Pulitzer Prize-winning Writer: the New Classic of American Literature (2 Volumes in Total)
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The set contains 2 volumes, namely "The Idiot in Time" and "Manhattan Beach". "The Idiot in Time": From 1970 to 2020, a time travel spanning 50 years. 13 Protagonists and 13 wonderful intertwined stories: the female secretary who is addicted to theft, and her boss who eats gold foil as "Viagra" every day; the entertainment reporter who was imprisoned for eight years for attempted rape, and the public relations manager who tried to make a comeback; he was a little famous in middle school, but in middle age he is sweeping the world. The lead singer of a band on the street; the outdated rock star who has had most of his internal organs removed but wants to hold a death tour;... They are independent but interrelated, squandering their exciting or confused youth in New York, San Francisco, Naples, Africa... They may not know or know each other well, but you will find that their lives have had a series of intersections. Time seems to be the protagonist who travels through these stories. In front of it, everyone is a passerby, innocent and mediocre. "The Idiot in Time" uses a world of music to reflect on time, emotion, and memory. Life is like rock music, with sudden pauses. During the ups and downs, dreams will be misplaced and regrets will surface. Everything has no absolute starting point and no end. "Manhattan Beach": When Anna Kerrigan was almost 12 years old, her father took her to Manhattan Beach to meet a man named Dexter Styles, a very important figure to her father. But at that time, she had no idea how much impact the man in a black coat would have on her and her family... A few years later, her father mysteriously disappeared and the United States fell into war. Young men were sent to war, and women began to enter male occupations. After Anna left college, she worked measuring parts at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, but she didn't want to stop there. Later, by chance, Anna, who loves the sea, volunteered to sign up to become a diver and repair military ships. The job was extremely dangerous and had never been done by a woman before. One day, after finishing her work during the day, she met Dexter Styles, whom she had not seen for a long time, in a nightclub. She was determined to learn about her father's whereabouts through him and solve the mystery of her father's disappearance that had tortured her for many years... The novel panoramically shows the American society and the real life of ordinary people in the 1930s and 1940s through the joys and sorrows of the two families, Kerrigan and Styles. This novel full of film noir temperament, with delicate and poetic narration, takes us into a complex and crazy wartime world composed of gang bosses, bankers, union leaders, blue-collar workers, divers, single mothers who became pregnant out of wedlock, and war madmen.
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