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Inbunden, Engelska, 1989
423 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2013
116 kr
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"Marvelously captivating." — The New York Times. First published in 1940, Saroyan's international bestseller recounts the exploits of an Armenian clan in northern California at the turn of the 20th century. Based on the author's loving and eccentric extended family, the characters in these 14 related short stories provide humorous and touching scenes from immigrant life.
Häftad, Engelska, 2024
126 kr
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A Lost Great American Master: meet Jack Kerouac's inspiration in these heart-expanding tales of immigrant life in 1930s USA, introduced by superfan Stephen Fry.JACK KEROUAC: 'I loved him ... He just got me'ARTHUR MILLER: 'The first to let it all hang out and write like a child in wonderland.'KURT VONNEGUT: 'Still the greatest.'JOSEPH HELLER: 'My primary inspiration.'STEPHEN FRY: 'One of the most underrated writers of the century.'I hadn't had a haircut in forty days and forty nights, and I was beginning to look like several violinists out of work.Depression-era San Francisco, home to the lost souls of many races: immigrants, struggling writers and heartsick adolescents, collecting in automats, nightschools, movies and barbershops, working in vineyards, telegram exchanges and as salesmen - and always revelling in being alive.A bestseller on publication in 1934, The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze was the debut collection by the Pulitzer Prize-winning (and rejecting) Armenian-American writer William Saroyan. Fusing Whitman's transcendence with the eccentric characterisation of Steinbeck and Salinger, and foreshadowing the rhapsodies of the Beats, his prose is a heart-expanding experience that intoxicates to this day.
Häftad, Engelska, 2020
240 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2011
272 kr
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Fantasy William Saroyan Flexible cast. Simple sets. Mr. Saroyan has shown with considerable beauty, humor, and dramatic effect the dreams of some of the people who ride in a metropolitan subway.
Häftad, Engelska, 1992
170 kr
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Gathered in The Man with the Heart in the Highlands are sixteen stories from William Saroyan’s most celebrated literary period, culled from several long out-of-print collections from the 1930s and ’40s, While achieving meteoric success with The Human Comedy and The Time of Your Life, the young Saroyan set the pace with characters as fresh and compassionate as himself. His voice here is exhilarating, luminous, and completely distinctive––ready to let go with a lusty brash laugh on every page. These stories amply bear out Elizabeth Bowen’s opinion that “probably since O. Henry nobody has done more to endear and stabilize the short story.”
Häftad, Engelska, 1997
272 kr
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A timeless selection of brilliant short stories that won William Saroyan a position among the foremost, most widely popular writers of America when it first appeared in 1934.With the greatest of ease William Saroyan flew across the literary skies in 1934 with the publication of The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories. One of the first American writers to describe the immigrant experience in the U.S., Saroyan created characters who were Armenians, Jews, Chinese, Poles, Africans, and the Irish. The title story touchingly portrays the thoughts of a very young writer, dying of starvation. All of the tales were written during the great depression and reflect, through pathos and humor, the mood of the nation in one of its greatest times of want.
