Twain & Stanley enter Paradise
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New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2015.
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First edition.
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Published
New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2015.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
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x, 465 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English

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Twain & Stanley Enter Paradise, by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Oscar Hijuelos, is a luminous work of fiction inspired by the real-life, 37-year friendship between two towering figures of the late 19th century, famed writer and humorist Mark Twain and legendary explorer Sir Henry Morton Stanley.Hijuelos was fascinated by the Twain-Stanley connection and eventually began researching and writing a novel that used the scant historical record of their relationship as a starting point for a more detailed fictional account. It was a labor of love for Hijuelos, who worked on the project for more than 10 years, publishing other novels along the way but always returning to Twain and Stanley; indeed, he was still revising the manuscript the day before his sudden passing in 2013.The resulting novel is a richly woven tapestry of people and events that is unique among the author's works, both in theme and structure. Hijuelos ingeniously blends correspondence, memoir, and third-person omniscience to explore the intersection of these Victorian giants in a long-vanished world.From their early days as journalists in the American West to their admiration and support of each other's writing, their mutual hatred of slavery, their social life together in the dazzling literary circles of the period, and even a mysterious journey to Cuba to search for Stanley's adoptive father, Twain & Stanley Enter Paradise superbly channels two vibrant but very different figures. It is also a study of Twain's complex bond with Mrs. Stanley, the bohemian portrait artist Dorothy Tennant, who introduces Twain and his wife to the world of seances and mediums after the tragic death of their daughter.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Hijuelos, O. (2015). Twain & Stanley enter Paradise (First edition.). Grand Central Publishing.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Hijuelos, Oscar. 2015. Twain & Stanley Enter Paradise. Grand Central Publishing.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Hijuelos, Oscar. Twain & Stanley Enter Paradise Grand Central Publishing, 2015.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Hijuelos, Oscar. Twain & Stanley Enter Paradise First edition., Grand Central Publishing, 2015.

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