The Public Burning
of Robert Coover, William H. Gass (Introduction)
Description
A controversial best-seller in 1977, The Public Burning has since emerged as one of the most influential novels of our time. The first major work of contemporary fiction ever to use living historical figures as characters, the novel reimagines the three fateful days in 1953 that culminated with the execution of alleged atomic spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. Vice-President Richard Nixon - the voraciously ambitious bad boy of the Eisenhower regime - is the dominant narrator in an enormous cast that includes Betty Crocker, Joe McCarthy, the Marx Brothers, Walter Winchell, Uncle Sam, his adversary The Phantom, and Time magazine incarnated as the National Poet Laureate. All of these and thousands more converge in Times Square for the carnivalesque auto-da-fe at which the Rosenbergs are put to death. And not a person present escapes implication in Cold War America's ruthless "public burning."
Gender
Main Characters
Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 544 pages
- Publisher Grove Press
- Publication Date April 2nd 1998
- First Publication 10/28/77
- Language English
- ISBN 9780802135278
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
- Scenario []
Rate this work
đ Log in to evaluate this book.
Share your opinion with other readers. Your feedback is very important!
AI-Powered Recommendations
Based on your reading of "The Public Burning", our dual AI algorithms suggest these titles. ⥠FAISS Baseline đ§ PyTorch Enhanced
Top Picks For You
đŻ Smart Selection
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
by C.S. Lewis, Pauline Baynes (Illustrator)
O Mar de Ferro
by George R.R. Martin, Jorge Candeias (Goodreads Author) (Tradução)
Lud-in-the-Mist
by Hope Mirrlees, Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author) (Foreword), Douglas A. Anderson (Introduction)
How do we choose these recommendations?
Similar Style Recommendations
Books with similar themes, authors, and writing styles to what you're reading now.
Smart AI Matches
Our advanced AI finds books you might love based on deeper patterns and reader preferences.
