Cloudland Revisited

Author : Adam Gopnik,S.J. Perelman

Paperback

Published : Tuesday 9 April 2024

ISBN : 9781598537802

Price : €18.71

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From October 1948 to October 1953, The New Yorker published humourist S. J. Perelmans Cloudland Revisited series: 22 reviews of once-popular books and silent films whose expiration dates had passed. All but forgotten even at the time, they were nonetheless part of Perelmans youth and made an indelible mark on him. In the comic geniuss biting satire they live once again: Gertrude Athertons sensationalist fantasy Black Oxen; Sax Rohmers supervillain blockbuster The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu; the underwater silent film adaptation of Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea; Edgar Rice Burroughs 1914 novel Tarzan of the Apes; and George Barr McCutcheons 1901 historical fantasy novel Graustark-the Game of Thrones of its era-which launched numerous sequels and film adaptations. The complete series is collected here for the first time. With self-deprecating humour and frequent embarrassment, Perelman reflects on how rereading and rewatching brings us in contact with how we, like an ol

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