Genesis
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A major new novel about sex and the citizen by the award-winning author of Being Dead. The timid life of actor Felix Dern is uncorrupted by Hollywood, where his success has not yet been shackled with any intrusive fame. But, in the theaters and the restaurants of his own city, "Lix" is celebrated and admired for his looks, for his voice, and for his unblemished private life. He has succeeded in courting popularity everywhere, this handsome hero of the left, this charming darling of the right, this ever-twisting weather vane. A perfect life? No, he is blighted. He has been blighted since his teens, for every woman he sleeps with bears his child. So now, it is Mouetta's turn. Their baby's due in May. Lix wants to say he feels besieged. Another child? To be so fertile is a In Genesis, Jim Crace, winner of the National Book Critics' Circle Award and the Whitbread Novel of the Year, charts the sexual history of a loving, baffled man, the sexual emancipation of a city, and the sexual ambiguities of humankind.
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Crace, J. (2004). Genesis. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Crace, Jim. 2004. Genesis. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Crace, Jim, Genesis. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004.
MLA Citation (style guide)Crace, Jim. Genesis. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004.
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| dateLastUpdated | Sep 25, 2024 06:57:02 PM |
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