Name: Machine Dreams
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Author: Phillips, Jayne Anne
ISBN: 9780375705250

Type

Physical Book

Author

Jayne Anne Phillips

Publisher

Vintage

Year

1999

Language

English

Pages

352

Format

Paperback

Weight

ISBN

0375705252

ISBN13

9780375705250

Edition No.

Synopsis "Machine Dreams "

In her highly acclaimed debut novel, the bestselling author of Shelter introduces the Hampsons, an ordinary, small-town American family profoundly affected by the extraordinary events of history. Here is a stunning chronicle that begins with the Depression and ends with the Vietnam War, revealed in the thoughts, dreams, and memories of each family member. Mitch struggles to earn a living as Jeans becomes the main breadwinner, working to complete college and raise the family. While the couple fight to keep their marriage intact, their daughter Danner and son Billy forge a sibling bond of uncommon strength. When Billy goes off to Vietnam, Danner becomes the sole bond linking her family, whose dissolution mirrors the fractured state of America in the 1960s. Deeply felt and vividly imagined, this lyrical novel is "among the wisest of a generation to grapple with a war that maimed us all" (The Village Voice), by a master of contemporary fiction.

Jayne Anne Phillips

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Jayne Anne Phillips (West Virginia, USA, 1952) is an acclaimed writer and professor. She has held teaching positions at prestigious institutions such as Harvard University and Boston University, and has published anthologies, novels, short stories, and essays.

Her literary work includes “Black Tickets” (1979), a collection of stories that established her as a distinctive voice in American literature. “Machine Dreams” (1984), and “Lark and Termite” (2009), nominated for the National Book Award. Her most recent novel, “Night Watch” (2023), won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2024.

Phillips has been awarded the Pushcart Prize and the Fels Prize from the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses for her book “Sweethearts”, and in 2024 she won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Her work has been translated into more than ten languages, consolidating her international recognition.

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