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A Student of History audiobook
- By: Nina Revoyr
- Length: 7 hours 22 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: March 05, 2019
- Language: English
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A Student of History Audiobook Summary
A contemporary Los Angeles story of uncrossable social lines, allegiance and betrayal, immeasurable power, and the ways the present is continually shaped by the past. Rick Nagano is a graduate student in the history department at USC, struggling to make rent on the South Los Angeles apartment near the neighborhood where his family once lived. When he lands a job as a research assistant for the elderly Mrs. W–, the heir to an oil fortune, he sees it at first simply as a source of extra cash. But as he grows closer to the iconoclastic, charming, and feisty Mrs. W–, he gets drawn into a world of privilege and wealth far different from his racially mixed, blue-collar beginnings. Putting aside his half-finished dissertation, Rick sets up office in Mrs. W–‘s grand Bel Air mansion and begins to transcribe her journals–which document an old Los Angeles not described in his history books. He also accompanies Mrs. W– to venues frequented by the descendants of the land and oil barons who built the city. One evening, at an event, he meets Fiona Morgan–the elegant scion of an old steel family–who takes an interest in his studies. Irresistibly drawn to Fiona, he agrees to help her with a project of questionable merit in the hopes he’ll win her favor. The Student of History explores both the beginnings of Los Angeles and present-day dynamics of race and class. It offers a window into the usually hidden world of high society, and the influence of historic families on current events. Like Great Expectations and The Great Gatsby, it features, in Rick Nagano, a young man of modest means who is navigating a world where he doesn’t belong. Set in a modern-day Los Angeles that’s both familiar and unknown, The Student of History is a story of uncrossable social lines, allegiance and betrayal, immeasurable power, and the ways the present is continually shaped by the past.
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A Student of History Full Details
| Length | 7 hours 22 minutes |
| Author | Nina Revoyr |
| Publisher | Recorded Books, Inc. |
| Release date | March 05, 2019 |
| ISBN | 9781980007395 |
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The publisher of the A Student of History is Recorded Books, Inc.. The imprint is Recorded Books, Inc.. It is supplied by Recorded Books, Inc.. The ISBN-13 is 9781980007395.
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This book is only available in the United States.
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