It may have been written decades ago about events that are now a century in our past but it remains a fresh, enthralling read. The epic comes through Doctorow's well-chosen words and sentences which he shapes into real people amidst historic events.
'If you ask me whether some things in the. The story opens in 1906 in New Rochelle, New York, at the home of an affluent American family. The novel interweaves fictional characters with actual historic events and figures. "Ragtime" is epic in scope but not in the number of pages. Ragtime is a narrative tour de force, and its bold combination of fictional and historical figures has stimulated a lively debate about the truth of art. Ragtime, a classic work of historical fiction first published in 1975, details the lives of three families in early 20th-century New York. All of these characters and themes are blended and united through Doctorow's hypnotic narrative. With deft skill, Doctorow addresses these issues within the contexts of his many plots and characters while also providing humor, human pathos, sex and a thrilling manhunt. Themes range from the emergence of the American century, the rise of celebrity culture and press, the integration of immigrants into the American identity, the shame and violence of racism, anarchists, the rise of women's liberation, and the music of the ragtime genre.
"Ragtime" includes fuller roles as well as cameos for last-turn-of-the-century magician Harry Houdini, polar explorer Admiral Peary, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, J.P. Doctorow includes historical figures in his cast of characters. As he does in many of his novels, the late E.L. Edgar Lawrence Doctorow (Janu July 21, 2015) was an American novelist, editor, and professor, best known for his works of historical fiction.
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