Woody Guthrie

House of Earth

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Finished in 1947, House of Earth is Woody Guthrie's only fully realized novel—a powerful portrait of Dust Bowl America, filled with the homespun lyricism and authenticity that have made his songs a part of our national consciousness. It is the story of an ordinary couple's dreams of a better life and their search for love and meaning in a corrupt world.A story of rural realism and progressive activism, House of Earth is a searing portrait of hardship and hope set against a ravaged landscape. Combining the moral urgency and narrative drive of John Steinbeck with the erotic frankness of D. H. Lawrence, it is a powerful tale of America from one… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-06-225342-2
EAN: 9780062253422
Produktnummer: 13701294
Verlag: Harper Collins (US)
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Seitenangabe: 320 S.
Gattung: Novel
Ausstattung: Grossdruck-Ausg.

Über den Autor

Woodrow Wilson Woody Guthrie (1912-1967) was an American folk balladeer whose best-known song is This Land Is Your Land. His musical legacy includes more than three thousand songs, covering an exhaustive repertoire of historical, political, cultural, topical, spiritual, narrative, and children's themes.