Michael Arlen (1895–1956)
Auteur van The Green Hat
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Werken van Michael Arlen
The Flying Dutchman 6 exemplaren
Piracy: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days 5 exemplaren
The Smell in the Library 1 exemplaar
PIRACY 1 exemplaar
The Gentleman from America {short story} 1 exemplaar
The Cavalier of the Streets 1 exemplaar
Legend Of The Crooked Coronet 1 exemplaar
The Short Stories of Michael Arlen 1 exemplaar
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Best-In-Books, Volume 48: Dodsworth / Great Impersonation / Green Hat / Along With Other Short Stories and Excerpts (1961) — Medewerker — 5 exemplaren
Best Crime Stories 2 — Medewerker — 1 exemplaar
Tagged
Algemene kennis
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Kouyoumdjian, Dikran Sarkis (birth name)
- Geboortedatum
- 1895-11-16
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1956-06-23
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- Bulgaria
UK (naturalized 1922) - Geboorteplaats
- Ruse, Bulgaria
- Plaats van overlijden
- New York, New York, USA
- Oorzaak van overlijden
- cancer
- Woonplaatsen
- Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Southport, Lancashire, England, UK
London, England, UK
Cannes, France
New York, New York, USA - Opleiding
- University of Edinburgh
- Relaties
- Arlen, Michael J. (son)
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Statistieken
- Werken
- 27
- Ook door
- 18
- Leden
- 544
- Populariteit
- #45,827
- Waardering
- 3.9
- Besprekingen
- 15
- ISBNs
- 32
- Talen
- 1
- Favoriet
- 1
Iris, who wears a green hat and drives a yellow Hispano-Suiza is presented as a woman of easy virtue but in fact, has a dark secret in her past. It is obvious that the narrator of the book is totally fascinated by her and apparently the author based her on Nancy Cunard, who I now feel that I need to investigate. I simply wasn’t in the right mood to enjoy this book, although I can see it’s merit and appreciate the author’s talent for writing.
I had to push myself through the first few chapters but after that the story did pull me in. There were plenty of “hot button” issues such as suicide, homosexuality, venereal disease, and excessive drinking touched upon but, for me, the tragic story was a little too dark, without the sparkle that Fitzgerald can add or the humour of Waugh.… (meer)