The Magic Kingdom
Russell Banks
From one of America’s most beloved storytellers—a profound novel about belief, betrayal, and the transformation of one corner of the country.
“Russell Banks’s new novel is eerily timely. Can what’s gone wrong in the past offer keys to the future? The Magic Kingdom confronts our longings for Paradise; also the inner serpents that are to be found in all such enchanted gardens.” —Margaret Atwood, author of The Testaments, via Twitter
In 1971, a property speculator named Harley Mann begins recording his life story onto a reel-to-reel machine. Reflecting on his childhood in the early twentieth century, Harley recounts that after his father’s sudden death, his family migrated down to Florida’s swamplands—mere miles away from what would become Disney World—to join a community of Shakers.
Led by Elder John, a generous man with a mysterious past, the colony devoted itself to labor, faith,...
“Russell Banks’s new novel is eerily timely. Can what’s gone wrong in the past offer keys to the future? The Magic Kingdom confronts our longings for Paradise; also the inner serpents that are to be found in all such enchanted gardens.” —Margaret Atwood, author of The Testaments, via Twitter
In 1971, a property speculator named Harley Mann begins recording his life story onto a reel-to-reel machine. Reflecting on his childhood in the early twentieth century, Harley recounts that after his father’s sudden death, his family migrated down to Florida’s swamplands—mere miles away from what would become Disney World—to join a community of Shakers.
Led by Elder John, a generous man with a mysterious past, the colony devoted itself to labor, faith,...
Thể loại:
Năm:
2022
Nhà xuát bản:
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Ngôn ngữ:
english
ISBN:
BD3D559D-7898-44C2-820D-272B90B08AA5
File:
MOBI , 1.26 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2022