Häftad, Engelska, 2007
303 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2008
216 kr
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A programme text edition published in conjunction with the Finborough Theatre to coincide with the centenary of the birth of William Saroyan, The Time of Your Life runs from 26 November - 20 December. 'In the time of our life, live - so that in that wondrous time you shall not add to the misery and sorrow of the world, but shall smile to the infinite delight and mystery of it' The Time of Your Life, a rich tapestry of human life, peopled by a profusion of wistful dreamers, pining lonely hearts, and beer-hall-philosophers, is a twentieth century American masterpiece. The Time of Your Life was first presented at The Shubert Theatre, New Haven, USA, on 7 October 1939. It was the first play to win both the New York Drama Critics' Circle award and the Pulitzer Prize. . It has been revived three times on Broadway; was filmed in 1948, starring James Cagney; and twice filmed for TV. It was last seen in the UK in a star-studded Royal Shakespeare Company production in Stratford and London in 1983, and received the following review: 'A remarkable play which blazes forth like a brave beacon: warming and full of fire' Daily Mail
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PDF, Engelska, 2009226 kr
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A programme text edition published in conjunction with the Finborough Theatre to coincide with the centenary of the birth of William Saroyan, The Time of Your Life runs from 26 November - 20 December. ''In the time of our life, live - so that in that wondrous time you shall not add to the misery and sorrow of the world, but shall smile to the infinite delight and mystery of it''The Time of Your Life, a rich tapestry of human life, peopled by a profusion of wistful dreamers, pining lonely hearts, and beer-hall-philosophers, is a twentieth century American masterpiece.The Time of Your Life was first presented at The Shubert Theatre, New Haven, USA, on 7 October 1939. It was the first play to win both the New York Drama Critics'' Circle award and the Pulitzer Prize. . It has been revived three times on Broadway; was filmed in 1948, starring James Cagney; and twice filmed for TV. It was last seen in the UK in a star-studded Royal Shakespeare Company production in Stratford and London in 1983, and received the following review:''A remarkable play which blazes forth like a brave beacon: warming and full of fire'' Daily Mail
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Engelska, 2009226 kr
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A programme text edition published in conjunction with the Finborough Theatre to coincide with the centenary of the birth of William Saroyan, The Time of Your Life runs from 26 November - 20 December. ''In the time of our life, live - so that in that wondrous time you shall not add to the misery and sorrow of the world, but shall smile to the infinite delight and mystery of it''The Time of Your Life, a rich tapestry of human life, peopled by a profusion of wistful dreamers, pining lonely hearts, and beer-hall-philosophers, is a twentieth century American masterpiece.The Time of Your Life was first presented at The Shubert Theatre, New Haven, USA, on 7 October 1939. It was the first play to win both the New York Drama Critics'' Circle award and the Pulitzer Prize. . It has been revived three times on Broadway; was filmed in 1948, starring James Cagney; and twice filmed for TV. It was last seen in the UK in a star-studded Royal Shakespeare Company production in Stratford and London in 1983, and received the following review:''A remarkable play which blazes forth like a brave beacon: warming and full of fire'' Daily Mail
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Engelska, 201486 kr
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All his life a man fights death, and then at last loses the fight, always having known he would. Loneliness is every man''s portion, and failure. The man who seeks to escape from loneliness is a lunatic. The man who does not know that all is failure is a fool. The man who does not laugh at these things is a bore.Arak Vagramian, a handsome son of Armenian immigrants, contended with his small-town bar-tending job in Fresno, is one day spotted by a Hollywood filmmaker. Although at first he refuses to leave his hometown, job, family and friends, soon the splendour of Hollywood lifestyle lures him. Shortly after he becomes Rock Wagram – a Hollywood heart-throb and celebrity. But at the peak of his career he decides to enter the army and serve his country during the war. When in 1950 he attempts to resume his acting career he battles with the many challenges which the fast changing industry throws at him. Rock Wagram, first published in 1951, is an inspiring tale about one''s search for the true identity in the unstable world of commercial success, where family ties and loyalties often have to be compromised.
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Engelska, 201486 kr
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When Evan Nazarenus returns from a teaching post at the summer school in Nebraska, he cannot wait for a couple of blissful weeks spent with his wife and two children in Clovis, a small town where his brother has a summer house. But soon after they arrive for the long awaited holiday, Swan, Evan''s wife, announces that she is expecting a child … who is not fathered by Evan. This news shocks and hurts Evan deeply, but for his children''s sake he decides to keep it to himself through the holidays they dreamt of for so long. But a family secret of such calibre is difficult to hide and the curious small-town neighbours begin to notice that something is amiss with the couple. The Laughing Matter, first published in 1953, is a disturbing family drama set against the landscape of a small Californian town, with a close-knit community who embrace new-comers with the curiosity of those hungry for gossip. William Saroyan draws his characters with immense sensitivity for human erring and self-inflicted suffering.
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Engelska, 201486 kr
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America in the 1960's; a golden time for the family, when children behaved, wives stayed at home and men wore suits to work. But in all this perfection, reality, life, relationships and people can't help but expose this idyll for the lie that it is. Dick is a respected writer, with a beautiful young wife, and two children who he adores. So why isn't he happy? And why isn't his wife, Daisy, happy either? Maintaining his marriage and earning enough to bring up his kids is hard enough, but the tumultuous relationship with Daisy, debts, and his penchant for gambling make things even more difficult. Despite these odds, Dick and Daisy drink, laugh and argue their way to a place of real tenderness. First published in 1963, Boys and Girls Together is a truly modern love story, examining the complexities of relationship, family, the nature of love, and ultimately, our need for it.
