Agony and the Eggplant

Daniel Pinkwater's Heroic Struggles in the Name of YA Literature

von Walter Hogan

172 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The Agony and the Eggplant is the first book-length study of author, illustrator, and radio personality, Daniel Pinkwater. Pinkwater began writing and illustrating children's books in 1970 and has been a prolific author for three decades. He has written over 70 books altogether: more than fifty picture books, a dozen books for middle-grade or intermediate readers, half a dozen books for adolescents, an adult novel, and several books of nonfiction.Pinkwater is a humorist, and many of his stories involve science fiction or fantasy themes. He is often compared with Douglas Adams and Kurt Vonnegut; his style is often likened to Monty Python and Mad magazine. Pinkwater's fiction has often been described as "wacky" and "zany;" The Agony and the Eggplant will go beyond those cliches to place Pinkwater as a classical satirist, an American humorist, and a master of children's literature. Sprinkled with quotes and observations from Pinkwater, Hogan gives us a highly entertaining look at the man responsible for some of the most unique young adult fiction on the market.

• Reihe: Studies in Young Adult Literature
• Themen: Biographie, Literatur und Literaturwissenschaft Geschichte und Kritik Kinder- und Jugendliteraturwissenschaft
• ISBN: 9780810839946
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 21.03.2001
• Größe: 222 x 145 mm
• Verlag: Scarecrow Press