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Lädt ... Cheerful—By Requestvon Edna Ferber
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. OK, a much better ride than the previous Ferber set of stories. This set, published several years after 'Buttered Side Down,' has a definite depth that the other did not.....Of course, WWI had also taken place and that was a major element in this set.....the theme of the homespun Midwestern boy heading off to war, and all that entailed for both the soldier and those left behind to wonder and worry. Much better stories. Ferber definitely has a keen insight into human nature and captures the details of the flow of everyday life in Chicago and the Midwest during that period in a tantalizing way. And the slightly hardened and practical female perspective she quite often projects is somewhat refreshing. I especially liked 'The Gay Old Dog,' 'The Three of Them,' 'Shore Leave,' & 'The Eldest.' Now, onto yet another story collection - 'Gigolo.' ( ) keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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The editor paid for the lunch (as editors do). He lighted his seventh cigarette and leaned back. The conversation, which had zigzagged from the war to Zuloaga, and from Rasputin the Monk to the number of miles a Darrow would go on a gallon, narrowed down to the thin, straight line of business. "Now don't misunderstand. Please! We're not presuming to dictate. Dear me, no! We have always felt that the writer should be free to express that which is in his-ah-heart. But in the last year we've been swamped with these drab, realistic stories. Strong, relentless things, you know, about dishwashers, with a lot of fine detail about the fuzz of grease on the rim of the pan. And then those drear and hopeless ones about fallen sisters who end it all in the East River. The East River must be choked up with 'em. Now, I know that life is real, life is earnest, and I'm not demanding a happy ending, exactly. But if you could-that is-would you-do you see your way at all clear to giving us a fairly cheerful story? Not necessarily Glad, but not so darned Russian, if you get me. Not pink, but not all grey either. Say-mauve." ... Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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