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Bezig met laden... Texas: A Novel (origineel 1985; editie 2002)door James A. Michener
Informatie over het werkTexas door James A. Michener (1985)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Filled with history and adventure, a compelling but very, very long book. Too long! I was planning on giving this 4 stars, but the last 20% (the last 2 chapters) were not only unnecessary, but torturous to read. I plugged on and am finally done. ( ) The story about the history of Texas and its inhabitants was very interesting. I'm sorry that the translation of this copy at times thoroughly spoiled my reading appetite. Mistakes, non gluent sentences... No not really a pleasure to read. Then the build of the book: the in between parts could have been skipped imho. I found them slow, at times not interesting and the global point (why are they put in?) just went by me. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Fiction.
Literature.
Thriller.
Historical Fiction.
HTML:Spanning four and a half centuries, James A. Michener’s monumental saga chronicles the epic history of Texas, from its Spanish roots in the age of the conquistadors to its current reputation as one of America’s most affluent, diverse, and provocative states. Among his finely drawn cast of characters, emotional and political alliances are made and broken, as the loyalties established over the course of each turbulent age inevitably collapse under the weight of wealth and industry. With Michener as our guide, Texas is a tale of patriotism and statesmanship, growth and development, violence and betrayal—a stunning achievement by a literary master. BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from James A. Michener's Hawaii. Praise for Texas “Fascinating.”—Time “A book about oil and water, rangers and outlaws, frontier and settlement, money and power . . . [James A. Michener] manages to make history vivid.”—The Boston Globe “A sweeping panorama . . . [Michener] grapples earnestly with the Texas character in a way that Texas’s own writers often don’t.”—The Washington Post Book World “Vast, sprawling, and eclectic in population and geography, the state has just the sort of larger-than-life history that lends itself to Mr. Michener’s taste for multigenerational epics.”—The New York Times. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden.
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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