Winston Groom Knihy

S humorem vykreslený obraz Ameriky druhé poloviny 20. století, který je podtextem osobního vyprávění hlavního hrdiny. Forrest Gump možná byl trochu opožděné dítě. Jeho život byl ale neuvěřitelný: dostal se na univerzitu, jako voják do Vietnamu, stal se podnikatelem a milionářem... S neodolatelnou bezelstností popisuje svůj život i situace, z nichž vždy vyvázl šťastně.

Forrest Gump sa vracia. Je trochu starší a svojim zvláštnym spôsobom i múdrejší. Ale stále je to Forrest Gump, ktorý nás s koreneným vtipom a pálčivou múdrosťou sprevádza kaleidoskopickým sledom hlavných udalostí našej doby. Forrestova firma Gump Shrimp Co. skrachuje, hrdina sa ocitne na mizine a zametá v jednom striptízovom podniku v New Orleanse. Ale ako už je v jeho rušnom živote zvykom, zmena na sebe nenechá dlho čakať, a keď sa teda naskytne príležitosť stať sa zasa futbalovým hráčom, Forrest príde k sláve a peniazom. Lenže osud je nevyspytateľný, a tak skoro predáva po domoch encyklopédie pofidérnej kvality, aby sa mohol starať o syna. Malý Forrest teraz otca potrebuje viac než kedykoľvek inokedy. Lenže Forrestova nevšedná, hlboko dojímavá a vrcholne komická odysea len začína...

Televízna hlásateľka Delia Jamisonová je príťažlivá štyridsiatnička, ktorá si ustavične potvrdzuje svoje právo bezohľadne využiť a opúšťať svojich milencov. Až jedného dňa začne dostávať výhražné listy. Jej bývalý milenec, úspešný hollywoodsky scenárista Johnny Lighfoot, sa k nej opäť vracia, aby znovu podľahol jej čaru a odhalil totožnosť záhadného pisateľa listov.

In this captivating narrative, Winston Groom explores the lives of founding fathers Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams, highlighting their contrasting personalities and complex relationships. He delves into their roles in establishing the United States, drawing on extensive historical sources to narrate this pivotal moment in history.

There is a joyously madcap feeling to the first half of this unusual novel, but then the absurdity gathers its own speed and begins to run dangerously amok. Groom's picaresque tale is told by an idiot, the Gump of the title, and follows his outrageous life from early stardom for Bear Bryant's Crimson Tide, through a tour in Vietnam and across the broad canvas of America during the '70s and '80s. Like most literary idiots, Forrest Gump is a lot smarter than the people he encounters. He is also no ordinary idiot. Instead, he is a mathematical idiot savant, capable of outperforming NASA's on-board computers, which is why Gump ends up on a space mission with an ape and the first woman astronauta mission that ends in the forests of New Guinea where Gump meets a Yale-tutored cannibal. All this takes place after Gump has met Lyndon Johnson and saved Chairman Mao from drowning, which is to say that this is a very broad satire. While there is much on-target humor here, Groom, author of Better Times Than These, has written better books than this.

Winston Groom tells the complex story of how Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin aligned to win World War II.

"When the Revolutionary War ended in victory, there remained the stupendous problem of how to establish a workable democratic government in the vast, newly independent country. Three key Founding Fathers played significant roles: John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Alexander Hamilton. Their lives and policies could not have been more different; their relationships with each other were complex and often rife with animosity. And yet these three men led the charge-two of them creating and signing the Declaration of Independence, and the third establishing a national treasury and the earliest delineation of a Republican party. They managed to shoulder the heavy mantle of creating the United States of America, putting aside their differences to make a great country, once and always. Drawing on extensive correspondence, epic tales of war, and rich histories of their day-to-day interactions, Winston Groom shares the remarkable story of the beginnings of our great nation."--