McKay's Bees: A Novel (Phoenix Fiction Ser.)

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&“An impressively original novel. . . . comic in its vision [yet] serious, constantly surprising in its twists of plot and its reflections upon life.&” —Wall Street Journal Moving from Massachusetts to Kansas in 1855 with his new wife and a group of German carpenters, Gordon McKay is dead set on making his fortune raising bees—undaunted by Missouri border ruffians, newly-minted Darwinism, or the unsettled politics of a country on the brink of civil war. &“Humorous and generous yet sometimes disconcertingly fatalistic, McMahon's storytelling is based on an irresistible curiosity about how the world works..&” —Alida Becker, New York Times Book Review &“Truly a gem—an elegantly simple construct full of light and surprise.&” —Jean Strouse, Newsweek &“A literary miracle--a tale defying gravity and all manner of other rules that ground the narratives of most storytellers.&” —Douglas Bauer, Boston Globe &“McMahon, in such a short novel, should not have been able to bring coherence out of Darwin and Lincoln, bees and machines, East and West, honey and blood. . . . That he manages—that wit, irony, gentleness, passion, and knowledge conspire so successfully—is a wonder of craft.&” —John Leonard, New York Times &“[McMahon's novels] combine sophisticated scientific lore with a well-developed sense of human-ness. They are learned, funny, spiritual, and sexy. It would not be disgraceful to compare them with the work of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Indeed, McMahon is a kind of Yankee magic realist, mixing the fantastic with the ordinary so seamlessly.&” —Toronto Globe & Mail
Copyright:
2003

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
288 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780226561158
Related ISBNs:
9780226561110
Publisher:
The University of Chicago Press
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Thomas McMahon
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
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Bookshare Staff
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