George guida (36 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. The year is 1950. A brutal racist attack drives Alfie Bagliato's family from their small town to New York City, where, at sixteen, Alfie dreams of escaping his Italian American enclave through a career in music and a romance with his distant cousin, Adeline. Soon enough, disappointment and frustration lead Alfie to join the military, to follow Adeline to San Francisco, and then to become a New York City cop, whose clash with protestors during the 1968 Columbia University student uprising nearly kills him, forcing him to confront his inherited bigotry and fear, as he wrestles with his lingering love for Adeline and need to find a new life. …

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The year is 1950. A brutal racist attack drives Alfie Bagliato's family from their small town to New York City, where, at sixteen, Alfie dreams of escaping his Italian American enclave through a career in music and a romance with his distant cousin, Adeline. Soon enough, disappointment and frustration lead Alfie to join the military, to follow Adeline to San Francisco, and then to become a New York City cop, whose clash with protestors during the 1968 Columbia University student uprising nearly kills him, forcing him to confront his inherited bigotry and fear, as he wrestles with his lingering love for Adeline and need to find a new life.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

paperback. Zustand: Very Good.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Softcover. Zustand: Comme neuf. Edition 2020. Ammareal reverse jusqu'à 15% du prix net de cet article à des organisations caritatives. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Book Condition: Used, As new. Edition 2020. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.

Zustand: New. In English.

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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 222 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.56 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. In English.

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Zustand: New. 2024. paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Poetry written by an Italian American for the enjoyment of all. The poems' theme is Italian American in nature.Also written by George Guida: 'The Peasant and the Pen: Men, Enterprise and the Recovery of Culture in Italian American Narrative.'.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Imagine Jonathan Swift with an Italian American sensibility-that's George Guida, a true original with the capacity to be hilarious, surreal and rueful, sometimes at once. Whether he's traveling abroad or in Florida ('panhandle with mermaids . pray to the immigrants' pink grapefruit god'), casting his eye on suburban life or satirizing the food-and-gangster obsessions of fellow Italian Americans, no detail escapes his penetrating gaze. In 'The Sleeping Gulf,' you'll find humor's brooding underside and glints of light even in life's 'savage wood.''Maria Terrone, Author of Eye to Eye.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'George Guida has guts. In Pope Stories and Other Tales of Troubled Times, he sets about slaughtering the sacred cows of Italian American culture beginning with the Papal Bull himself . . .'-Jean Feraca, National Public Radio.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - George Guida's 'Spectacles of Themselves' is a brilliant survey that reflects the workings of a subtle mind with a keen eye for the minutiae of expression in a charged field. He explains the dynamics of many levels of linguistic interference, and he shows how writers use style to create characters for themselves. He is able to compare fruitfully the manners of very different essayists and writers in order to shed light on the varieties and possibilities of expression available to writers who have relations with more than one language and culture. -Robert ViscusiAuthor of 'Buried Ceasars and Other Secrets of Italian American Writing'.…

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