Uncommon Type

Uncommon Type

EnglishPaperback / softback
Hanks, Tom
Penguin Random House
EAN: 9781101911945
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, USA Today A collection of first-rate short stories (The New York Times) that explore with great affection, humor, and insight the human condition in all its foibles.

A small-town newspaper columnist with old-fashioned views of the modern world. A World War II veteran grappling with his emotional and physical scars. A second-rate actor plunged into sudden stardom and a whirlwind press junket. Four friends traveling to the moon in a rocketship built in the backyard. These are just some of the stories that Tom Hanks captures in his first work of fiction.

The stories are linked by one thing: in each of them, a typewriter plays a part, sometimes minor, sometimes central.

To many, typewriters represent a level of craftsmanship, beauty, and individuality that is harder and harder to find in the modern world. In these stories, Hanks gracefully reaches that typewriter-worthy level. By turns whimsical, witty, and moving, Uncommon Type establishes him as a welcome and wonderful new voice in contemporary fiction.
EAN 9781101911945
ISBN 1101911948
Binding Paperback / softback
Publisher Penguin Random House
Publication date September 18, 2018
Pages 416
Language English
Dimensions 202 x 129 x 20
Authors Hanks, Tom