Barry Gifford Pořadí knih (chronologicky)

"The Romeo and Juliet of the South" are back in this new edition of the internationally best-selling Sailor and Lula novels, now including for the first time the culminating novel, The Up-Down, by American master Barry Gifford. "Barry Gifford invented his own American vernacular--William Faulkner by way of B-movie film noir, porn paperbacks, and Sun Records rockabilly--to forge the stealth-epic of Sailor & Lula"--Jonathan Lethem Here for the first time in print together are all eight of the books that comprise the saga of Sailor Ripley and Lula Pace Fortune, "the Romeo and Juliet of the South": Wild at Heart, Perdita Durango, Sailor's Holiday, Sultans of Africa, Consuelo's Kiss, Bad Day for the Leopard Man, The Imagination of the Heart, and The Up-Down.

On the twentieth anniversary of the publication of Barry Gifford's international bestseller, Wild at Heart, as well as the anniversary of the Palme d'Or-winning film adaptation by director David Lynch, Sailor & Lula: The Complete Novels presents all of the novels and novellas that comprise the saga of Sailor Ripley and Lula Pace Fortune, the Romeo and Juliet of the South: Wild at Heart, Perdita Durango (also made into a feature film), Sailor's Holiday, Sultans of Africa, Consuelo's Kiss, Bad Day for the Leopard Man, and The Imagination of the Heart.

Hrsg. v. Callahan, Bob ; Spiegelman, Art Illustr. v. Gillis, Scott. ( NeonLit). 112 S.

From the author of Wild at Heart, a “wild, wacky, funny, well-written, and surreal” novel (Kansas City Star) about a woman struggling to make her way in “a New Orleans so feverishly peculiar that Anne Rice would feel at ease there” (Washington Post).

Scénář k americkému filmovému psychogennímu hororu Ztracená dálnice.

První část šesti volně na sebe navazujících románů o Námořníkovi a Lule. Zběsilost v srdci je příběhem Námořníka a Luly, jejichž láska je od začátku vystavena nepříznivým okolnostem a náhodám. Nepřející Lulina matka dělá vše proto, aby oba mladé lidi od sebe oddělila – pokud možno navždy. Námořník a Lula se rozhodnout utéct, a tak se vydávají na cestu. Život „on the road“ však není tak jednoduchý, jak by se mohlo zdát, a uskutečnit sny je ještě těžší. Zvlášť když jste plní vášně, pro ránu nejdete daleko a zlo na vás číhá v každém hotelovém pokoji. Kniha byla zfilmována v roce 1990 režisérem Davidem Lynchem, jako Námořník se představil Nicholas Cage, jako Lula Laura Dernová a jako zloduch Willem Dafoe.

With considerable, if uneven, success, the four novellas in this volume trace the intersecting paths of characters from Gifford's previous work. In the standout tale, "59 and Raining: The Story of Perdita Durango," Gifford weaves real-life incidents into a narrative featuring a "weird and dangerous" heroine with "8-ball black eyes" and a Caribbean-born, drug-dealing santeria priest. Together, they kidnap two American teenagers in Mexico, embarking on a crime spree across Texas and California. This leads back to Louisiana, where Lula's mother, Marietta Fortune, ominously declares, "There's a Devil and he don't never quit," echoing the violence that permeates these stories. Amid the often fatal exploits of crime lords and small-time losers, Sailor and Lula Ripley thrive in love and fortune. In the final story, they take pride in their son, Pace, who, after a troubled past, now leads trekking expeditions in Nepal. Gifford's sharp characterizations, featuring names like Coot Veal and the Rev. Goodin Plenty, are generally supported by engaging dialogue. However, Sailor and Lula, still sounding like adolescent runaways in their 50s, present an unconvincing anchor amid the chaos surrounding them. This volume is part of a series promoting fiction that vividly brings settings to life.

First Edition - 1st Printing - 1982 - dust jacket price not clipped - dust jacket has little shelf wear - no marks or tears in the book. Tight binding. Barry Gifford's sequel to Landscape with Traveler.

Here, in what has become a classic of its kind since its publication in 1978, is the fascinating story of Jack Kerouac, "King of the Beats" and American literary legend, recorded through the voices of his friends and lovers. Authors Barry Gifford and Lawrence Lee retraced Kerouac's life at home and on the road and talked with the prophets, musicians, poets, socialites, and working people who knew Jack Kerouac. Some are famous like Allen Ginsberg, Gore Vidal, William Burroughs, Gary Snyder, among others; and some are not like Jack's boyhood buddies, his lovers, and his barroom companions. All, however, have contributed to a remarkably vibrant, riveting portrait of a life. We see Jack at Columbia University and on the scene of Greenwich Village; speeding across the tarmac of America with Neal Cassidy ("Dan Moriarty" in Kerouac's classic novel, On the Road); at home with his possessive mother; in California, drinking wine and talking Buddhism; and finally, in Florida, where his life ends tragically at forty-seven years old. Jack's Book, like Kerouac's novels, makes a unique contribution to our understanding of a man and a generation that shaped the dreams and visions of those who followed.