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Mark Z. Danielewski
Only Revolutions
Pantheon
About
the Book
A love story and
a paean to untrammeled freedom, presented in dual
free-verse narratives spoken by Sam and Hailey,
two 16-year-old vagabonds.
Sam:
They were with us before Romeo & Juliet. And
long after too. Because they're forever around.
Or so both claim, carolling gleefully:
We're allways sixteen.
Sam & Hailey, powered by an ever-rotating fleet
of cars, from Model T to Lincoln Continental, career
from the Civil War to the Cold War, barrelling down
through the Appalachians, up the Mississippi River,
across the Badlands, finally cutting a nation in
half as they try to outrace History itself.
By turns beguiling and gripping, finally worldwrecking,
Only Revolutions is unlike anything ever published
before, a remarkable feat of heart and intellect,
moving us with the journey of two kids, perpetually
of summer, perpetually sixteen, who give up everything
except each other. Hailey:
They were with us before Tristan & Isolde.
And long after too. Because they're forever around.
Or so both claim, gleefully carolling:
We're allways sixteen.
Hailey & Sam, powered by an ever-rotating
fleet of cars, from Shelby Mustang to Sumover
Linx, careen from the Civil Rights Movement to
the Iraq War, tearing down to New Orleans, up
the Mississippi River, across Montana, finally
cutting a nation in half as they try to outrace
History itself.
By turns enticing and exhilarating, finally breathtaking,
Only Revolutions is unlike anything ever conceived
before, a remarkable feat of heart and intellect,
moving us with the journey of two kids, perpetually
of summer, perpetually sixteen, who give up everything
except each other.
About
the Author
Mark Z. Danielewski was born in
New York City and now lives in Los Angeles. He
is the author of House of Leaves.
Suggested Links
www.onlyrevolutions.com
www.myspace.com/danielewski
markzdanielewski.info/index.html
Backlist
- The
Fifty Year Sword, De Bezige Bij
- The Whalestoe
Letters, Pantheon Books
- House of
Leaves, Knopf Publishing Group
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