The Resource Three farmers on their way to a dance, Richard Powers
Three farmers on their way to a dance, Richard Powers
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The item Three farmers on their way to a dance, Richard Powers represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Deschutes Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 4 library branches.
- Summary
- A photograph In the spring of 1914, renowned photographer August Sander took a photograph of three young men on their way to a country dance. This haunting image, capturing the last moments of innocence on the brink of World War I, provides the central focus of Powers's brilliant and compelling novel. As the fate of the three farmers is chronicled, two contemporary stories unfold. The young narrator becomes obsessed with the photo, while Peter Mays, a computer writer in Boston, discovers he has a personal link with it. The three stories connect in a surprising way and provide the reader with a mystery that spans a century of brutality and progress.of three young men walking along a road in Germany just before World War I inspires one man to attempt to penetrate the photograph's mystery through research and prompts another man to a personal quest
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Second William Morrow paperback edition.
- Extent
- 352 pages
- Note
- A hardover edition of this book was published in 1985 by Beach Tree Books, William Morrow and Company, Incorporated
- Isbn
- 9780063140219
- Label
- Three farmers on their way to a dance
- Title
- Three farmers on their way to a dance
- Statement of responsibility
- Richard Powers
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A photograph In the spring of 1914, renowned photographer August Sander took a photograph of three young men on their way to a country dance. This haunting image, capturing the last moments of innocence on the brink of World War I, provides the central focus of Powers's brilliant and compelling novel. As the fate of the three farmers is chronicled, two contemporary stories unfold. The young narrator becomes obsessed with the photo, while Peter Mays, a computer writer in Boston, discovers he has a personal link with it. The three stories connect in a surprising way and provide the reader with a mystery that spans a century of brutality and progress.of three young men walking along a road in Germany just before World War I inspires one man to attempt to penetrate the photograph's mystery through research and prompts another man to a personal quest
- Cataloging source
- UUC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1957-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Powers, Richard
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- World War, 1914-1918
- Photographs
- Farmers
- Label
- Three farmers on their way to a dance, Richard Powers
- Note
- A hardover edition of this book was published in 1985 by Beach Tree Books, William Morrow and Company, Incorporated
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1266227752
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- Second William Morrow paperback edition.
- Extent
- 352 pages
- Isbn
- 9780063140219
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1266227752
- Label
- Three farmers on their way to a dance, Richard Powers
- Note
- A hardover edition of this book was published in 1985 by Beach Tree Books, William Morrow and Company, Incorporated
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1266227752
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- Second William Morrow paperback edition.
- Extent
- 352 pages
- Isbn
- 9780063140219
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1266227752
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