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False Entry : A Novel by Calisher, Hortense is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is False Entry : A Novel about?

In the vein of Eudora Welty and Charles Dickens, Hortense Calisher{u2019}s astounding first novel examines a young man{u2019}s detachment from the world{u2014}and his struggle to rejoin it Pierre Goodman enjoys an idyllic childhood as the son of a widowed dressmaker in post{u2013}World War I England. But paradise is ripped from him at age ten when he and his mother immigrate to a small town in Alabama. Yearning to regain peace within his own mind and aided by his photographic memory, he begins falsely but completely enveloping himself in the lives of others. He yearns to become not merely a listener to the world, but also a singer in its chorus. In doing so, Pierre{u2019}s life becomes an extraordinary document of his time and place as he finds himself a part of history over and over again. He testifies against the Klan in the Deep South, joins the navy during World War II, experiences love, and eventually finds his way back to England as an entirely changed man

Who reads False Entry : A Novel?

Author

Calisher, Hortense

Publisher

Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781480437371

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Historical Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction