Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

Av Ben Hecht

259 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar

Fri frakt för medlemmar vid köp för minst 249 kr.

Finns i fler format (3)

Inbunden

579 kr

Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar

Häftad

389 kr

Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar

Häftad

339 kr

Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar

In 1921 Ben Hecht wrote a column for the "Chicago Daily News" that his editor called 'journalism extraordinary; journalism that invaded the realm of literature'. Hecht's collection of sixty-four of these pieces, illustrated with striking pen drawings by Herman Rosse, is a timeless caricature of urban American life in the jazz age. From the glittering opulence of Michigan Avenue to the darkest ruminations of an escaped convict, from captains of industry to immigrant day laborers, Hecht captures 1920s Chicago in all its furor, intensity, and absurdity.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2009-07-01
Mått168 x 234 x 23 mm
Vikt545 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor296
FörlagThe University of Chicago Press
IllustratörRosse, Herman
ISBN9780226322742

Tillhör följande kategorier

Reportage, journalistik och krönikor inom Samhalle och politik

"The hardboiled audacity and wit that became Hecht's signature as Hollywood's most celebrated screenwriter are conspicuous in these vignettes. Most of them are comic and sardonic, some strike muted tragic or somber atmospheric notes.... The best are timeless character sketches that have taken on an added interest as shards of social history." - L. S. Klepp, Voice Literary Supplement "Hecht is attempting to do for Chicago something of what Dickens did for London; he stands appalled before the spectacle of the streets with their tumultuous, mysterious throngs." - New York Times"