Irwin Shaw Volgorde van de boeken (chronologisch)

Een ooit beroemde filmproducent plant een comeback in de filmindustrie en gebruikt het filmfestival van Cannes om zijn terugkeer aan te kondigen.

"Встревоженный эфир" - один из ранних романов известного американского писателя Ирвина Шоу. Герой романа, преуспевающий режиссер, волею судьбы поставлен перед выбором: поступиться своими нравственными принципами или поставить на карту свое благополучие. Он выбирает второе и вступает на опасный путь, где его ждет немало неожиданностей и неприятных открытий.

In this lively anthology of 21 stories and one classic poem about football, fathers and sons tackle their issues, coaches and quarterbacks collide, and ordinary heroes emerge from the blitz.

Dva bratři spolu se svou půvabnou sestrou postupně opuštějí domov a každý po svém se snaží postavit na vlastní nohy. Nejstarší bratr, pýcha rodičů, se uplatnil jako podnikatel a myslí jen na svou kariéru, druhý nejprve zápasí jako boxer a později se všelijak protlouká na hranici zákona a jejich sestra se po trpké zkušenosti pohybuje v luxusním polosvětě. Závěrem románu dochází ke konfrontaci osudů všech sourozenců a tragická a zbytečná smrt dává rozhřešení jednomu z nich.

Průřezem z celoživotní tvorby se po dvaceti letech opět setkáváme s povídkami Irwina Shawa. Třetinu výboru osmnácti próz oblíbeného autora znají naši čtenáři z knih: Sázka na mrtvého žokeje a Láska v temné ulici. Všechny příběhy charakterizuje Shawův chápavý humor, hluboký humanismus, znalost lidské psychiky a čiré potěšení, jež povídky čtenáři přinášejí....

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.

Abreise und Heimkehr - bk960; Albrecht Knaus Verlag; Irwin Shaw; Paperback; 1985

La turbulenta familia Jordache, centro argumental de la novela, representa los Estados Unidos de la posguerra, desde las neurosis colectivas de la época McCarthy hasta el boom que siguió a la depresión johnsoniana. Hombre rico, hombre pobre sirvió de argumento para la inolvidable serie de televisión del mismo título.

nº 06 y 07, edicion 1983, traduccion de J. Ferrer Aleu, 685 paginas, tapa dura

Cover artist: A. Pedro Ironically, for Gilbert Snook who considered himself the human equivalent of a neutrino, a particle able to travel through the Earth without disturbing any other particle it all started with the panic that followed the sighting of the anti neutrino planet as it approached Earth. Earth was unaffected but Snook ended up in a small African Republic teaching English to diamond miners. Then the miners started seeing ghosts and Snook found himself at the centre of a bizarre and far reaching scientific discovery and in the middle of some very dirty political infighting.

De Ceresdreiging is het verhaal over twee heel verschillende beschavingen die met elkaar in botsing komen: de een op Aarde op de drempel van de 21ste eeuw - overbevolkt, dolgedraaid en hard op weg naar nucleaire zelfvernietiging; de ander op de ver weggelegen wereld Mollan, waarvan de bewoners een zeer hoge ouderdom bereiken en over bijzondere gaven beschikken als teleportatie. De bewoners van Mollan volgen een politiek van strikte afzondering om hun koele, introspectieve maatschappij te behouden, maar de beide culturen zijn bestemd om elkaar diepgaand te beïnvloeden... Shaw beschrijft zijn beelden door de ogen van gewone mensen. Aan de ene kant Denny Hargate, een verbitterd man, veroordeeld tot de rolstoel, maar met een ontembare moed. Aan de andere kant Gretana ty Iltha, spionne op Aarde, die ervan droomt terug te keren in de hoge kringen van haar maatschappij. Maar dat loopt allemaal heel anders...

Psykologisk skildring af en midaldrende mand, der efter en mordtrussel fra en ubekendt person tvinges til at tage sit liv op til revision

The Stands are a self-reliant family in New York City. Far from wealthy they are still reasonably content with their life until one night when their teenage daughter helps a wealthy and lonely Wall Street lawyer. Out of gratitude the lawyer showers the family with gifts and money. The Strands find their lives altered and not necessarily for the best.

Een succesvol zakenman tracht de verveling te verdrijven door een skivakantie. De ziekte van een hoteleigenaar en een verhouding met diens labiele echtgenote veranderen zijn levenshouding.

Michael Storr's joy comes from physical danger as a parachutist, a surfer, a hang glider, a free faller, a reckless skier. Oppressed by his life in New York City, he feels choked by his career as an executive in a high powered office as an executive in a high powered office, choked by the airless world of air conditioned towers. His own sanity depends on his finding a purer, simpler, more vigorous existence, and he sets out to search for one, even though he loses his wife in the process. He finds the physical excitement he craves but along with it developments he has not contempated. For some of the personal relationships in which he becomes entangled prove as threatening as the most dangerous of his sports.

A short-story collection dramatizing the author's views of the human condition

Wesley, haunted by his father's murder, begins a strange and deeply personal quest; Billy becomes involved with a girl who leads him into unexpected dangers; Gretchen finds new challenges and experiences a remarkable twist to her life. Moving between Europe and America, "Beggarman, Thief" is a brilliant novel chronicling the fortunes of one family - the joys, sorrows, successes and failures. This is not only the gripping sequel to Irwin Shaw's bestselling "Rich Man, Poor Man", but also an outstanding novel in its own right.

