Percival Everett

Percival Everett by Virgil Russell

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ISBN 13:: 9781555976347
author:: Percival Everett
format:: Paperback
publisher:: Graywolf Press
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2013
Pages:: 227
Dimensions:: 20.9 x 14.1 x 1.8 cm
Genre:: Fiction, Literary Fiction, ,
Condition:: New
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Percival Everett by Virgil Russell A Novel is a complex exploration of narrative and identity. A man visits his aging father in a nursing home, where he discovers that his father has written a novel - one that the son imagines his father would write. As the story unfolds, multiple narratives twist together, each with its own truthfulness and uncertainty. A woman seeks an apprenticeship with a painter, claiming to be his long-lost daughter, while a contractor-for-hire named Murphy becomes embroiled in the lives of two brothers who employ him. These narratives are intertwined with anecdotes from the nursing home, building on one another until they reach a wild and outlandish climax. At its core, Percival Everett is a meditation on old age and its humiliations, as well as a culmination of the author's recurring preoccupations with narrative, identity, and truth.

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