{"product_id":"motherless-brooklyn-the-fortress-of-solitude-introduction-by-charles-yu-hardcover","title":"Motherless Brooklyn; The Fortress of Solitude: Introduction by Charles Yu - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJonathan Lethem\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCharles Yu\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn honor of the 25th anniversary of \u003ci\u003eMotherless Brooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e--a hardcover omnibus edition of two of the most acclaimed novels by one of America's most inventive novelists\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMotherless Brooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, is a compulsively readable riff on the classic noir detective novel. Lionel Essrog is an orphan whose Tourette's symptoms drive him to rip apart language in startling and evocative ways. Charismatic Brooklyn mobster Frank Minna serves as a father figure to Lionel and three of his fellow veterans of the St. Vincent's Home for Boys, employing them in his limo service and detective agency. But when Frank is fatally stabbed, Lionel's world is turned topsy-turvy, and he sets out to untangle the case while trying to keep the words straight in his head. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Fortress of Solitude\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of two motherless boys, Dylan Ebdus and Mingus Rude, growing up as neighbors in 1970s Brooklyn. Because Dylan is white and Mingus is Black, their friendship is not simple. Neither is their neighborhood, where the entertainments range from muggings to joyous games of stoopball, and where the smallest decisions--what music you listen to, whether to speak to the kid seated next to you, whether to give up your lunch money--are laden with potential disaster. Through the knitting and unraveling of the boys' friendship, Jonathan Lethem weaves a rich and emotionally gripping story that encompasses race and class, superheroes, gentrification, funk, hip-hop, graffiti, incarceration, loyalty, and memory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEveryman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Contemporary Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times. \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJONATHAN LETHEM is the bestselling author of nine novels, including \u003ci\u003eDissident Gardens\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChronic City\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Fortress of Solitude\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMotherless Brooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e, and of the essay collection \u003ci\u003eThe Ecstasy of Influence\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. He is a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Introducer\u003c\/b\u003e CHARLES YU is the author of four books, including \u003ci\u003eInterior Chinatown\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the 2020 National Book Award), and the novel \u003ci\u003eHow to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe\u003c\/i\u003e (a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book and a \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year). He received the National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 Award and was nominated for two Writers Guild of America Awards for his work on the HBO series \u003ci\u003eWestworld.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 848\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.9 x 8.8 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 03, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752972353824,"sku":"9781101908488","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ac9a8453d07ea2832b63541d349d6c72.webp?v=1780008930","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/motherless-brooklyn-the-fortress-of-solitude-introduction-by-charles-yu-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}