A dead man’s briefcase presents a down-on-his-luck pilot with the chance of a lifetime. Pilot Douglas Grimes’s best days are long behind him. Grounded due to a medical condition, Douglas has resigned himself to menial work as a desk clerk at a seedy hotel. But his fortune flips when he discovers a hotel guest dead from a heart attack and, next to him, a tube jammed with hundred-dollar bills. Douglas grabs the money and, with it, the chance to remake his life. In Europe, he meets Miles Fabian, an elegant and erudite con man with a flair for extravagance. Fabian recruits him for his latest ploy: robbing members of the idle rich. But what will happen when his bad behavior catches up with him?

"GOD WAS HIER, MAAR HIJ GING VROEG WEG OMDAT HIJ ER GEEN BROOD MEER INZAG" is een boek van Shaw. Het is uitgegeven door Reed Business. Deze editie verscheen in 1974. De vertaling is verzorgd door R. KLIPHUIS. Dit werk telt 173 pagina's. Het is geschreven in het Nederlands.

Одно из лучших произведений Ирвина Шоу. Не просто роман, который лег в основу знаменитых сериалов. Не просто "золотой эталон" семейной сани и современной англоязычной "психологической беллетристики"

One of Irwin Shaw's most unforgettable heroes battles to resurrect his declining career against a tough cast of women, whiskey, and old memories Jesse Crain was made for Cannes. A middle-aged filmmaker who dazzled audiences during Hollywood's Golden Age, Crain is talented, worldly, ambitious, and he knows how to play the game. As the Riviera sparkles in the spring of 1970, Crain juggles industry players while charming a persistent young journalist and fending off groupies. Beneath his polished exterior, though, Crain's life is coming apart at the seams. His last two films flopped, and for several years he's been adrift. Now desperate to reignite his career, a hit at any price feels like his only salvation. "Evening in Byzantium" is a masterwork that brilliantly documents a man's precipitous slide--along with that of his industry--from independence toward cynical mediocrity. It is a timeless story of a determined character grappling with the nature of success and power. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Irwin Shaw including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author's estate.

A beautiful Italian girl, a one-time movie idol turned NATO diplomat, a violent, talented young American writer, a once-famous movie director, all come together in Rome in an attempt to salvage a movie and escape the demands of lives they are afraid to face.

Rich Man, Poor Man is the story of two brothers whose contrasting natures reflect the turmoil of post-war America. Rudy is the rich man - a romantic who would let no one stand between him and success. Tom is the poor man - the black sheep of the family on the run from his violent past.

Povídky zachycují atmosféru padesátých let v Americe a v Evropě, ukazují problémy bývalých letců silně poznamenaných válkou, problémy milostné a problémy lidí žijících ve vymoženostech americké civilizace.

Crownovi jsou obyčejná americká rodina, která žije poklidným a obvyklým způsobem. Až do osudného léta, které změní všem jejím členům život. Lucy odjede se svým synem Tonym, který se vzpamatovává z těžkého revmatického onemocnění, na prázdniny k jezeru. Aby se Tony vrátil snadněji do běžného života, najmou pro něj rodiče společníka, vysokoškoláka Jeffa… A drama začíná, pak už nic není jako dřív. Lucy Crownová je jeden z nejpopulárnějších amerických románů poválečného období. Oživuje zajímavým způsobem starý oidipovský motiv v podmínkách moderní společnosti. Shaw je mistr dialogu a skvělý vypravěč, takže jde o dílo jak myšlenkově, tak formálně poutavé a atraktivní.

Ten Stories by one of America's top ten writers: all with the nuance of city detail, the magical spirit of the present, that the author [...] can bootle so expertely. Daily Mail, Back cover

Tento román sa odohráva v napätom, vzrušujúcom prostredí medzinárodného sveta filmu - peniaze, úspechy, moc, rivalita - ústrednou postavou je Jack Andrus, predtým slávny filmový herec, v posledných rokoch - pre zranenie z druhej svetovej vojny, ktoré mu znemožnilo ďalšiu hereckú kariéru - radový zamestnanec NATO v Paríži.

Ein Akt der Untreue zerreißt die Mitglieder einer Familie in der Zeit der Depression. Freunde beneideten immer die Ehe von Crown, aber für Lucy fehlte etwas. Während eines Familienausflugs nach Vermont im Sommer 1937 wird ihr Mann Oliver gerufen. Als Lucy eine Affäre mit einem jüngeren Mann beginnt, erwischt ihr Sohn Tony sie. Der Verrat zerreißt die Familie und entfremdet Lucy letztendlich von ihrem Sohn. Zwanzig Jahre später treffen die beiden in einer Bar in Paris aufeinander, und Lucy erkennt, dass sie möglicherweise ihre beste Chance auf Absolution gefunden hat.

Die jungen Löwen, das sind 1939 die jungen Soldaten, die voll Mut, Entschlossenheit und Tatendrang auf die Schlachtfelder Europas und Afrikas ziehen, die töten und zerstören, weil man es ihnen befiehlt und weil sie glauben, es für eine gerechte Sache zu tun. Manchem ist der Krieg das große Abenteuer, die Chance zur Befriedigung des persönlichen Ehrgeizes, vielen wird er zur Bewährungsprobe, nur wenige erleben ihn als "Aufbruch der Nation". Je länger der Krieg dauert, je grausamer er wird, desto mehr verblassen die großen Worte ..

The Young Lions is a vivid and classic novel that portrays the experiences of ordinary soldiers fighting World War II. Told from the points of view of a perceptive young Nazi, a jaded American film producer, and a shy Jewish boy just married to the love of his life, Shaw conveys, as no other novelist has since, the scope, confusion, and complexity of war.