Butterfield 8 By John O Hara

Author : Jane Smiley
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780571317684

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Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel by Jane Smiley Pdf

A Pulitzer Prize-winning author's revelatory celebration of the novel - at once an anatomy of the art of fiction, a guide for readers and writers and a memoir of literary life. Over her 20 year career, Jane Smiley has written many kinds of novels - mystery, comedy, historical fiction, epic. But when her impulse to write faltered after 9/11, she decided to approach novels from a different angle: she read 100 of them, from the 1000-year-old Tale of Genji to the recent bestseller White Teeth by Zadie Smith, from classics to little-known gems. With these books and her experience of reading them as her reference, Smiley discusses the pleasure of reading; why a novel succeeds - or doesn't; and how the form has changed over time. She delves into the character of the novelist and reveals how (and which) novels have affected her own life.

Author : John O'Hara
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1354342227

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Butterfield 8 by John O'Hara Pdf

Author : John O'Hara
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1951
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCR:31210015102880

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Butterfield 8 /by John O'Hara by John O'Hara Pdf

Author : John O'Hara
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0613170865

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Appointment in Samarra by John O'Hara Pdf

Author : John O'Hara
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780698136250

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The New York Stories by John O'Hara Pdf

Collected for the first time, the New York stories of John O'Hara, "among the greatest short story writers in English, or in any other language" (Brendan Gill, Here at The New Yorker) Collected for the first time, here are the New York stories of one of the twentieth century’s definitive chroniclers of the city—the speakeasies and highballs, social climbers and cinema stars, mistresses and powerbrokers, unsparingly observed by a popular American master of realism. Spanning his four-decade career, these more than thirty refreshingly frank, sparely written stories are among John O’Hara’s finest work, exploring the materialist aspirations and sexual exploits of flawed, prodigally human characters and showcasing the snappy dialogue, telling details and ironic narrative twists that made him the most-published short story writer in the history of the New Yorker. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Author : John O'Hara
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780698141803

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Ten North Frederick by John O'Hara Pdf

The National Book Award–winning novel by the writer whom Fran Lebowitz called “the real F. Scott Fitzgerald” Joe Chapin led a storybook life. A successful small-town lawyer with a beautiful wife, two over-achieving children, and aspirations to be president, he seemed to have it all. But as his daughter looks back on his life, a different man emerges: one in conflict with his ambitious and shrewish wife, terrified that the misdeeds of his children will dash his political dreams, and in love with a model half his age. With black wit and penetrating insight, Ten North Frederick stands with Richard Yates’ Revolutionary Road, Evan S. Connell’s Mr. Bridge and Mrs. Bridge, the stories of John Cheever, and Mad Men as a brilliant portrait of the personal and political hypocrisy of mid-century America. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Author : John O'Hara
Publisher : Random House
Page : 728 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781448161911

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A Rage to Live by John O'Hara Pdf

'O'Hara is the only American writer to whom America presents itself as a social scene in the way it once presented itself to Henry James, or France to Proust' The New York Times When the beautiful, imperious and moneyed Grace Caldwell Tate wants something she goes after it, men included. Her affair scandalises Pennsylvania's elite and she must face the costs to her marriage and the man she really loves. A bestseller on publication in 1949, A Rage to Live is a candid tale of idealists and libertines, tradesmen and crusaders, men of violence and goodwill, and women of fierce strength and tenderness.

Author : John O'Hara
Publisher : Random House (NY)
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015014507019

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Collected Stories of John O'Hara by John O'Hara Pdf

These are the stories, unavailable for some years and still amazingly fresh and arresting, that influenced a whole generation of short-story writers, not one of whom capped O'Hara's mastery of the genre. The selection includes: the "Pennsylvania stories" which describe the men and women in the countryside where O'Hara grew up; the "Hollywood stories" that show that fabled land in the years of its greatest glory when O'Hara was working there as a screenwriter; and the "New York stories" which come from the days when O'Hara was a familiar figure in cafe society. ISBN 0-394-54083-2 : $19.95.

Author : John O'Hara
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101602966

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BUtterfield 8 by John O'Hara Pdf

The bestselling novel that became an Oscar-winning film starring Elizabeth Taylor about New York's speakeasy generation A masterpiece of American fiction and a bestseller upon its publication in 1935, BUtterfield 8 lays bare with brash honesty the unspoken and often shocking truths that lurked beneath the surface of a society still reeling from the effects of the Great Depression. One Sunday morning, Gloria wakes up in a stranger's apartment with nothing but a torn evening dress, stockings, and panties. When she steals a fur coat from the wardrobe to wear home, she unleashes a series of events that can only end in tragedy. Inspired by true events, this novel caused a sensation on its publication for its frank depiction of the relationship between a wild and beautiful young woman and a respectable, married man. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Author : John O'Hara
Publisher : Random House (NY)
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Actresses
ISBN : 039443093X

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The Instrument by John O'Hara Pdf

"A vivid picture of the world of the theater seen from the inside."--Amazon.com

Author : Josh Neufeld
Publisher : Pantheon
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9780307378149

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A.D. by Josh Neufeld Pdf

Presents the stories of seven survivors of Hurricane Katrina who tried to evacuate, protect their possessions, and save loved ones before, during, and after the flood.

Author : John O'Hara
Publisher : Ecco
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1997-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0880015756

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The Big Laugh by John O'Hara Pdf

A devastating account of the movie world's Golden Age, in all its phony power and glory. The famously sharp-edged social realism and always on-the-money dialogue of the late novelist John O'Hara (1905-1970) are brought to bear in a stinging saga of ambition and fate, Hollywood style.

Author : John O'Hara
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 981 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:318259505

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From the Terrace by John O'Hara Pdf

Author : John O'Hara
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781598534979

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John O'Hara: Stories (LOA #282) by John O'Hara Pdf

Writing with equal insight about New York City, Hollywood, and the small-town Pennsylvania world where he grew up, John O’Hara cultivated an unsentimental and often unsparing realism, aiming, he said, “to record the way people talked and thought and felt . . . with complete honesty.” Praised by contemporaries including Ernest Hemingway and Dorothy Parker, he wrote about sex, drinking, and social class with a frankness ahead of its time. The fiction he published in The New Yorker (more than any other writer to this day) came to epitomize the kind of short story featured in that magazine, and his impeccable ear and skillful dialogue have influenced later writers such as Raymond Carver. Bringing together sixty stories written over four decades—the largest, most comprehensive collection of O’Hara’s stories ever published—former New York Times Book Review editor Charles McGrath presents a fresh and arresting new perspective on one of American literature’s master storytellers. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.

Author : Toni Morrison
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2002-04-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780375415357

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Sula by Toni Morrison Pdf

From the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner: Two girls who grow up to become women. Two friends who become something worse than enemies. This brilliantly imagined novel brings us the story of Nel Wright and Sula Peace, who meet as children in the small town of Medallion, Ohio. Nel and Sula's devotion is fierce enough to withstand bullies and the burden of a dreadful secret. It endures even after Nel has grown up to be a pillar of the black community and Sula has become a pariah. But their friendship ends in an unforgivable betrayal—or does it end? Terrifying, comic, ribald and tragic, Sula is a work that overflows with life.