Harvey Swados (1920–1972)
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- Swados, Harvey
- Geburtstag
- 1920-10-28
- Todestag
- 1972-12-11
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- Buffalo, New York, USA
- Sterbeort
- Chesterfield, Massachusetts, USA
- Wohnorte
- Buffalo, New York, USA
New York, New York, USA
Rockland County, New York, USA
Chesterfield, Massachusetts, USA - Ausbildung
- University of Michigan
- Berufe
- social critic
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- American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature, 1965)
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One brother, Ralph, is returning home for his father's funeral (although he skipped his uncles funeral, held just a week before). He wants to find the will, quickly settle the estate and leave. The only problem is his youngest brother is a recluse, living in the attic of the house, never venturing outside. The oldest brother, is in areas unknown, perhaps incarcerated. Problems abound when Ralph stays, and has his girlfriend come out to help. They marry and stay at the house, trying to go through the mountains of stuff looking for a will, while Ralph wants nothing more than to force Raymond out of the attic, get his inheritance and leave. Raymond, however, has his own ideas and wants any inheritance to be distributed equitably.
Swados was a part of the New York intellectuals and the writing is intelligent. The actual plot is slow moving since any development is established more by dialog than action and Swados has his characters propel his themes forward through dialog. Chapters are all told from the point of view of one of the characters. Savvy readers will catch the references to The Brothers Karamazov in The Will.
Harvey Swados is also remembered for his concern that the introduction of pocket-size books, paperbacks, would result in a “flood of trash” that threatened to “debase farther the popular taste."
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www.scribd.com/doc/156021983/The-Will-by-Harvey-Swados-Excerpt
Disclosure: My Kindle edition was courtesy of Open Road Media via Netgalley for review purposes.
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