The Stone World
āļ.āļ. 2022 · Melville House
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A Washington Post Best Fiction Book of 2022
From the son of acclaimed author James Agee, a haunting novel depicting an American boyâs childhood in Mexico, ensconced in a world comprised of communist European exiles, local union activists, street children, and avant-garde artists like Frida Kahlo.
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Joel Ageeâs hallucinatory first novel begins in a house with a large garden in an unnamed Mexican town in the late 1940s, where six-and-a-half-year-old Peter reads, dreams, and plays with his friends. He is a nascent explorer, artist, philosopher, mystic, and scientist. His world is still new, not yet papered over with received knowledge.
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And the actual world around him is a unique one in history: a community of leftist emigrÃĐs who have found refuge in Mexico from the Nazi and fascist regimes of Europe, rubbing shoulders with Mexican labor activists and leftists such as Frida Kahlo. Â
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But the emigrÃĐs long for home â including Peterâs step-father, who wants to return to his native Germany. Going back to Europe may not be safe for any of them yet, however, which gives rise to anguished arguments among Peterâs parentsâs and their tight group of friends.
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And slowly, Peter begins to comprehend that his world may be turned upside down â that he might be forced to take leave of everyone he knows: his best friend, ArÃģn; his fatherâs friend SÃĄndor, who talks about revolution and performs magic tricks; and Zita, the familyâs live-in-maid, who has taught him the consoling mysteries of prayer . . .
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Steeped in the magic and myths of childhood â yet haunted by a harsh adult world bedeviled by instability and political turmoil â Joel Ageeâs The Stone World is an unforgettable portrait of a family that will inevitably invite comparison with another classic family story, that of his father James Ageeâs A Death in the Family.
From the son of acclaimed author James Agee, a haunting novel depicting an American boyâs childhood in Mexico, ensconced in a world comprised of communist European exiles, local union activists, street children, and avant-garde artists like Frida Kahlo.
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Joel Ageeâs hallucinatory first novel begins in a house with a large garden in an unnamed Mexican town in the late 1940s, where six-and-a-half-year-old Peter reads, dreams, and plays with his friends. He is a nascent explorer, artist, philosopher, mystic, and scientist. His world is still new, not yet papered over with received knowledge.
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And the actual world around him is a unique one in history: a community of leftist emigrÃĐs who have found refuge in Mexico from the Nazi and fascist regimes of Europe, rubbing shoulders with Mexican labor activists and leftists such as Frida Kahlo. Â
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But the emigrÃĐs long for home â including Peterâs step-father, who wants to return to his native Germany. Going back to Europe may not be safe for any of them yet, however, which gives rise to anguished arguments among Peterâs parentsâs and their tight group of friends.
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And slowly, Peter begins to comprehend that his world may be turned upside down â that he might be forced to take leave of everyone he knows: his best friend, ArÃģn; his fatherâs friend SÃĄndor, who talks about revolution and performs magic tricks; and Zita, the familyâs live-in-maid, who has taught him the consoling mysteries of prayer . . .
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Steeped in the magic and myths of childhood â yet haunted by a harsh adult world bedeviled by instability and political turmoil â Joel Ageeâs The Stone World is an unforgettable portrait of a family that will inevitably invite comparison with another classic family story, that of his father James Ageeâs A Death in the Family.
A Washington Post Best Fiction Book of 2022
From the son of acclaimed author James Agee, a haunting novel depicting an American boyâs childhood in Mexico, ensconced in a world comprised of communist European exiles, local union activists, street children, and avant-garde artists like Frida Kahlo...
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Joel Agee is a writer and translator. He has won numerous awards for his translation work, including the Berlin Prize of the American Academy in Berlin; the Helen and Kurt Wolff Prize; and the ALTA National Translation Award, as well as fellowships form the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. His essays have appeared in Harperâs, The New Yorker, The Yale Review, and other magazines, and he is the author of two acclaimed memoirs: Twelve Years: An American Boyhood in East Germany and In the House of My Fear. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Joel Agee is a writer and translator. He has won numerous awards for his translation work, including the Berlin Prize of the American Academy in Berlin; the Helen and Kurt Wolff Prize; and the ALTA National Translation Award, as well as fellowships form the Guggenheim Foundation and the National ...
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