A novel by Paul Metcalf
July 14, 2015 5.5 x 8.25 264 Pages 978-1-56689-392-3
The 50th anniversary edition of Metcalfs extraordinary novelwith a new introduction by Rick Moodyis a reckoning with Columbus, America, myth, and his great-grandfather Herman Melville.
This is a 50th anniversary edition with a new introduction by Rick Moody.
First published in 1965, Genoa is Metcalfs purging of the burden of his relationship to his great-grandfather Herman Melville. In his signature polyphonic style, the life of Melville, Melvilles use and conversion of the Columbus myth, and the story of the Mills brothersone, an M.D. who refuses to practice, the other an executed murderervibrate and sing a quintessentially American song.
About the Author
Paul Metcalf (19171999) was an American writer and the great-grandson of Herman Melville. His three volume Collected Works were published by Coffee House Press in 1996.