A career-spanning selection of James Purdy's fiction, including the titular short novel, Purdy's first. Not to be confused with 63 Dream Palace and Other Stories .
James Purdy Knihy
17. júl 1914 – 13. marec 2009
James Purdy je autor, ktorého temná, často divoko komická fikcia skúma psychologickú americkú krajinu plnú iluzórnej nevinnosti, posadnutosti, násilia a izolácie. Jeho dielo, prekladané do viac ako 30 jazykov, sa ponára do komplexných vzťahov a odhaľuje skryté aspekty ľudskej povahy. Purdyho jedinečný štýl zachytáva surovú realitu života s prenikavou inteligenciou a satirickým pohľadom, čo čitateľom ponúka znepokojujúce, no fascinujúce čítanie.
The Complete Short Stories of James Purdy
- 726 stránok
- 26 hodin čítania
Celebrate an authentic American genius (Gore Vidal) in James Purdy's first complete short story collection.
Out with the Stars
- 200 stránok
- 7 hodin čítania
Following the discovery of an anonymous libretto, a composer comes out of retirement to write an opera based on the life of the infamous novelist-turned-photographer Cyril Vane. A dazzling novel by one of America’s most underrated writers.
Malcolm
- 158 stránok
- 6 hodin čítania
Long out of print, James Purdy's novel Malcolm, first published in 1959, established Purdy as "one of the greatest writers produced in America during the past hundred years" (Dame Edith Sitwell). Malcolm is the bizarre story of an innocent young man of 'exceptional beauty' who becomes involved in a series of comic and poignant adventures. Taken under the wing of a famous astrologer, an undertaker, a billionaire, a midget painter, a jazz queen, America's foremost chanteuse, and a tattoo artist, among others, Malcolm is led endlessly from protector to protector in search of his missing father, until the journey itself becomes his undoing.
Sechs Erzählungen von Purdy zeigen Figuren, die als "Kannibalen der Liebe" agieren. Sie finden keine ausgewogene Beziehung zu ihren Begierden und erleben kurzfristige Ruhe an verschiedenen Orten, sei es in einem Abbruchhaus oder einem Salon. Ihr Streben führt zu flüchtigem Glück, das jedoch nicht von Dauer ist.
