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Little Boy : A Novel by Lawrence Ferlinghetti is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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From the famed publisher and poet, author of the million-copy-selling collection A Coney Island of the Mind , his literary last will and testament — part autobiography, part summing up, part Beat-inflected torrent of language and feeling, and all magical. "A volcanic explosion of personal memories, political rants, social commentary, environmental jeremiads and cultural analysis all tangled together in one breathless sentence that would make James Joyce proud. . ." —Ron Charles,  The Washington Post In this unapologetically unclassifiable work Lawrence Ferlinghetti lets loose an exhilarating rush of language to craft what might be termed a closing statement about his highly significant and productive 99 years on this planet. The "Little Boy" of the title is Ferlinghetti himself as a child, shuffled from his overburdened mother to his French aunt to foster childhood with a rich Bronxville family. Service in World War Two (including the D-Day landing), graduate work, and a scholar gypsy's vagabond life in Paris followed. These biographical reminiscences are interweaved with Allen Ginsberg-esque high energy bursts of raw emotion, rumination, reflection, reminiscence and prognosticati

Who reads Little Boy : A Novel?

Author

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Publisher

Anchor

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9780385544788

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Memoir, Literary Collections

Rating

4.4 / 5 (133 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14