The Plot Against America - 8 Angebote vergleichen

Von Händler/Antiquariat, James Hulme Books [55061394], Stourbridge, United Kingdom.
First UK printing. Firmly bound in black cloth covered boards with gilt titling to spine. Corners and spine ends all fine. Text pages and end papers are all clean with no markings. Dust jacket is unclipped with just light shelf wear. Despatched same or next working day in protective packaging. Books.

Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Lagernd.
alternate history,contemporary,fiction,literary,literature and fiction,science fiction,science fiction and fantasy, What if" scenarios are often suspect. They are sometimes thinly veiled tales of the gospel according to the author, taking on the claustrophobic air of a personal fantasia that can't be shared. Such is not the case with Philip Roth's tour de force, The Plot Against America. It is a credible, fully-realized picture of what could happen anywhere, at any time, if the right people and circumstances come together. The Plot Against America explores a wholly imagined thesis and sees it through to the end: Charles A. Lindbergh defeats FDR for the Presidency in 1940. Lindbergh, the "Lone Eagle," captured the country's imagination by his solo Atlantic crossing in 1927 in the monoplane, Spirit of St. Louis, then had the country's sympathy upon the kidnapping and murder of his young son. He was a true American hero: brave, modest, handsome, a patriot. According to some reliable sources, he was also a rabid isolationist, Nazi sympathizer, and a crypto-fascist. It is these latter attributes of Lindbergh that inform the novel. The story is framed in Roth's own family history: the family flat in Weequahic, the neighbors, his parents, Bess and Herman, his brother, Sandy and seven-year-old Philip. Jewishness is always the scrim through which Roth examines American contemporary culture. His detractors say that he sees persecution everywhere, that he is vigilant in "Keeping faith with the certainty of Jewish travail"; his less severe critics might cavil A.

Von Händler/Antiquariat, Brit Books [54148132], Milton Keynes, United Kingdom.
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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Bayside Books [64434477], Ogden, UT, U.S.A.
Light rubbing wear to cover, spine and page edges. Very minimal writing or notations in margins not affecting the text. Possible clean ex-library copy, with their stickers and or stamp(s). Books.

Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, zzgl. Versandkosten, Verandgebiet: DOM.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, HPB-Camelback, AZ, Phoenix, [RE:5].
Connecting readers with great books since 1972. Used books may not include companion materials, some shelf wear, may contain highlighting/notes, and may not include cd-rom or access codes. Customer service is our top priority! Hardcover.

Lieferung aus: Vereinigtes Königreich Grossbritannien und Nordirland, zzgl. Versandkosten, Versandgebiet: EUR.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Greener Books, London, [RE:4].
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Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, zzgl. Versandkosten, Verandgebiet: DOM.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Hippo Books, OH, Toledo, [RE:4].
May have shelf wear or edge rubbing. Pages are clean and free of textual notes or other markings. Hardcover.

Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, zzgl. Versandkosten, Verandgebiet: DOM.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Owls Books, OH, Toledo, [RE:4].
Normal surface & edge wear. May have writing on cover page or light highlighting/textual notes that does not affect page text. Hardcover.