Uncommon Type : Some Stories

Resumen del libro

A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR A collection of seventeen wonderful short stories showing that two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks is as talented a writer as he is an actor. A hectic, funny sexual affair between two best friends. A World War II veteran dealing with his emotional and physical scars.

A second-rate actor plunged into sudden stardom and a whirlwind press junket. A small-town newspaper columnist with old-fashioned views of the modern world. A woman adjusting to life in a new neighborhood after her divorce.

Four friends going to the moon and back in a rocket ship constructed in the backyard. A teenage surfer stumbling into his father's secret life. These are just some of the people and situations that Tom Hanks explores in his first work of fiction, a collection of stories that dissects, with great affection, humour and insight, the human condition and all its foibles.

The stories are linked by one thing: in each of them, a typewriter plays a part, sometimes minor, sometimes central. To many, typewriters represent a level of craftsmanship, beauty and individuality that is harder and harder to find in the modern world. In his stories, Mr Hanks gracefully reaches that typewriter-worthy level.

Known for his honesty and sensitivity as an actor, Mr Hanks brings both those characteristics to his writing. Alternatingly whimsical, moving and occasionally melancholy, Uncommon Type is a book that will delight as well as surprise his millions of fans. It also establishes him as a welcome and wonderful new voice in contemporary fiction, a voice that perceptively delves beneath the surface of friendships, families, love and normal, everyday behaviour.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;p Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks nació el 9 de julio de 1956. Conocido por sus papeles como actor en x{0026}lt;em Bigx{0026}lt;/em (1988), x{0026}lt;em Philadephia x{0026}lt;/em (1993), x{0026}lt;em Forrest Gumpx{0026}lt;/em (1994),x{0026}lt;em Apollo 13x{0026}lt;/em (1995), x{0026}lt;em Salvar al soldado Ryanx{0026}lt;/em , Tienes un e-mail (ambas en 1998), Cloud Atlas, así como por haber puesto voz a personajes de las películas animadas Polar Express o Toy Story. Su carrera como actor, productor, guionista y director es una de las más consolidadas en Hollywood, y cuenta con millones de seguidores en el mundo entero. Sus relatos han aparecido en medios como x{0026}lt;em The New York Timesx{0026}lt;/em , x{0026}lt;em Vainity Fairx{0026}lt;/em y x{0026}lt;em The New Yorkerx{0026}lt;/em . x{0026}lt;em Tipos singulares x{0026}lt;/em supuso su debut en el mundo del libro. Con esta nueva novela Hanks se consagrará definitivamente como uno de los grandes narradores contemporáneos. x{0026}lt;/p