Ring Lardner Knihy

Satirický román je literární prvotinou hollywoodského scenaristy, který byl r. 1947 odsouzen spolu s dalšími filmovými pracovníky pro „neamerickou činnost“. Zobrazuje poměry v USA, metody boje proti pokrokovým proudům, zejména pak pokrytectví amerického katolicismu. Titulní hrdina románu sesnaží jít střední cestou v boji sil pokroku a zpátečnictví ztroskotává však a hledá útočiště v mystice a řeholnictví.

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A classic for many years, this is a collection of 25 stories by "America's foremost humorist of the 1920's and one of the country's best fiction writers" ( New York Daily News). A sportswriter by trade, Larnder had a superb ear for regional speech peculiarities and was dearly loved for his humor.

Hometown and host to talents as diverse as Richard Wright, David Mamet, Maya Angelou, Saul Bellow, and Mike Royko, Chicago boasts a rich tradition of writers who have helped shape our sense of the city even as the city informs their best work. It's "a writer's town . . . a fighter's town," according to Nelson Algren, and this anthology proves it. With a striking new cover, Chicago Stories collects the most evocative writing on the city, its gritty realism, and indomitable spirit.