E-grāmata: Huck Out West: A Novel

"Magical. Among the many elements that Coover imitates so well is Twains misanthropy, his macabre sense of humor and his perpetually offended innocence. Indeed, everybody seems to be growing old except Huck, who remains a voice of perplexed kindness, and Coovera miraculously sharp writer." -- Ron Charles - Washington Post "Huck Out West [ is] the latest to emerge from this wild geniuss half-century outpouring of postmodernist books, stories, novellas and plays. Under Coovers hell-hot pen. this pulsating anti-epic establishes Huck in exactly the place Twain himself planned to take him." -- Ron Powers - The New York Times Book Review "A spacious-skies frontier ripsnorter that stands alone as a wildly funny, violently imaginative Western yarn with flamboyant plot turns and caustic humor Twain himself might have appreciated, if not envied. [ A] droll yet faithful replication of Twains first-person narration." -- Gene Seymour - Newsday "Rowdy, funny, and brilliant. Its not necessary to remember Mark Twains classic to enjoy this tale. Its Cormac McCarthys Blood Meridian narrated by the good-natured Huck. Coover takes Twains characters and creates a worthy extension of their lives. In doing that, he creates a scathing vision of the violent Westward movement as seen through the innocent eyes of Huckleberry Finn." -- Nelson Appell - The Missourian "Mr. Coover has been one of the country's leading postmodernists. But Huck Out West doesn't deconstruct The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn so much as reprise itas in Twain's original, the winsome humor of Huck's 'muddytatings' lend the story a deceptive innocence." -- Sam Sacks - Wall Street Journal "An astonishing picaresque novel, narrated by Huck himself in a voice as authentic as Twain's original creation.Huck Out West is simply splendid, raucous, ribald and rib-ticklin'. After fifty years of incredible novels, this is another one of Coover's triumphs." -- Sam Coale - Providence Journal "An extraordinary book. a beautifully earnest and direct work from perhaps the most formidable trickster in American letters. Anyone with an ounce of heart in their chests should read this immediately." -- Alan Moore, author of Jerusalem "In Huck Out West, Robert Coover brilliantly (and outrageously) revives Mark Twains cardinal character by way of deconstructing any number of our cherished myths. Coover is in fine antic form heretruly, Huck never had it so good." -- T. C. Boyle "A giant stands on the shoulders of a giant, and the view is large and giddying. In its vibrant skylarking and in its yearning undertow, this disenchanted enchantment throws new light on Twains Americaand on Robert Coover's." -- Garth Risk Hallberg, author of City on Fire