Tragedy Alfred Hayes, adapted from his best seller Characters: 7 male, 4 female Complete interior set Here is a merciless picture of hardened American conquerors abroad and their impact on pitifully defenseless people. A young American soldier takes on a pretty, fearful Italian girl to while away the tedious occupation. She consents with deep bitterness and restraint; the only jobs and bread are in the American kitchens. The country's pride is fiercely moral and the
Alfred Hayes Knihy
Alfred Hayes byl britský scenárista, spisovatel a básník, který tvořil v Itálii i ve Spojených státech. Jeho díla často zkoumají lidskou zkušenost a morální dilemata s pronikavým vhledem. Hayes se proslavil svou básní „Joe Hill“, která se stala známou písní. Jeho scénáře pro neorealistické filmy, jako například „Paisan“, a americké televizní pořady, jako „The Twilight Zone“, ukazují jeho všestrannost a schopnost zachytit ducha doby. Hayesova tvorba se vyznačuje hlubokým porozuměním postav a jejich vnitřním světům.
In Love
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An exquisite depiction of a doomed love affair, set in noirish 1950s New York In a Manhattan bar, a middle-aged man tells a young woman of his love affair with a lonely divorcee; of how one night she was offered one thousand dollars to sleep with a stranger; and of how he and she would subsequently betray each other in turn. In Love is an indictment of, and an elegy to, a love affair that was doom[Bokinfo].
My Face for the World to See
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At a Hollywood party, a screenwriter rescues an aspiring actress from a drunken suicide attempt. He is married, disillusioned; she is young, seemingly wise to the world and its slights. They slide into a casual relationship together, but as they become ever more entangled, he realises that his actions may have more serious consequences than he could ever have suspected. Hayes' exquisite novella, written in his cool, inimitable style, holds a revealing light to the hollowness of the Hollywood dream and exposes the untruths we tell ourselves, even when we think we have left illusions behind.
