The Intuitionist (Paperback)
| Author: Colson Whitehead |
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Format: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Inc
ISBN-10: 0385493002
ISBN-13: 9780385493000
Sku: 30532763
Publish Date: 1/1/2000
Dimensions:
(in Inches) 8H x 5.25L x 0.75T
Pages:
272
Age Range:
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| As two factions at the Department of Elevator Inspectors--the Empiricists and the Intuitionists--wage war on each other, Intuitionist Lila Mae, the first black elevator inspector, faces bedlam when an elevator freefalls on her watch and the mysterious notebooks from the founder of Intuitionism suddenly appear. Reprint. *Author: Whitehead, Colson *Publication Date: 2000/01/01 *Binding Type: Paperback *Language: English *Depth: 0.75 *Width: 5.25 *Height: 8.00 |
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As two factions at the Department of Elevator Inspectors--the Empiricists and the Intuitionists--wage war on each other, Intuitionist Lila Mae, the first black elevator inspector, faces bedlam when an elevator freefalls on her watch and the mysterious notebooks from the founder of Intuitionism suddenly appear. Reprint.As two factions at the Department of Elevator Inspectors--the Empiricists and the Intuitionists--wage war on each other, Intuitionist Lila Mae, the first black elevator inspector, faces bedlam when an elevator freefalls on her watch and the mysterious notebooks from the founder of Intuitionism suddenly appear. Reprint. |
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In this bizarre world, the control of the Elevators Inspectors is sought by two rival groups, the Empiricists (traditional technicians) and the Intuitionists (who feel the elevators' psychic vibrations). One of the Intuitionists, Lila Mae Watson, who is black, is suspected of negligence when one of her approved elevators malfunctions, as a result of which her life is disrupted by false accusations, physical attacks, and a troubling romance.
In this bizarre world, the control of the Elevators Inspectors is sought by two rival groups, the Empiricists (traditional technicians) and the Intuitionists (who feel the elevators' psychic vibrations). One of the Intuitionists, Lila Mae Watson, who is black, is suspected of negligence when one of her approved elevators malfunctions, as a result of which her life is disrupted by false accusations, physical attacks, and a troubling romance.
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Newsweek
"255 pages of the most engaging literary sleuthing you'll read this year." 01/13/1999 Kirkus Reviews
"[I]ronically echoes and amusingly inverts Ralph Ellison's classic 'Invisible Man'....[A] deftly plotted mystery and quest tale that's also a teasing intellectual adventure....Ralph Ellison would be proud." 11/15/1998 New Yorker
"Whitehead's prose is graceful and often lyrical, and his elevator underworld is a complex, lovingly realized creation." 03/15/1999
"255 pages of the most engaging literary sleuthing you'll read this year." 01/13/1999 Kirkus Reviews
"[I]ronically echoes and amusingly inverts Ralph Ellison's classic 'Invisible Man'....[A] deftly plotted mystery and quest tale that's also a teasing intellectual adventure....Ralph Ellison would be proud." 11/15/1998 New Yorker
"Whitehead's prose is graceful and often lyrical, and his elevator underworld is a complex, lovingly realized creation." 03/15/1999
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