Publisher | Picador |
ISBN 10 | 330519980 |
Book Format | - Paperback |
Book Subtitle | The Life and Rise of Barack Obama |
About the Author | David Remnick was a reporter for The Washington Post for ten years, including four in Moscow. He joined The New Yorker as a writer in 1992 and has been the magazine’s editor since 1998. His last book was King of the World, a biography of Muhammad Ali, which was selected by Time as the top nonfiction book of 1998. Lenin’s Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire won a Pulitzer Prize in 1994. |
Publication Date | 2/4/2010 |
ISBN 13 | 9780330519984 |
Author | David Remnick |
Language | English |
Editorial Review | “If you care about American politics, you have to read The Bridge.” –Salon “Writing with emotional precision and a sure knowledge of politics, Mr. Remnick situates Mr. Obama’s career firmly within a historical context.” –Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times “A brilliantly constructed, flawlessly written biography.” – Douglas Brinkley, The Los Angeles Times “Exhaustively researched…Remnick has many important additions and corrections to make to our reading of “Dreams From My Father”…The book’s insights into Obama’s character will be very useful for understanding the man’s performance as president.” –Garry Wills, The New York Times Book Review |
Edition Number | Export Edition |
Number of Pages | 400 |