Genoa
  • Published:
    Jul-2015
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    Print / eBook
  • Main Genre:
    Literary
  • Pages:
    264
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A legendary work of literary wizardry in which the author reckons with Christopher Columbus, America, myth, and his great-grandfather Herman Melville. First published in 1965, Genoa is Paul Metcalf's literary masterpiece in which he attempts to purge the burden of his relationship to his great-grandfather Herman Melville. In his signature polyphonic style, a storm-tossed Indiana attic becomes the site of a reckoning with the life of Melville; with Columbus, and his myth; and between two brothers -- one, an MD who refuses to practice; the other, an executed murderer. Genoa is a triumph, a novel without peer, that vibrates and sings a quintessentially American song. Includes an introduction by Rick Moody (The Ice Storm).
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    • First Edition
    • Jul-2015
    • Coffee House Press
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 1566893925
    • ISBN13: 9781566893923
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    • Jun-2015
    • Coffee House Press
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1566894085
    • ISBN13: 9781566894081
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    • Jun-2015
    • Coffee House Press
    • eBook (Kindle)



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