On wings of song

Label

On wings of song

Statement of responsibility

by Thomas M. Disch

Creator

• Disch, Thomas M

Contributor

• Zigal, Thomas,
• Southwestern Writers Collection
• Disch, Thomas M

Subject

• Astral projection -- Fiction
• Bildungsromans
• Flight -- Fiction
• Science fiction
• Young men -- Fiction
• New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
• Iowa -- Fiction
• Twenty-first century -- Fiction

Genre

• Fiction
• Bildungsromans
• Science fiction

Language

eng

Summary

"The novel takes place in suburban Iowa and in New York City, around the middle of the 21st century. Its first section describes the childhood and adolescence of Daniel Weinreb, an imaginative boy who manages to adapt well to his conservative surroundings until a minor act of rebellion sends him to prison at age 14. Daniel's experience there makes him eager to leave the Midwest. After falling in love with the daughter of a powerful and reactionary local tycoon, he moves with her to New York, dreaming of becoming a musician and exploring the forbidden art of "flying"electronically-assisted astral projection. Tragedy and exploitation leave Daniel's idealism in ruins, but he persists and becomes an internationally famous and controversial performer"--Wikipedia.com

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

813/.5/4

Index

no index present

LC call number

PS3554.I8

LC item number

O5 1979

Literary form

fiction