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The Best in Rock Fiction. June Skinner Sawyers.

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Die beste in Rock Fiksie. Junie Skinner Sawyers.

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The Best in Rock Fiction book. Softcover. 270 pages. Published by Hal Leonard. HL.331217. ISBN 0634080288. 6x9 inches. Rock has dominated radio, TV, movies, and even the Internet in our media-savvy lives, but its impact on the literary world has often been overlooked. This collection features today's finest writers, including Sherman Alexie, Madison Smartt Bell, T.C. Boyle, Don DeLillo, Roddy Doyle, Nick Hornby, Rick Moody, Tom Perrotta, Salman Rushdie, and Scott Spencer, as well as such up-and-coming writers as Tom Piazza and even musicians such as Steve Earle who have turned their talent for lyric writing to spinning a well-told yarn. In these short stories and excerpts from novels, the reader will recognize such familiar rock icons as Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bob Dylan, and Bruce Springsteen. Sherman Alexie's “Reservation Blues” follows the rowdy adventures of an all–Native American rock band from the reservation to New York City. In “Ground Beneath Her Feet,” Salman Rushdie offers a riff on the Orpheus and Eurydice myth in a rock-and-roll setting. Scott Spencer's “Rich Man's Table” focuses on the illegitimate offspring of a Dylan-like singer and a former Greenwich Village hippie. At times raucous, at times poignant, the stories in this collection celebrate in their own way the timeless spirit that is the heart of rock and roll.

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Die beste in Rock Fiksie boek. Softcover. 270 bladsye. Gepubliseer deur Hal Leonard. HL.331217. ISBN 0634080288. 6x9 duim. Rock het oorheers radio, TV, films, en selfs die Internet in ons media-vaardig lewens, maar die impak daarvan op die literêre wêreld is dikwels oor die hoof gesien. Hierdie versameling funksies vandag se beste skrywers, insluitend Sherman Alexie, Madison Smartt Bell, TC Boyle, Don DeLillo, Roddy Doyle, Nick Hornby, Rick Moody, Tom Perrotta, Salman Rushdie, en Scott Spencer, sowel as sodanig up-and-coming skrywers soos Tom Piazza en selfs musikante soos Steve Earle wat opgedaag het om hul talent vir liriek skryf te spin van 'n goed vertel draad. In hierdie kort stories en uittreksels uit romans, sal die leser sulke bekende rock ikone as Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bob Dylan, en Bruce Springsteen erken. Sherman Alexie se "bespreking Blues" volg die rumoerige avonture van 'n alles-inheemse Amerikaanse rock band van die bespreking na New York City. In "grond onder haar voete," Salman Rushdie bied 'n riff op die Orpheus en Eurydice mite in 'n rock-en-roll instelling. Scott Spencer se "ryk man se tafel" fokus op die wettige afstammelinge van 'n Dylan-agtige sanger en 'n voormalige Greenwich Village hippie. By tye hees, by tye aangrypende, die stories in hierdie versameling vier in hul eie manier die tydlose gees wat is die hart van rock en roll.