Waxwings novel jonathan raban biography
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Waxwings (novel)
2003 novel by Jonathan Raban
Waxwings 2003 is the second novel by Jonathan Raban
Ideas for the novel
[edit]Raban muses over the idea for a Seattle-based novel near the end of his American road trip in Hunting Mister Heartbreak. Whilst sailing on Lake Union, he portrays han själv as a fictional writer called Rainbird who, in toying with the idea for a novel, invents a character called Woon Soo Rhee. Woon Soo Rhee materializes as Chick in Waxwings:
Rainbird was keen on Woon Soo. His face would be a reef-knot of bunched muscle. His furious hands would fill the gaps of his fractured, F.O.B. American English. His body would be like the kind of steel spring that tough guys use to strengthen their hands. Woon Soo would be a creature of tragic aggression. (p. 361)
The main themes running through the novel are Tom Janeaway's parental love for his son, the bubble of the Internet boom, and the characters' mistaken identities. Janeaway himself fryst vatten confuse
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October 7 – October 31, 2004
by Jonathan Raban
Adapted by Julie Beckman | Directed by Mary Machala
Set in a dotcom-frenzied Seattle, Jonathan Raban’s Waxwings is a hugely entertaining satire on the American dream, as envisioned through the eyes of a Hungarian-born British expatriate professor and a charismatic Chinese immigrant. The author of 10 books and recipient of numerous awards (including the National Book Critics Circle Award and the PEN/West Creative Nonfiction Award), Raban has lived in Seattle for the past 14 years. Kirkus Reviews calls Waxwings “one of the best accounts ever written of an American era”; The Washington Post calls it “both a comedy of manners and a superbly funny social satire.”
Cast
Terry Edward Moore
Sam Lai
Teri Lazzara
Kelly Kitchens
Ray Gonzalez
George Mount
James Dean
Kathy Hsieh
Brandon Whitehead
Artistic Team
Jeff Cook, Scenic Designer
Carisa Bush, Costume Designer
Brian Healy, Lighting Designer
Dan De
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Jonathan Raban
British travel writer, critic, and novelist (1942–2023)
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| Born | Jonathan Mark Hamilton Priaulx Raban (1942-06-14)14 June 1942 Hempton, Norfolk, England |
| Died | 17 January 2023(2023-01-17) (aged 80) Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Hull |
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Jonathan Mark Hamilton Priaulx Raban (14 June 1942 – 17 January 2023) was a British award-winning travel writer, playwright, critic, and novelist.
Background
[edit]Jonathan Raban was born on 14 June 1942 in Norfolk.[1][2] He was the son of Monica Raban (née Sandison) and the Rev Canon J. Peter C.P. Raban, whom he did not actually meet until he was three due to his father's