J. P. Donleavy (1926–2017)
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J. P. Donleavy was born James Patrick Donleavy Jr. in Brooklyn, New York on April 23, 1926. After serving in the Navy during World War II, he studied microbiology at Trinity College in Dublin. His first novel, The Ginger Man, was published in 1955. His other novels included A Singular Man, The toon meer Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B., The Onion Eaters, A Fairy Tale of New York, The Lady Who Liked Clean Rest Rooms, Wrong Information Is Being Given Out at Princeton, and The Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman. He also wrote nonfiction books including The Unexpurgated Code: A Complete Manual of Survival and Manners and plays including The Beastly Beatitudes. He was an accomplished painter and had exhibitions on both sides of the Atlantic, including a show at the National Arts Club in Manhattan in 2007. He died from a stroke on September 11, 2017 at the age of 91. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Werken van J. P. Donleavy
The Lady Who Liked Clean Restrooms: The Chronicle Of One Of The Strangest Stories Ever To Be Rumoured About Around New… (1995) 236 exemplaren
Leila: Further in the Life and Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman (Donleavy, J. P.) (1983) 137 exemplaren
Wrong Information Is Being Given Out at Princeton: The Chronicle Of One Of The Strangest Stories Ever To Be Rumoured… (1998) — Auteur — 97 exemplaren
Naine, kellele meeldisid puhtad tualettruumid : üks kõige kummalisemaid lugusid, mida New Yorgis eales… (2002) 1 exemplaar
An Author and His Image 1 exemplaar
Beastly Beasts, Birds, People & Places 1 exemplaar
The Way and Truth 1 exemplaar
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The Olympia Reader: Selections from the Traveller's Companion Series (1965) — Medewerker — 283 exemplaren
Not So Funny When It Happened: The Best of Travel Humor and Misadventure (2000) — Medewerker — 234 exemplaren
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Algemene kennis
- Officiële naam
- Donleavy, James Patrick
Donleavy, Mike - Geboortedatum
- 1926-04-23
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2017-09-11
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ierland
- Oorzaak van overlijden
- stroke
- Woonplaatsen
- New York, New York, USA
- Opleiding
- Trinity College, Dublin
- Beroepen
- Writer
- Organisaties
- United States Navy (WWII)
Olympia Press - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature, 1975)
Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award (2015)
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Discussies
The Lady Who Liked Clean Rest Rooms by J P Donleavy – THORNWILLOW 1995 in Fine Press Forum (februari 2023)
Besprekingen
The Ginger Man door J. P. Donleavy
I didn't get far -- just far enough to know it's not my cup of tea. The blurb says it's wildly funny, but I found it deadly boring.
I couldn't give it just one star because it was written with such wit--but jeez what a jerk. I've read (and liked) the Dexter novels so I'm ok with a character being bad but The Ginger Man is beyond the pale. I'm taking my copy to a book sale so I can get him out of my house.
An odd little book about a woman who sees her life slide away, losing husband, kids, finances, home - and how her seeking of clean washrooms turned out...
It’s a book full of the understandable feelings of abandonment as life circumstances change, of the duplicity of friends who no longer want to be seen with you, of the grim reality of being alone in the middle of a huge city.
Jocelyn wields her Bryan Mawr education like a shield but not a very effective one, struggles to find her way, contemplates suicide.
What happens in the end? I’m actually not sure.
An interesting read and a good emotional discussion...… (meer)
It’s a book full of the understandable feelings of abandonment as life circumstances change, of the duplicity of friends who no longer want to be seen with you, of the grim reality of being alone in the middle of a huge city.
Jocelyn wields her Bryan Mawr education like a shield but not a very effective one, struggles to find her way, contemplates suicide.
What happens in the end? I’m actually not sure.
An interesting read and a good emotional discussion...… (meer)
A deeply disturbing picture of Ireland in the post war years, narrated by a character contemptable in most ways. Donleavy certainly can write, but his subject matter demands more than the effort is worth in my opinion. Many people see this as a comic novel. I find it anything but.
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- 5,074
- Populariteit
- #4,930
- Waardering
- 3.5
- Besprekingen
- 83
- ISBNs
- 185
- Talen
- 12
- Favoriet
- 15