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The Waterworks by E. L. Doctorow

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Author Biography

Name: Edgar Laurence Doctorow
Variant Name: E. L. Doctorow
Birth Date: January 6, 1931
Place of Birth: Bronx, New York
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: writer

summary from source:
Biography of E(dgar) L(aurence) Doctorow
9908 words, approx. 33 pages
[This entry was updated by Douglas Fowler (Florida State University) from his entry in DLB 173: American Novelists Since World War II, Fifth Series.] E. L. Doctorow's narrative art is a distinctive fusion of moral involvement and poetic transformation. L...
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Biography of Edgar Laurence Doctorow
4785 words, approx. 16 pages
One of the most celebrated and controversial novelists of the past two decades, E. L. Doctorow has an uncanny ability to reach both the general audience (The Book of Daniel, Welcome to Hard Times, and Ragtime have been made into movies) and the literary...
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Biography of E. L. Doctorow
3148 words, approx. 10.5 pages
"It was juggling that had got me where I was . . . . I practiced my juggling. I juggled anything, Spaldeens, stones, oranges, empty green Coca-Cola bottles, I juggled rolls we stole hot from the bins in the Pechter Bakery wagons, and since I juggled so c...
 


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The New York Observer
In Doctorow\'d5s Brilliant March, Writer Finds Humanity in War
9/18/2005: 1,701 words, approx. 6 pages
A great blessing in life is that most people can get used to anything. And a great curse in life is that most people can get used to anything. At home and on the battlefield, the most peaceful, decent men and women get used to...
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The New York Observer
In Doctorow's Brilliant March, Writer Finds Humanity in War
9/18/2005: 1,698 words, approx. 6 pages
A great blessing in life is that most people can get used to anything. And a great curse in life is that most people can get used to anything. At home and on the battlefield, the most peaceful, decent men and women get used to...
 


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