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Engelska, 201579 kr
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In his touching and amusing memoir Chance Meetings, William Saroyan gives us a glimpse of the characters that have left an indelible impression on his mind for years to come. From the Armenian neighbourhood of his childhood to the Parisian streets of his formative years, we meet the people that have inspired, perplexed, angered and enamoured him. We meet finely drawn personalities like the Armenian Cabinet maker, that planed wood whilst his mind composed beautiful poems, who would call him into his shop and embarrass Saroyan with his recitations. We visit the tiny desk of the only famous writer in San Francisco, who kindly replied to Saroyan''s letter and invited him into his office. And the playful image of his mother, who would caricature everyone from the postman to the president with hilarious precision. First published in 1978, Chance Meetings builds a picture of the author through the people that surrounded him throughout his life, who shaped and formed a great writer, and were immortalised by his words.
Häftad, Engelska, 2021
201 kr
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E-bok
Ryska, 201650 kr
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Uil''yam Saroyan — vydayushchijsya klassik amerikanskoj i mirovoj literatury, soedinivshij v svoem tvorchestve, polnom yumora, zhiznelyubiya i zhitejskoj mudrosti, tradicii CHekhova i Heminguehya. Za raznoobraznymi chelovecheskimi nedostatkami svoih geroev on vsegda vidit svetloe, dobroe nachalo; myagkij yumor sosedstvuet s gor''koj ironiej, a vneshnyaya nebroskost'' — s chuvstvom slova prirozhdennogo skazitelya.Roman "Mal''chiki dlya devochek, devochki dlya mal''chikov" imeet pod soboj avtobiograficheskuyu osnovu: v ego geroyah bez osobogo truda ugadyvayutsya i sam Saroyan, pytayushchijsya preodolet'' pisatel''skij krizis, i ego zhena, aktrisa Kehrol Markus, vospityvayushchaya ih dvuh detej i toskuyushchaya v San-Francisko po n''yu-jorkskomu obshchestvu, i Gloriya Vanderbil''t, i dazhe CHarli CHaplin…Vpervye na russkom!
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Ryska, 201750 kr
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Predlagaem chitatelyam vpervye na russkom otdel''noe izdanie povesti Uil''yama Saroyana "Papa, ty soshel s uma». EHta prostaya i trogatel''naya kniga sostoit iz nebol''shih istorij c dvumya personazhami: otcom i synom. Oni sobirayut rakushki, gotovyat "ris po-pisatel''ski», puteshestvuyut, razglyadyvayut oblaka i zvezdy, obsuzhdayut raznye pustyaki i vazhnejshie temy na svete. Pered nimi otkryvaetsya beskonechnyj mir, polnyj krasoty i tajny.
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Rumänska, 202046 kr
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Evan Nazarenus, profesor universitar, se întoarce acasă după două luni petrecute la o școală de vară în Nebraska, nerăbdător să petreacă câteva săptămâni împreună cu soția și cei doi copii în Clovis, un orășel în care fratele său are o locuință de vară. Dar, la scurt timp după ce sosesc pentru mult așteptata vacanță, Swan, soția lui Evan, îl anunță că este însărcinată și că nu el este tatăl viitorului copil. Această veste îl șochează și îl îndurerează profund pe Evan, însă, de dragul copiilor, el decide să păstreze tăcerea. Dar un secret de familie de un asemenea calibru e greu să fie ascuns privirilor iscoditoare cu care sunt întâmpinați nou-veniții de către locuitorii orașului. Ce-am mai râs! este o dramă de familie tulburătoare, ale cărei personaje, oameni obișnuiți puși într-o situație-limită, sunt conturate cu mare sensibilitate de William Saroyan, unul dintre cei mai mari prozatori ai secolului XX. William Saroyan este laureat al Premiului Pulitzer. Din creația sa, la Editura Litera va mai apărea volumul Tânărul neînfricat de la trapezul zburător și alte povestiri.
