Description
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.Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Tom Hanks
Published: 09/04/2018
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 9781101911945
Pages: 416
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 0.90″ H x 7.90″ L x 5.10″ W
About the Author
TOM HANKS has been an actor, screenwriter, director and, through Playtone, a producer. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Vanity Fair, and The New Yorker. This is his first collection of fiction.
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