Homer and Langley

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Erudite recluses navigate a century's changing tides.

Imagine stepping into a world where retreat from society becomes a profound journey. "Homer and Langley" is not just a tale of two brothers retreating from the world; it's a rich canvas that captures the essence of a changing America through the eyes of the recluses. Your curiosity will be piqued, as E.L. Doctorow skillfully intertwines historical events with the personal saga of the Collyer brothers, making their lives a metaphor for the struggle to find meaning amidst chaos.

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Homer and Langley

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ISBN: 9780349122595
Authors: E.L. Doctorow
Publisher: Random House
Date of Publication: 2010-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Topics: World War II, Literature
Goodreads rating: 3.63
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Named one of the best books of the year by The San Francisco Chronicle, The Chicago Tribune, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Kansas City Star and Booklist. Homer and Langley Collyer are brothers--the one blind and deeply intuitive, the other damaged into madness, or perhaps greatness, by mustard gas in the Great War. They live as recluses in their once grand Fifth Avenue mansion, scavenging the city streets for things they think they can use, hoarding the daily newspapers as research for Langley's proposed dateless newspaper whose reportage will be as prophecy. Yet the epic events of the century play out in the lives of the two brothers--wars, political movements, technological advances--and even though they want nothing more than to shut out the world, history seems to pass through their cluttered house in the persons of immigrants, prostitutes, society women, government agents, gangsters, jazz musicians . . . and their housebound lives are fraught with odyssean peril as they struggle to survive and create meaning for themselves.
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Erudite recluses navigate a century's changing tides.

Imagine stepping into a world where retreat from society becomes a profound journey. "Homer and Langley" is not just a tale of two brothers retreating from the world; it's a rich canvas that captures the essence of a changing America through the eyes of the recluses. Your curiosity will be piqued, as E.L. Doctorow skillfully intertwines historical events with the personal saga of the Collyer brothers, making their lives a metaphor for the struggle to find meaning amidst chaos.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.