Ebook {Epub PDF} Worlds Fair by E.L. Doctorow

 · "World's Fair'' by E. L. Doctorow is a peculiar hybrid of novel and memoir. Its hero, like Mr. Doctorow, is named Edgar, and grows up in the Bronx Author: David Leavitt. The essay wins honorable mention, and Edgar and his family are given free passes to the World's Fair, where they gaze upon the marvels of a clean, trim, idealized future—while clouds of cruelty and doom (the year is ) gather around the edges of all the www.doorway.ru: Kirkus Reviews. “World’s Fair is better than a time capsule; it’s an actual slice of a long-ago world, and we emerge from it as dazed as those visitors standing on the corner of the future.”—Anne Tyler “Doctorow has managed to regain the awed perspective of a child in this novel of rare warmth and intimacy/5().

By E. L. Doctorow. World's Fair. Binding - fine, possibly unread, new. Book is square, tight, and clean throughout with no wear. Dust jacket - Equally attractive unclipped dust jacket is crisp and bright with no creasing, chipping or tears, and is protected by a clear mylar cover. See details. - World's Fair by E.L. Doctorow (Hardcover, 1st, New). "World's Fair'' by E. L. Doctorow is a peculiar hybrid of novel and memoir. Its hero, like Mr. Doctorow, is named Edgar, and grows up in the Bronx in the 's; his parents, like Mr. Doctorow's. The late E.L. Doctorow's ( -- ) novel "World's Fair () is a lyrical autobiographical story about growing up in the New York City during the Depression.. Most of the book is told in the first person by an adult, "Edgar", who reflects upon his childhood up to the age of about nine.

"World's Fair'' by E. L. Doctorow is a peculiar hybrid of novel and memoir. Its hero, like Mr. Doctorow, is named Edgar, and grows up in the Bronx in the 's; his parents, like Mr. Doctorow's. World's Fair by E. L. Doctorow and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at www.doorway.ru The narrator in World's Fair has the same first name as Doctorow, Edgar. His father, mother and brother are, like Doctorow's, respectively called Dave, Rose and Donald.