Jonathan Carroll (1) (1949–)
Auteur van The land of laughs
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Over de Auteur
Jonathan Carroll was born in 1949 in Dobbs Ferry, New York, to two artistic parents, Sidney Carroll, a screenwriter whose film credits include The Hustler, starring Paul Newman, and June Carroll, an actress and lyricist. The family migrated between the east and west coasts, while Carroll was toon meer growing up, finally enrolling him in a boarding school in Connecticut. He developed an interest in writing while in high school and graduated cum laude from Rutgers University. He next pursued a master's degree in creative writing at the University of Virginia. Carroll's first novel, Land of the Laughs, was published in 1980 and was followed by Voice of Our Shadow. His novels are difficult to classify into one genre. The novels are full of fantasy and imagination, yet remain profound. His work inspires cult followings and is especially popular in France and Germany. An expatriate since the 1970s, Carroll lives in Vienna. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Werken van Jonathan Carroll
The Woman Who Married a Cloud: The Collected Short Stories of Jonathan Carroll (2012) 117 exemplaren
Ceffo 5 exemplaren
Oko dnia {Carrollblog} 5 exemplaren
Fish in a Barrel {story} 2 exemplaren
The Discovery of Running Bare {story} 2 exemplaren
The Art of Falling Down {story} 2 exemplaren
Water Can't Be Nervous {story} 1 exemplaar
Shoes at War {filmscript} 1 exemplaar
East of Furious {story} 1 exemplaar
Alone Alarm {story} 1 exemplaar
The Stolen Church {story} 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Officiële naam
- Carroll, Jonathan Samuel
- Geboortedatum
- 1949-01-26
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Land (voor op de kaart)
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- New York, New York, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Vienna, Austria
- Opleiding
- Rutgers University
University of Virginia (MA) - Beroepen
- novelist
short-story writer - Relaties
- Reich, Steve (half brother)
- Agent
- John Berlyne (Zeno Agency)
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Besprekingen
Lijsten
to get (1)
1980s (2)
Magic Realism (4)
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Statistieken
- Werken
- 49
- Ook door
- 36
- Leden
- 9,599
- Populariteit
- #2,501
- Waardering
- 3.7
- Besprekingen
- 249
- ISBNs
- 257
- Talen
- 12
- Favoriet
- 10
The story is a mishmash of various characters from other Carroll novels, odd stories the character overhears such as the story of the retreating German soldiers in WWII which has absolutely no bearing on the book's narrative, and weird magic things which don't really amount to anything. The inclusion of the subplot about the sultan's murderous brother and resulting civil war which prevents the museum being built in the Middle East adds some action, but some is pointless such as the protagonist having to go to the place where the museum would have been built only to be told he has to build it in Austria. There's a lot of stuff that is just plain daft even for a Carroll story such as the incredible shrinking car, and dog lovers may find one scene upsetting. Then certain characters turn out to be aspects of the protagonist and
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