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Herman Raucher (1928–2023)

Autor von Frühling einen Sommer lang

13 Werke 668 Mitglieder 20 Rezensionen

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Beinhaltet die Namen: Herman Raucher, Hermasn Raucher

Bildnachweis: hermanraucher.com

Werke von Herman Raucher

Frühling einen Sommer lang (1971) 383 Exemplare
Maynard's House (1980) 103 Exemplare
Ode to Billy Joe (1976) 74 Exemplare
There Should Have Been Castles (1978) 41 Exemplare
Summer of '42 [1971 film] (2002) — Screenwriter — 18 Exemplare
Follow That Dream [1962 film] (1962) — Screenwriter — 17 Exemplare
A Glimpse of Tiger: A Novel. (1971) 13 Exemplare
Ode To Billy Joe [1976 film] (1976) — Screenwriter — 9 Exemplare
Summer of '42 - Acting Edition (2003) 4 Exemplare
Watermelon Man (Movie Tie-In) (1970) 2 Exemplare
Sweet November [1968 film] — Writer — 2 Exemplare

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archivomorero | 11 weitere Rezensionen | Jun 27, 2022 |
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 weitere Rezensionen | Mar 24, 2022 |
Too gay for me, lol.
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robertbruceferguson | 1 weitere Rezension | Jan 2, 2022 |

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Werke
13
Mitglieder
668
Beliebtheit
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Bewertung
3.8
Rezensionen
20
ISBNs
61
Sprachen
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