![]() ![]() ![]() Washington, and Robert Peary, who took Father most of the way to the North Pole with him, also make appearances. Harry Houdini, Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Booker T. That relationship puts him in contact with anarchists Emma Goldman. Mother's Younger Brother becomes romantically involved with the historical singer Evelyn Nesbit, who gained notoriety after her husband shot her lover. The characters in the family are known throughout the book as simply "Mother," "Father," "Mother's Young Brother," "The Little Boy" and "Grandfather." They represent the successful upper middle class family and their anonymity is juxtaposed against the famous and infamous of the period, many of whom move through their sphere. Set in early twentieth century, Ragtime tells the story of an anonymous family living in New Rochelle, New York. ![]() There was nothing in the musical which made me think it was a work of science fiction or fantasy, and reading the novel does not disabuse me of that notion. Perhaps even more intriguingly, and the reason I decided to read the novel, it was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1975, losing out to Joe Haldeman's The Forever War. Doctorow's Ragtime first appeared in 1975 and has since been adapted into a 1981 film (which I haven't seen) and a 1998 musical (which I have). ![]()
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