This is a multigenerational saga set in New York's Hudson Valley in three time periods: the late 17th century; the 1940s and the late 1960s. It follows the interwoven destinies of three families: a family of Indians, a family of Dutch patrons and a family of yeoman.
Erscheinungsjahr: 2004Nachdr.LehrpersonenGewicht: 216 gr / Abmessung: 30 cmVon Frenken, Wiltrud; Luz, Angela; Prischtt, Brigitte / Von Boyle, T. C.Contents: Die Personen - Der Inhalt - The Author - Vorüberlegungen zum Einsatz des Romans im Unterricht - Klausuren - Konzeption des UnterrichtsmodellsComponent 1: When Worlds Clash: First encounter and clashes between the two worlds - Conflicting points of view towards the immigration issueComponent 2: Cándido''s and América''s Best of all Worlds: Symbolism - América: everybody''s victimComponent 3: When Mexican Dreams Meet US Reality: Delaney''s worries - When Whites and Mexicans meet - The Mexicans'' desperate struggle for happinessComponent 4: Delaney - Racist in a Liberal Skin: The wound refusing to heal - The long way to racism
A dazzlingly written and wickedly sexy read from one of the giants of American contemporary fictions; 'Boyle just gets better and better' (Daily Mail) In 1939, on the campus of Indiana University, a revolution has begun. The stir is caused by Alfred Kinsey, a zoologist who is determined to take sex out of the bedroom. John Milk, a freshman, is enthralled by the professor's daring lectures and over the next two decades becomes Kinsey's right hand man. But Kinsey teaches Milk more than the art of objective enquiry. Behind closed doors, he is a sexual enthusiast of the highest order and as a member of his 'inner circle' of researchers, Milk is called on to participate in experiments that become increasingly uninhibited ...