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'A masterful writer' - RAYMOND CARVER Over the course of four celebrated works of fiction and almost forty years, Richard Ford has crafted an ambitious, incisive and singular view of American life as lived. Unconstrained, astute, provocative, often laugh-out-loud funny, Frank Bascombe is, here, once more our guide to the great American midway. Now in the twilight of life, a man who has occupied many colourful lives -- sportswriter, father, husband, ex-husband, friend, real estate agent -- Bascombe finds himself in the most sorrowing role of all; caregiver to his son, Paul, diagnosed with ALS. On a shared winter's odyssey to Mount Rushmore, Frank in typical Bascombe fashion faces down the mortality that is assured each of us, and in doing so confronts what happiness might signify at the end of days. In this memorable novel, Richard Ford puts on display the prose, wit and intelligence that make him one of the world's most acclaimed living writers. Be Mine is a profound, funny, poignant love letter to our beleaguered world. 'One of the finest achievements of modern American fiction' The Independent

Zehn Autorinnen und Autoren reflektieren über das Schreiben: ihre Bedingungen, den Einfluss von Geschlecht und Leistungsdruck. Im Austausch durch Essays erkunden sie, was auf dem Spiel steht, wenn man das Glück im Schreiben sucht.

Exploring the complex lives of his parents, Richard Ford delves into their individual histories and the dynamics of their relationship. Edna, a spirited Catholic-school girl with a troubled background, and Parker, a gentle traveling salesman, navigated their lives in rural Arkansas during the early 20th century. Married in 1928, they experienced a life of solitude together, traveling across the South before welcoming their only child in 1944. The narrative reveals how parental identities shape our understanding of their existence beyond our own.

The story follows fifteen-year-old Dell Parsons, whose life is upended when his parents commit a bank robbery. After being smuggled into Canada by a family friend, he finds refuge with the mysterious Arthur Remlinger, whose charm conceals a darker side. As Dell grapples with the fallout from his parents' actions, he seeks to redefine his identity against the backdrop of the expansive prairie. His quest for understanding leads him toward a dangerous confrontation with Remlinger, highlighting themes of innocence lost and the search for redemption.

Richard Thompson Ford presents a history of the laws of fashion from the middle ages to the present day.

Reputation is aconsequence of everything you say or do and no other tangible or intangibleasset is worth as much as your reputation or has such an impact on your career. This book gets to grips with how our reputation is formed in thereal world and what really makes the difference in winning a good reputationand in losing a good reputation.

'The god of small stories ... A set of polished gems from a master craftsman' Sunday Times'He writes about human beings and their disappointments with unfailing insight' Observer'Finely crafted' Mail on Sunday'American master' Daily TelegraphA woman and man, parted a quarter of a century, reunite in a bar in New Orleans as the St Patrick's Day parade goes by. A divorced suburban dad helps his daughter pick out a card for her friend who's moving away. A group of friends in late middle age, all once promising, reunite for dinner when one of their number loses her husband, but the gathering splinters when bitter revelations about their shared past emerge. Two teenage boys sit in a drive-in, the air thick with the scent of gin and popcorn and longing. A visionary collection of luminous landscapes, of great moments in small lives, of the people we carry with us long after they are gone, Sorry for Your Trouble takes disappointment, ageing, grief, love and marriage and silhouettes them against the heady backdrop of Irish America in the past and present. Earthily humane and profoundly wise, the collection reconfirms its author as the master of contemporary American fiction.

Ein aufregendes, aufrichtiges Buch der Untreue Mit scharfer Beobachtungsgabe zeigt Richard Ford Momentaufnahmen von Affären verheirateter Männer und Frauen, die wenig heldenhaft sind, dafür aber umso menschlicher auf ihrer Suche nach dem Glück. Gefühle sind eben widersprüchlich. Anwälte, Polizisten, Immobilienmakler, sie alle scheitern grandios an ihren Versprechungen. Und eine Steuerberaterin geht sogar so weit, ihren Geliebten mit ihrem Ehemann zu konfrontieren, nur um eine Entscheidung über ihre Beziehung zu erzwingen. Was ihr Geliebter nicht weiß: Der Ehemann ist in Wahrheit ein Schauspieler.