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English
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On a sultry summer night in 1915, Jay Follet leaves his house in Knoxville, Tennessee, to tend to his father, whom he believes is dying. The summons turns out to be a false alarm, but on his way back to his family, Jay has a car accident and is killed instantly, leaving his wife, brother, and young son to deal with his sudden death.
Author
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
“Agee’s prose poem captures the textural variety of Brooklyn in language that bears reading aloud for its lilt, melody, and pleasingly pungent vocabulary.” —Booklist (starred review)
For the first time in book form—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author
Foreword by Jonathan Lethem, author Motherless Brooklyn
In 1939, James Agee was assigned to write an article on...
For the first time in book form—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author
Foreword by Jonathan Lethem, author Motherless Brooklyn
In 1939, James Agee was assigned to write an article on...
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
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Description
At the start of World War I, German imperial troops burn down a mission in Africa. The mission's reverend was so overtaken with disappointment that he passes away. Shortly after his well-educated, snooty sister Rose buries her brother, she must leave on the only available transport, the 'African Queen' steamboat. The boat is manned by the ill-mannered bachelor, Charlie. Together they embark on a long difficult journey, without any comfort. Rose grows...
Series
Criterion collection volume 541
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Blu-ray special edition.
Language
English
Description
A demented preacher stalks two young children, a brother and sister, because he is certain they know where their late bank-robbing father hid his money.
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Classical singer Julia Bullock makes her solo recording debut, on Nonesuch Records. Bullock is joined on the album by London's Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Christian Reif for Samuel Barber's Knoxville: Summer of 1915 and an aria from John Adams's El Niño. With Reif on the piano, she also performs traditional spirituals and songs by Oscar Brown, Jr.; Billy Taylor; and Sandy Denny. The first track released is an interpretation of the Connie...
Series
Criterion collection volume 541
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
Two-DVD special edition.
Language
English
Description
A self-styled preacher marries and murders the widow of an executed convict with whom he once shared a cell. He then terrorizes her two young children to force them to tell him the whereabouts of the $10,000 he knows their father hid before his imprisonment.
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