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Herman Raucher (1928–2023)

Auteur van De zomer van '42

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Werken van Herman Raucher

De zomer van '42 (1971) 375 exemplaren
Maynard's House (1980) 102 exemplaren
Ode to Billy Joe (1976) 74 exemplaren
There Should Have Been Castles (1978) 42 exemplaren
Summer of '42 [1971 film] (2002) — Screenwriter — 18 exemplaren
Follow That Dream [1962 film] (1962) — Screenwriter — 17 exemplaren
A Glimpse of Tiger: A Novel. (1971) 13 exemplaren
Ode To Billy Joe [1976 film] (1992) — Screenwriter — 8 exemplaren
Summer of '42 - Acting Edition (2003) 4 exemplaren
Watermelon Man (Movie Tie-In) (1970) 2 exemplaren
Sweet November [1968 film] — Writer — 2 exemplaren
Harold,: A comedy in two acts (1963) 1 exemplaar

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I loved this thing. Way wacky haunted house psychological horror tale that’s pretty weird and fun along the way. Also a poignant story about how war and combat teach basically normal and good people to become unhinged and paranoid. We identify with the protagonist who has mostly sublimated his war trauma even as we realize from his thoughts and behavior that this has shaped who he
now is, and a creepy house he inherited from ‘Nam buddy Maynard is not going to make things better, or is it?

The house in the Maine wilderness becomes a symbol for what’s going on in Austin’s head and we’re not even sure if the people or animals he encounters are real, in his head, or wraiths. In fact, the entire novel is laden with symbols of death and rebirth.

Nice embodiment of PTSD which didn’t even have a name when this was written.

Raucher is better known for the coming of age novel Summer of ‘42 which was made into a popular and much talked about (at the time) movie. This was another cloaked war story from a different perspective.
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Gumbywan | Jun 24, 2022 |
Nell'estate del '42, un ragazzo di quindici anni, Hermie, si trova in vacanza con due coetanei in un'isola della Nuova Inghilterra. Alle prese, come i suoi compagni, con i primi problemi del sesso, egli si imbatte in una giovane donna sposata, Dorothy, il cui marito è partito per la guerra. Fra i due inizia un innocente rapporto sentimentale, finchè un giorno, avuta notizia che il suo uomo è morto, la donna reagisce alla disperazione concedendosi al giovanetto... (Fonte: retro del dvd)
 
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MemorialeSardoShoah | 2 andere besprekingen | Mar 24, 2022 |
Too gay for me, lol.
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Werken
13
Leden
659
Populariteit
#38,283
Waardering
3.8
Besprekingen
20
ISBNs
61
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