The Wasteland - Paperback
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The Wasteland - Paperback
$18.95
by Harper H. Jameson (Author), W. a. W. Parker (Author)
Fans of T.S. Eliot and Moonlight will love this highly recommended book. (Screencraft)
"Oh my God, this book. This book . . . drop everything you're doing and start flipping pages right now." --Tissie, Bookshelves & Teacups blog The extraordinary career and devastating life of T.S. Eliot. T.S. Eliot is a hollow man trapped in a dreary world. He works at a bank, a slave to the clock, the same routine, day after day. While London's elite enjoy a Great Gatsby lifestyle and poets like Robert Frost are rock stars, attracting thousands of fans to each reading, Mr. Eliot walks past life, peering at it through cracks or around corners. Only in his imagination does the world drip with color. Then one day he comes across Jack, an out and proud gay man being badly beaten, and something compels him to intervene. Life will never be the same. Jack introduces Mr. Eliot to the gay underground of early twentieth-century London and to feelings Mr. Eliot had crammed down and locked away. And with freedom comes poetry. Extraordinary poetry that takes London by storm. But as Mr. Eliot's fame increases, pressure for conformity does as well. Religious intolerance, fascism's increasingly popular message of traditional values, and the allure of untold success present him with a decision that could have devastating consequences. The Wasteland is the untold story of T.S. Eliot, his secret struggle with being gay, the people left in the wake of his meteoric career trajectory, and the madness that helped produce his greatest work. "For poetry lovers and thrill seekers. The ride through the mind of a mad literary genius will leave you dazed and confused and highly entertained." --Mary Wollstonecrafty, Amazon reviewer "Wow! This is an amazing book...wholly original. Briskly paced, page-turning action." --Screencraft "This is a wild, wild poetic ride. If you're an Eliot fan (especially if you know why he used the middle initial), read this book. If you've always wondered about dear Tom, read this book!" --Julie B., Amazon reviewer "The writing is lyrical and colorful, but clearly still prose (for anyone who shies away from poetry), and the story is engaging and captivating, occasionally fantastical and trippy, and explores the pressure to conform to societal norms." --Amazon reviewerAuthor Biography
When Harper graduated from Brown University with a history degree, there was no inkling that a career as a writer would follow. After running a successful business for years, then launching the Social Impact Conference to support business owners, artists and activists dedicated to positive social change, Harper realized that story-telling was fundamental to changing the world and that history housed the greatest stories of them all.
Harper especially enjoys finding important but forgotten, or misunderstood, figures from history and bringing them back to life so that the reader can learn about them firsthand. Some recent favorite books include Strange Angel (George Pendle), Billion Dollar Whale (Bradley Hope, et. al), and Revolution (Russell Brand). Why don't you join Harper on a "roller coaster ride through history" that you never knew existed?
Number of Pages: 280
Dimensions: 0.9 x 9.3 x 6.1 IN
Publication Date: January 05, 2021
Award: Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards (2021)
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