Genoa: A Telling of Wonders (50th Anniversary Edition)

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xiv, 217 pp. Includes new introduction by Rick Moody. "First published in 1965, 'Genoa' is Metcalf's purging of the burden of his relationship to his great-grandfather Herman Melvi lle. In his signature polyphonic style, the life of Melville, Melville's use and conversion of the Columbus myth, and the story of the Mills brothers--one, an M.D. who refuses to practice; the other, an executed murderer--vibrate and sing a quintessentially American song." Show more