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John O'Hara: Four Novels of the 1930s (Loa #313): Appointment in Samarra / Butterfield 8 / Hope of Heaven / Pal Joey

BuchGebunden
674 Seiten
Englisch
Library of Americaerschienen am08.01.2019
The early novels of John O'Hara, like those of Hemingway and Fitzgerald, dramatize the longings and dashed hopes of a lost generation, seduced and betrayed by the glittering temptations of the modern age. Appointment in Samarra (1934), O'Hara's brilliant debut, is a briskly paced story of one man's self-sabotage and a tour de force of closely observed, unsparing social portraiture. The life of the car dealer Julian English unravels with stunning swiftness after he throws a drink in another man's face at the country club in O'Hara's fictional town of Gibbsville. Butterfield 8 (1935), based on the notorious case of the drowned socialite Starr Faithfull, explores the speakeasy world of a hedonistic Manhattan through a damaged and volatile heroine whose frank portrayal scandalized many of the book's early readers. Hope of Heaven (1938), one of O'Hara's favorites among his works, shifts the scene to Los Angeles to tell the noirish tale of a relationship between Peggy Henderson, a pretty young leftist working at a bookstore, and O'Hara's alter ego Jim Malloy. And in Pal Joey (1940), the basis for an enduring Rodgers & Hart musical, O'Hara created one of his most memorable characters, a sleazy, cynical nightclub emcee whose wised-up talk highlights O'Hara's matchless ear for American speech. As Dorothy Parker once remarked, "O'Hara's eyes and ears have been spared nothing."mehr

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KlappentextThe early novels of John O'Hara, like those of Hemingway and Fitzgerald, dramatize the longings and dashed hopes of a lost generation, seduced and betrayed by the glittering temptations of the modern age. Appointment in Samarra (1934), O'Hara's brilliant debut, is a briskly paced story of one man's self-sabotage and a tour de force of closely observed, unsparing social portraiture. The life of the car dealer Julian English unravels with stunning swiftness after he throws a drink in another man's face at the country club in O'Hara's fictional town of Gibbsville. Butterfield 8 (1935), based on the notorious case of the drowned socialite Starr Faithfull, explores the speakeasy world of a hedonistic Manhattan through a damaged and volatile heroine whose frank portrayal scandalized many of the book's early readers. Hope of Heaven (1938), one of O'Hara's favorites among his works, shifts the scene to Los Angeles to tell the noirish tale of a relationship between Peggy Henderson, a pretty young leftist working at a bookstore, and O'Hara's alter ego Jim Malloy. And in Pal Joey (1940), the basis for an enduring Rodgers & Hart musical, O'Hara created one of his most memorable characters, a sleazy, cynical nightclub emcee whose wised-up talk highlights O'Hara's matchless ear for American speech. As Dorothy Parker once remarked, "O'Hara's eyes and ears have been spared nothing."
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ISBN/GTIN978-1-59853-600-3
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
Erscheinungsjahr2019
Erscheinungsdatum08.01.2019
ReiheLibrary of America John O'Hara
Reihen-Nr.2
Seiten674 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 128 mm, Höhe 208 mm, Dicke 35 mm
Gewicht595 g
Artikel-Nr.48203538
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GenreRomane Hardcover