Livre anglais

Nombre de pages

405

Condition

Très bon état