{"product_id":"russell-hoban-faithful-to-the-strange-paperback","title":"Russell Hoban: Faithful to the Strange - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGraeme Wend-Walker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Spanning more than half a century, Russell Hoban's celebrated literary career won him critical accolades and legions of admirers across multiple genres. Many know him from the groundbreaking masterpiece \u003ci\u003eRiddley Walker\u003c\/i\u003e, with its twelve-year-old protagonist contemplating \"what the idear of us myt be\" from amidst the ruins of civilization. Others know Hoban from the genre-defying \u003ci\u003eThe Mouse and His Child\u003c\/i\u003e or from idiosyncratic novels of floundering Londoners. Still others fondly recall Frances the Badger's refusal to go to bed, or share Emmet Otter with their children at Christmas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book, the first consideration of Russell Hoban's literary career as a whole, explores what binds these seemingly disparate works together. Discovering unexpected patterns between books written from what one character describes as a perpetual \"state of surprise,\" this critical study also draws on Hoban's biography, from his formation as an artist under the influence of jazz in New York to the upheaval of his self-reinvention as a writer, as it offers its own reflection on what the idea of Russell Hoban might be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGraeme Wend-Walker\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of English literature at Texas State University in San Marcos.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.53 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 26, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68051622953181,"sku":"9781476682822","price":118.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/F6z2moJCQ79781476682822.webp?v=1791517905","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/russell-hoban-faithful-to-the-strange-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}