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Lädt ... Die Verschwörungvon Irwin Shaw
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. The director of a radio program is told to fire five employees who are suspected of Communist connections. He asks for two weeks to explore the truth of the allegations and this period contains most of the action of the book. Predictably, the well-meaning anticommunist liberal is shafted from both the right and the left. Depressing insights into America in 1951 blend with marital turmoil and mid-life crisis as the book comes to a dark conclusion. Unsurprisingly, Shaw left the US shortly after the publication of The Troubled Air and spent the next 25 years in Europe. this is the first book of Shaw's I've read and it encourages me to read more of his work. T he story deals with the "blacklist" of artists in the early 1950s due to their possible attachments to the communist party. This is generally called "the witchhunt" in modern american history. it was only necessary for a rumour to be spread about someone for them to lose their job. the way the author's omniscent POV works lets us wander throiugh the lives of the different actors and actesses and immerses us in the society of that time. aw. the heck with it. it gets five stars. it is that good. Zeige 3 von 3 Prestigeträchtige Auswahlen
New York Times Bestseller: A provocative novel about one man's struggle with courage and his conscience at the height of McCarthyism. Clement Archer, head of a popular radio show, faces a profound dilemma: Five of his employees stand accused of being communists, and a magazine threatens disclosure unless Archer fires each and every one. Despite his efforts to meet his own moral standards and avoid self-incrimination, Archer finds himself hounded from both ends of the political spectrum for his seemingly righteous actions. The Troubled Air, Irwin Shaw's second novel, was published immediately before the author moved to Europe, where he lived for the next twenty-five years. The story remains a powerful portrayal of a good, decent man ensnared by the hysteria and cruelty of a dark period in American history. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Irwin Shaw including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author's estate. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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