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Christopher, Nicholas was born on February 28, 1951 in New York City.
(In this shimmering work of fiction, Nicholas Christopher ...)
In this shimmering work of fiction, Nicholas Christopher follows the remarkable life of Franklin Flyer–a restless young inventor named after the train on which he was born–through the tumultuous years of the Great Depression, into the Second World War. Raised by his suffragette aunt, at various times a vagabond and tycoon, Franklin travels across the U.S.A and around the globe, seeking adventure and enlightenment, charting his fate by pursuing the unexpected. He encounters a glittering cast of characters: among them Rita Hayworth, Josephine Baker, OSS founder “Wild Bill” Donovan, and a host of political zealots, opportunists, and dreamers thrown together in a world on the brink of collapse. With each new invention–devices that help to revolutionize everything from early television to the technology with which the Allies respond to the Axis powers–Franklin makes his mark. Gaining fame and fortune, he also suffers terrible heartbreak, and through numerous transformations discovers that a man’s own life is truly his most difficult, and rewarding, invention. A brisk, vivid blend of history and imagination, Franklin Flyer brings to life an American hero as unforgettable as his times. From the Hardcover edition.
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( In “a haunting, multifaceted work filled with astonishi...)
In “a haunting, multifaceted work filled with astonishing, surreal images” (New York Times Book Review), “one of the very best poets of his generation” (Anthony Hecht) transports us from Hawaii to Las Vegas to Greenwich Village - and limns the spiritual emanations of life and death.
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( At thirty-four, piano soloist Max Randal has hit a wall...)
At thirty-four, piano soloist Max Randal has hit a wall. It's been four years since his last live performance, and his manager is intent on revitalizing his career with a big concert at Carnegie Hall. As if that wouldn't be enough for Max to worry about, as he struggles to prepare, the ghosts of his failed relationships have come to haunt him — his first ex-wife is dying, his second ex-wife wants to get back together, the mother of his child has taken off for Europe and unexpectedly left him to care for their nine-year-old, and his present girlfriend now wants to get serious. Believe it or not, the plot only gets thicker. Merging dozens of characters and events into a seamless narrative, gifted novelist and poet Nicholas Christopher delivers a compelling tale. Like an exhilarating performance, The Soloist takes you on a brilliant adventure that resonates even once it's over.
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(Here are poems that are musically rich and visually exhil...)
Here are poems that are musically rich and visually exhilarating, poems that project with both brio and tenderness the awakening, the power, and the pleasures of feeling.
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( Since his poetry began appearing in the New Yorker when...)
Since his poetry began appearing in the New Yorker when he was in his early twenties, Nicholas Christopher has been praised as one of America's most important poets by such literary talents as John Ashbery, Charles Simic, James Merrill, and Anthony Hecht, among others. Crossing the Equator collects Christopher's best work from the past three decades and includes a section of new poems that are among his finest. Exploring with equal brilliance the labyrinths of history and the human heart, the jagged magic of urban life and the illuminations of travel, the luminous and transformative voice of Crossing the Equator puts on display Christopher's dazzling power and myriad depths. Cold missiles and a rain of embers accompany the men who slide like shadows into the city faces mud-smeared stones for teeth no eyes who slit the throats of everyone they encounter until breaking down my door they drag me into the darkness that floods the corridor and lock me in an icy chamber -from "The Last Hours of Laódikê, Sister of Hektor"
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(Yillar onceydi. Frankfurt Kitap Fuari sirasinda, uc-bes k...)
Yillar onceydi. Frankfurt Kitap Fuari sirasinda, uc-bes kisi dert yaniyorduk. Neredeydi yeni ve iyi edebiyatcilar? Yeni ve iyi derken, hem dil derdi olan, hem de kurgusu saglam, akici bir hikâye yazmayi bilen yazarlari kastediyorduk: Yoksa yalnizca iyi hikâye anlatanlari ya da yalnizca kendine has bir dil dunyasi yaratmis olanlari degil. O sirada, birisi, Nicholas Christopher'i okuyup okumadigimi sordu. Hayir, dedim. Tam aradigim yazarmis. Okursam cok sevecekmisim. New York'a donunce gonderecekmis kitaplarini. Hakikaten de gonderdi. Ilkin Yildizlara Yolculuk'u okudum. Sonra Franklin Flyer'i. Ikisi de muhtesemdi. Her ayrintida ortaya cikan muthis bir bilgi birikimi, inanilmaz kivraklikta bir anlatim ve zorunlu rastlantilar uzerine kurulmus bir hikâye. Insan daha ne ister ki! 1929'da Buyuk Buhran sonrasinda oradan oraya savrulan bir mucit ve maceraperver olan Franklin'in hayati, sari sapkasi, zilyum'un esrari, cizgi romanlar, mukemmel kadinlar, Josephine Baker ve savas, bir film noir uslubuyla anlatiliyor bu kitapta.Tanitim Yazisi'ndan
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( Nicholas Christopher is one of his generation's finest ...)
Nicholas Christopher is one of his generation's finest poets. The author of such masterpieces as In the Year of the Comet and The Creation of the Night Sky, he has earned a reputation for the sheer beauty of his verse, for his elegiac voice, and for his lush, redolent vocabulary. Now he presents two extended poems, set in the years 1962 and 1972. Each year includes forty-five poems that evoke the life of a young boy and, later, a young man, during those alternately calm and turbulent decades. Comic books, a first bicycle, television, candy stores, the threat of nuclear war, drug experimentation, travel in Europe, love affairs, questioning the world: these subjects form a common thread of growing up in middle-class America and of a young man entering the adult world, feeling and trying to understand its complexities, pains, and joys. An exciting and moving illumination of age and experience, Atomic Field is a major work by a celebrated American poet.
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Christopher, Nicholas was born on February 28, 1951 in New York City.
AB cum laude, Harvard College, 1973.
Professor Columbia University School Arts, Columbia University, since 1988.
( In “a haunting, multifaceted work filled with astonishi...)
( Since his poetry began appearing in the New Yorker when...)
(In this shimmering work of fiction, Nicholas Christopher ...)
(Here are poems that are musically rich and visually exhil...)
( Nicholas Christopher is one of his generation's finest ...)
( At thirty-four, piano soloist Max Randal has hit a wall...)
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Member Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association, Poetry Society of America.
Married Constance Barbara Davidson, November 21, 1980.