The Moment Under the Moment

The Moment Under the Moment

by RussellHoban (Author)

Synopsis

A collection of stories, a libretto, essays and sketches. The subjects include knife-fights, a stone sphinx in Paris, a reinvention of Miranda and Caliban, All India Radio, Thelonius Monk, fairy tales and the author's own childhood in America. His novels include Turtle Diary and Pilgermann .

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 260
Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd
Published: 16 Apr 1992

ISBN 10: 022403314X
ISBN 13: 9780224033145

Author Bio
Born in 1925 in Pennsylvania, Russell Hoban was an illustrator before becoming a writer, and has written many books for children. His adult novels are The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz, Kleinzeit, Riddley Walker, Pilgermann and The Medusa Frequency, and in 1992 he published The Moment Under the Moment, a collection of stories, a libretto, essays and sketches. In 1994 his opera collaboration with Sir Harrison Birtwhistle, The Second Mrs Kong, won much critical acclaim in its Glyndebourne performance.