by Percival Everett · Faber & Faber · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780571370894
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«Erasure» is Percival Everett's satirical novel, published by Faber & Faber in hardcover (320 pages, in English).
Thelonius «Monk» Ellison, a cultured author with poor sales, publishes under the pseudonym Stagg R. Leigh a parody that denounces the racial stereotypes of the publishing industry. His immediate success confronts him with a contradiction: he triumphs with what he wanted to ridicule, while his family life falls apart.
The novel was adapted into a movie as American Fiction and won the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction.
For readers of contemporary fiction who appreciate social satire and want to discover the original work behind the movie American Fiction.
Percival Leonard Everett II is an American author and Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California. He has described himself as "pathologically ironic" and has explored numerous genres such as western fiction, mysteries, thrillers, satire and philosophical fiction. His books are often satirical, aimed at exploring race and identity issues in the United States.
