Auf ein Miniaturbild klicken, um zu Google Books zu gelangen.
|
Lädt ... The Fall of Valor (1946)von Charles Jackson
   Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. 1   dale01 | Aug 19, 2019 |   Het boek gaat over een universitair docent met huwelijksproblemen. Tijdens een vakantie in Florida met zijn vrouw ontmoet hij een studente van hem met haar vriend. De hoofdpersoon raakt gefascineerd door deze jongeman, maar of zijn kijk op de situatie wel helemaal realistisch is, is maar zeer de vraag. Zowel de huwelijkscrisis, als de identiteitscrisis van de man nemen steeds ernstigere vormen aan. Het einde is tamelijk dramatisch en wellicht wat 'over the top'. Het boek zal misschien niet zo'n ruim publiek aanspreken als 'The Lost Weekend', maar het verdient zeker een herwaardering (en heruitgave met andere omslag). (  ) GFW | Mar 14, 2015 | Zeige 2 von 2
 In choosing this theme Author Jackson has ruled out the chance of any such popular success as he had with his first novel. It is not a theme that even the brashest of moviemakers will rush to handle, and readers who found Don Birnam a sympathetic figure are not likely to have any such fellow feeling for John Grandin. Many readers who got a wallop out of Weekend will have to judge Valor on its literary merit alone, and they will find it medium-to-poor. Gehört zu VerlagsreihenSignet Books (715) Prestigeträchtige Auswahlen
Charles Jackson (1903-1968) achieved international success with his first book, The Lost Weekend (1944), a groundbreaking novel about alcoholism that sold more than 600,000 copies and was adapted for an Academy Award-winning film version. Jackson followed this triumph with a novel that was even more daring, The Fall of Valor (1946), arguably the first major American novel to deal openly with the theme of homosexuality. The Fall of Valor is an unflinching portrayal of a marriage that has faded to a mere duty. John and Ethel Grandin take a summer vacation to Nantucket with the hope of recapturing the happiness they felt in the early days of their relationship. But instead the holiday blasts their marriage wider apart than ever when John falls hopelessly in love with a handsome marine captain. This edition features a new introduction by Michael Bronski, who argues that Jackson's novel deserves rediscovery and a place alongside later classics such as Gore Vidal's The City and the Pillar, Norman Mailer's The Naked and the Dead, and the works of James Baldwin. "A finer and more skilful work than The Lost Weekend] ... a milestone in our literary progress." - Saturday Review "A courageous, ruthlessly probing book." - Thomas Mann "One of the best books I've ever read." - Book Week Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
Aktuelle DiskussionenKeineBeliebte Umschlagbilder
 Google Books — Lädt ...GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Klassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt: (4.17)
Bist das du?Werde ein LibraryThing-Autor. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2
As was probably quite common at the time, men who experienced same-sex attraction, agonizingly convinced themselves that it was a moral weakness and a wicked temptation that must be overcome. This could simply be achieved with the love of a good woman. The heteronormative path the only way forward, leading to socially acceptable lives of loveless marriages, shame and desperation.
Modern readers may find the novel frustrating and overly melodramatic, but it’s an incredibly telling piece of social history. (