Midnight Cowboy - Brossura

Herlihy, James

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0743239733 ISBN 13: 9780743239738

Casa editrice: Simon & Schuster, 2003

Riassunto

James Leo Herlihy was one of a clutch of Sixties cult novelists who sought to chart America's loss of innocence, bringing to bear a raw, recording eye on the American novel. In depicting Buck's relationship with the crippled street hustler Ratso Rizzo and their lives lived on the margins of society, Herlihy takes his place among a group of distinguished American novelists, including Burroughs and Kerouac, who wrote with a new frankness about those at the edges of existence.

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Recensione:

'The movie is a faithful, direct adaptation of Herlihy's slim but powerful 1965 story of alienation and unlikely friendship. His characters spring fully formed to life from the pages. His story-telling is beautifully paced, a skilful mix of irony and tenderness. And the human ache at the heart of the novel is as tightly measured as one of Joe Buck's cowboy shirts.' GUARDIAN

L'autore:

James Leo Herlihy was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1927. His first novel ALL FALL DOWN was published in 1960, and 1965 saw the appearance of MIDNIGHT COWBOY. Herlihy's lasting fame is based on the popularity of the book and the movie that was based on the novel. He died in 1993.

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• Editore: Simon & Schuster
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0743239733
• ISBN 13: 9780743239738
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 272