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Rumänska, 201761 kr
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Armeni, evrei, asirieni, irlandezi sau polonezi – oameni veniți de departe, păstrând cu sfințenie memoria unor popoare greu încercate de soartă, sperând să aibă o viață mai bună în America și muncind din greu pentru asta, fără să-și uite vreo clipă rădăcinile –, personajele lui Saroyan emană o bunătate incomensurabilă, dar și o anume inadecvare: sunt aici, dar și acolo, și orice demers al lor are o notă de fantezie orientală. Unul plantează rodii în deșert, altul speră să-i convingă pe toți locuitorii Chinei să consume stafide, altul, ca să încheie o poliță de asigurare, e capabil să plimbe o plantă în ghiveci de-a curmezișul continentului american.Numitorul comun al tuturor povestirilor reunite aici este omenia, o omenie vibrantă, profundă, care se manifestă în cele mai anodine scene, de la muncitorul obidit care găsește resurse de afecțiune pentru niște copii complet străini până la indianul care manifestă un tact ireproșabil față de un puști îndrăgostit de automobile. Și tânărul neînfricat de la trapezul zburător? Povestirea care dă titlul acestui volum, contrastând prin sobrietate cu restul, îi permite cititorului să întrezărească lupta care se dă neîncetat în sufletul unui scriitor pe deplin conștient de inechitatea lumii. „Domnul Saroyan e un om viu, entuziast, inteligent, introspectiv, onest, visător, tandru și exact inversul naivității, deși mimează naivitatea. E original. [...] E clar că un talent nou, înviorător, interesant se exprimă în această etapă a creației lui.”New York Herald Tribune„[Saroyan] este un poet care-i face să vorbească pe cei incapabili să se exprime, simpatiile sale se îndreaptă spre minorități, spre proscriși și persecutați, și vădește o profundă tandrețe și empatie pentru toate manifestările vieții, ceea ce este absolut impresionant.”The Spectator
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Katalanska, 2021149 kr
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«En els prestatges de la literatura pacifista ocupa un lloc de privilegi.» — Pablo Martínez, El CorreoWilliam Saroyan, un dels grans escriptors del segle xx, va escriure aquesta novel·la per encàrrec de l''exèrcit dels Estats Units. Com a soldat, l''escriptor havia estat mobilitzat a Londres i algun comandament va creure que, a canvi d''un permís, Saroyan podria escriure una història que afavorís les relacions entre estatunidencs i britànics i que, alhora, donés una visió amable de la vida de les tropes durant la Segona Guerra Mundial. Però, és clar, la novel·la va ser rebutjada. I Saroyan es va quedar sense el permís promès i es va escapar per poc d''un consell de guerra.Profundament antibel·licista i gens complaent, la novel·la narra l''estada a l''exèrcit d''un jove que hi coneixerà el millor i el pitjor de la vida, els aspectes més tràgics i els més divertits, i arribarà a la convicció que només l''amor i la fraternitat humana poden redimirnos. Un llibre màgic, que regala joia de viure.«Una aclaparadora puresa legitima el seu discurs antibel·licista. Tot en Saroyan resulta autèntic. Em pregunto per què aquest llibre no és de lectura obligatòria en tots els instituts.» — Sergi Sánchez, El Periódico«[Saroyan ens ofereix] un alè reconfortant i gairebé embriagador, un batec rabiós de vida intensa i despreocupada.» — Pau Riba, paperdevidreTraducció de Jordi Martín Lloret
Häftad, Engelska, 1990
127 kr
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A collection of short stories that were originally published in the 1960s and 1970s in The New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, and Harper's.
Häftad, Engelska, 1994
142 kr
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Selected from New Directions' collections of Saroyan's early stories (The Man With the Heart In the Highlands) and his later work (Madness In the Family), Fresno Stories spans his whole remarkable career.
Häftad, Armeniska, 2018
618 kr
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Detta är en samling av William Saroyans artiklar som diskuterar skapandets process och fantasins konsekvenser. Den kan göra dig entusiastisk och engagera dig i barnens outslitliga del av frihet.