James T. Farrell (1904–1979)
Auteur van Studs Lonigan een Amerikaanse tragedie
Over de Auteur
James T. Farrell was born Chicago, Illinois on February 27, 1904. He attended the University of Chicago, but left before graduating. During his lifetime, he publish more than 50 books, including 28 novels and 16 collections of short stories. He is the author of the Studs Lonigan Trilogy, the Danny toon meer O'Neill Pentalogy, The Bernard Carr Trilogy, and The Universe of Time series featuring Eddie Ryan. He died on August 22, 1979. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Werken van James T. Farrell
French Girls are Vicious and Other Stories 6 exemplaren
The road between 4 exemplaren
Sound of a City 3 exemplaren
The Life Adventurous and Other Stories 3 exemplaren
Reflections at Fifty and Other Essays 2 exemplaren
A Benefactor of Humanity 2 exemplaren
Side Street and Other Stories 2 exemplaren
Boarding House Blues 2 exemplaren
Calico shoes and other stories 2 exemplaren
Can all this grandeur perish? and other stories 2 exemplaren
Meet the Girls 1 exemplaar
Childhood Is Not Forever 1 exemplaar
penguin classics 1 exemplaar
Six American Poets 1 exemplaar
Studs Lonigan, James T. Farrell's Masterpiece Complete: Young Lonigan, the Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan,… (1977) 1 exemplaar
Side street [short story] 1 exemplaar
Tommy Gallagher's Crusade 1 exemplaar
New Year's eve, 1929 1 exemplaar
Yesterday's Love and Eleven Other Stories 1 exemplaar
The Scoop 1 exemplaar
Al Sud de Chicago 1 exemplaar
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- Officiƫle naam
- Farrell, James Thomas
- Geboortedatum
- 1904-02-27
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1979-08-22
- Graflocatie
- Calvary Cemetery, Evanston, Illinois, USA
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- New York, New York, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Opleiding
- University of Chicago
- Beroepen
- novelist
short-story writer - Organisaties
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature, 1942)
Socialist Workers Party
Workers' Party - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Emerson-Thoreau Medal (1979)
Chicago Literary Hall of Fame (2012)
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- 31
- Leden
- 1,731
- Populariteit
- #14,850
- Waardering
- 4.1
- Besprekingen
- 19
- ISBNs
- 78
- Talen
- 3
This is a sad story of a woman who feels that she has wasted her life with Walt and now feeling trapped she boils over into frustration. She spends her day cleaning the house and preparing herself for her husbands return, a man whom now she despises. Walt escapes into his job which keeps him busy and occupied and he dreads having to go home. The verbal abuse, the name calling, the insults are unremitting from Peg and Walt does not know how to deal with the situation, especially as Peg reverts occasionally to being a 'good wife'. James T Farrell dialogue is realistic and expresses all the tensions that lie beneath this unhappy couple. Farrell writes from Walt's point of view and he comes across as a kindly man well liked by his family and colleagues, but now seriously out of his depth in his relationship with Peg.
This short novel forges ahead to its logical conclusion and along the way introduces two people struggling to make sense of their lives. It is well written and effortlessly wraps the readers into the miserable existence of this failing relationship. It is written from the mans point of view, but does touch on Peg's early life. The reader has to come to his/her own conclusions to account for a deeply unhappy woman. I was impressed by the quality of Farrell's writing and If I was in the mood for another dose of realism I would turn to him to lead me through the misery: 4 stars… (meer)