Harvey Swados

False Coin

A Novel

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An intriguing novel of art and money-and their messy intersectionBen Warder accepts an invitation to Harmoney Farm with abundant caution, though his skepticism may not be strong enough. The founders of the farm, an artists' colony outside of New York City, envision a new, interdisciplinary community free from the pressures of markets and money. There, they ambitiously seek a new language of art; a new culture; a new way of thinking about creativity. Warder and the other participants soon find, however, that old human instincts cannot be so easily transformed. In False Coin, Swados brilliantly captures the struggle to create art in a commercia… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-4804-1481-5
EAN: 9781480414815
Produktnummer: 22311587
Verlag: Open Road Media
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Seitenangabe: 309 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 1'189 KB

Über den Autor

Harvey Swados (1920-1972) was born in Buffalo, the son of a doctor. A graduate of the University of Michigan, he served in the merchant marine during World War II and published his first novel, Out Went the Candle, in 1955. His other books include the novels The Will, Standing Fast, and Celebration. His collection of stories set in an auto plant, titled On the Line (1957), is widely regarded as a classic of the literature of labor. He also penned various collections of nonfiction, including A Radical's America. Swados's 1959 essay for Esquire, Why Resign from the Human Race?, is often credited with inspiring the formation of the Peace Corps.