Martin Dressler
The Tale of an American Dreamer
The Tale of an American Dreamer
By Steven Millhauser
By Steven Millhauser
By Steven Millhauser
By Steven Millhauser
Part of Vintage Contemporaries
Part of Vintage Contemporaries
Category: Historical Fiction | Literary Fiction
Category: Historical Fiction | Literary Fiction
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Paperback $16.95
Mar 25, 1997 | ISBN 9780679781271
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Praise
“This wonderful, wonder-full book is a fable and phantasmagoria of the sources of our century.”–The New York Times Book Review
“The novel is told as a fable, with prose both lush and dreamlike. The characters are intentionally rather shadowy, while the period details- of building construction, interior design, dress styles, street scenes–have a sensuality so palpable you can practically chew on them.”–The Wall Street Journal
“A Chronicle of obsession, self-indulgence, and, in a curious way, moral growth, expertly poised between realistic narrative and allegorical fable…. A fascinating and provocative portrayal of turn-of-the-century America that hums with energy and wit.” –Kirkus Reviews
“Literature’s romance with building-as-metaphor earns new energy through Millhauser’s latest novel…which quietly chronicles the life of an entrepreneur whose career peaks when he builds a fabulous hotel…. Taking its place alongside other fine tales of architectural symbology, from Poe to Ayn Rand, this enticing novel becomes at once a tale of life, a marriage and a creative imagination in crisis.” —Publishers Weekly
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