Harry Sylvester (1908–1993)
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The Best Short Stories of 1940 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (1940) — Mitwirkender — 6 Exemplare
The Best Short Stories of 1939 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (1939) — Mitwirkender — 6 Exemplare
The Best Short Stories of 1935 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (1935) — Mitwirkender — 2 Exemplare
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- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Sylvester, Harry Ambrose
- Geburtstag
- 1908-01-19
- Todestag
- 1993-09-26
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Wohnorte
- Washington, D.C., USA
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- University of Notre Dame
- Berufe
- short-story writer
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This convoluted novel is about how the Catholic Worker movement affected more conservative Irish Catholics, which is to say it really shook their faith in the Church hierachy. The Worker pointed up how unjust the Church was being to the poor and to Blacks and Jews. It is about dissent versus anticlericalism; labor, housing, birth control, abortion, chastity, and corruption amongst the clerics. And who is paying off whom politically in the Tamany Hall machine.
Sylvester really bit off more then he could chew here. I don't think he was very clear on where he stood on the issues himself. He allows a large bunch of characters to wander through these issues in confusion throughout the book with not much resolution. Which I guess is okay in a way since Catholics still struggle with many of the same issues today. I found it an interesting but unfulfilling read, and also a bit slow. Dorothy Day herself makes a brief appearance.… (mehr)
Sylvester really bit off more then he could chew here. I don't think he was very clear on where he stood on the issues himself. He allows a large bunch of characters to wander through these issues in confusion throughout the book with not much resolution. Which I guess is okay in a way since Catholics still struggle with many of the same issues today. I found it an interesting but unfulfilling read, and also a bit slow. Dorothy Day herself makes a brief appearance.… (mehr)
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An interesting novel about coming to terms with life choices and the power of penance. For those with an interest in New Mexican culture and midcentury Catholic novels.