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Beschreibung
"Marvelously captivating." - The New York Times. First published in 1940, Saroyan's international bestseller recounts the exploits of an Armenian clan in northern California at the turn of the 20th century. Based on the author's loving and eccentric extended family, the characters in these 14 related short stories provide humorous and touching scenes from immigrant life.
"Marvelously captivating." - The New York Times. First published in 1940, Saroyan's international bestseller recounts the exploits of an Armenian clan in northern California at the turn of the 20th century. Based on the author's loving and eccentric extended family, the characters in these 14 related short stories provide humorous and touching scenes from immigrant life.
Über den Autor
William Saroyan (1908-81) was an internationally renowned writer, playwright, and humanitarian. He achieved the peak of his popularity during the 1930s-50s with hundreds of short stories, plays, novels, memoirs, and essays.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse
The Journey to Hanford
The Pomegranate Trees
One of Our Future Poets, You Might Say
The Fifty-Yard Dash
A Nice Old-Fashioned Romance, with Love Lyrics and Everything
My Cousin Dikran, the Orator
The Presbyterian Choir Singers
The Circus
The Three Swimmers and the Educated Grocer
Locomotive 38, the Ojibway
Old Country Advice to the American Traveler
The Poor and Burning Arab
A Word to Scoffers
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Genre: Biographien, Importe
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780486490908
ISBN-10: 0486490904
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Saroyan, William
Illustrator: Freeman, Don
Hersteller: Dover Publications
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 203 x 126 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: William Saroyan
Erscheinungsdatum: 05.06.2013
Gewicht: 0,176 kg
Artikel-ID: 121051732