Love and the incredibly old man : a novel /
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times? begins one chapter of critically acclaimed Lee Siegel?s new novel, Love and the Incredibly Old Man.?In the beginning? starts another. What else can a novelist do when hired as a ghostwriter by an elderly, irascible, conquistador-costumed man claim...
| Основен автор: | Siegel, Lee, 1945- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2008.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
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Love and the incredibly old man. |
Съдържание:
- Contents; Preface ℗ʺ 2005, an introduction to Juan Ponce de Leon; Chapter One ℗ʺ 1465-1493, wherein Ponce de Leon, after his childhood, boyhood, and youth in Spain, is dispatched by Queen Ysabel to the Indies in search of a Fountain of Youth; Chapter Two ℗ʺ 1493-1513, wherein Ponce de Leon settles in the New World, becomes Governor of Higuey and of Borinquen, invents cigars and rum, and discovers popcorn and Florida; Chapter Three ℗ʺ 1513, wherein Ponce de Leon happens upon the Garden of Eden, discovers within it the Fountain of Life, and devises a plot by which to keep it secret.
- Chapter Four ℗ʺ 1514-1564, wherein Ponce de Leon becomes a Zhotee-Eloq Indian, lives as one of them in Paradise, and attempts to save them from exterminationChapter Five ℗ʺ 1565-1647, wherein Ponce de Leon becomes a priest of the Catholic Church, visits his tomb in Puerto Rico, and establishes Florida's mission of San Hortano; Chapter Six ℗ʺ 1647-1763, wherein Ponce de Leon becomes a wealthy merchant, purchases the land.