Uncommon type : some stories / Tom Hanks ; photographs by Kevin Twomey.
A hectic, funny sexual affair between two best friends. A World War II veteran dealing with his emotional and physical scars. A second-rate actor plunged into sudden stardom and a whirlwind press junket. A small-town newspaper columnist with old-fashioned views of the modern world. A woman adjusting to life in a new neighborhood after her divorce. Four friends going to the moon and back in a rocketship constructed in the backyard. A teenage surfer stumbling into his father's secret life. These are just some of the people and situations that Tom Hanks explores in his first work of fiction, a collection of stories that dissects, with great affection, humor, and insight, the human condition and all its foibles. The stories are linked by one thing: in each of them, a typewriter plays a part, sometimes minor, sometimes central. To many, typewriters represent a level of craftsmanship, beauty, and individuality that is harder and harder to find in the modern world. In his stories, Mr. Hanks gracefully reaches that typewriter-worthy level. Known for his honesty and sensitivity as an actor, Tom Hanks brings both those characteristics to his writing. Alternatingly whimsical, moving, and occasionally melancholy, Uncommon Type is a book that will delight as well as surprise his millions of fans. It also establishes him as a welcome and wonderful new voice in contemporary fiction, a voice that perceptively delves beneath the surface of friendships, families, love, and normal, everyday behavior. -- Provided by dustjacket.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781101946152 :
- ISBN: 1101946156 :
- Physical Description: viii, 405 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2017]
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | Three exhausting weeks -- Christmas Eve 1953 -- A junket in the city of light -- Our town today with Hank Fiset: An elephant in the pressroom -- Welcome to Mars -- A month on Green Street -- Alan Bean plus four -- Our town today with Hank Fiset: At loose in the Big Apple -- Who's who? -- A special weekend -- These are the meditations of my heart -- Our town today with Hank Fiset: Back from back in time -- The past is important to us -- Stay with us -- Go see Costas -- Our town today with Hank Fiset: Your Evangelista, Esperanza -- Steve Wong is perfect. |
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Subject: | Typewriters > Fiction. |
Genre: | Short stories. |
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Abington Community Library | FICTION HANKS (Text) | 50687011548636 | Adult Fiction | Available | - | ||
Albright Memorial Library | FICTION HANKS (Text) | 50686015286540 | Adult Fiction | Available | - | ||
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