A Moment in the Sun

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Wonderful
A Moment in the Sun will stand among the finest work on Sayles's impressive résumé.'
- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
It's 1897. Gold has been discovered in the Yukon. New York is under the sway of Hearst and PuHtzer. And in a few months, an American batüeship will explode in a Cuban harbor, plunging the U.S. into war. This is the story of that extraordinary moment: the turn of the twentieth century, as seen by one of the greatest storytellers of our time.
Shot through with a lyrical intensity and stunning detail that recall Doctorow and Deadwood both, A Moment in the Sun takes the whole era in its sights—from the white-racist coup in Wilmington, North ^ Carolina to the bloody dawn of U.S. interventionism overseas. Begiii-ning with Hod Bra(i enririge searching for his fortune in the North, and huri'ing forwa"cl a :ross five years and half a dozen countries— through the voices of men Lke Roy^ü Scoi t, an African American infantryman whose life outside the... Tovább

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Wonderful
A Moment in the Sun will stand among the finest work on Sayles's impressive résumé.'
- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
It's 1897. Gold has been discovered in the Yukon. New York is under the sway of Hearst and PuHtzer. And in a few months, an American batüeship will explode in a Cuban harbor, plunging the U.S. into war. This is the story of that extraordinary moment: the turn of the twentieth century, as seen by one of the greatest storytellers of our time.
Shot through with a lyrical intensity and stunning detail that recall Doctorow and Deadwood both, A Moment in the Sun takes the whole era in its sights—from the white-racist coup in Wilmington, North ^ Carolina to the bloody dawn of U.S. interventionism overseas. Begiii-ning with Hod Bra(i enririge searching for his fortune in the North, and huri'ing forwa"cl a :ross five years and half a dozen countries— through the voices of men Lke Roy^ü Scoi t, an African American infantryman whose life outside the military has been destroyed, and Diosdadu Concepcion, a Filipino insurgent preparing to fight against his country's new colonizers—this is a story as big asifs subject: history rediscovered through the lives of the people who made it happen.
John Sayles's r)re.vious novels include Pride of the Bimbos, Los Gusanos, and the National Book \ward-nominated Union Dues. He has directed seventeen fC; <^ure films, including Matewan, Lone Star, and Eight Men Out, and received two \ciidemy Award nominations. His latest film, ^migo, was completed in 2010. Vissza