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Budd Schulberg

    27. březen 1914 – 5. srpen 2009

    Budd Schulberg byl spisovatel, scenárista a novinář, jehož dílo se často zabývalo tématy jako je ambice, korupce a lidská odolnost v prostředí sportu a filmového průmyslu. Jeho stylistická zdatnost se projevovala v ostře vykreslených postavách a pronikavém pohledu na temnější stránky amerického snu. Schulberg mistrně proplétal publicistickou práci s beletrií a zkoumal, co pohání člověka k úspěchu i pádu. Jeho psaní si zachovává silný morální étos a dodnes rezonuje s čtenáři hledajícími hlubší vhled do lidské povahy.

    Budd Schulberg
    What Makes Sammy Run?
    Some Faces in the Crowd
    The Disenchanted
    The Harder They Fall
    Tím hůř, když padnou
    Rozčarovaní
    • Pozoruhodná kniha zabývající se Hollywoodem třicátých let, kdy roztočená mašinérie filmového průmyslu semele geniálního spisovatele, který tragicky zahyne v boji proti byznysu.

      Rozčarovaní
    • Kdesi na jihoamerickém venkově je objeven obr Molina, dovezen do Spojených států a postaven do ringu. jeden po druhém padají jeho soupeři v prvních kolech k.o. a bijec, zvaný El Toro, se vydává na oslnivou cestu za slávou...

      Tím hůř, když padnou
    • The Harder They Fall

      • 416 stránek
      • 15 hodin čtení
      4,2(281)Ohodnotit

      He may be a giant but giants have been licked before. Don't forget Goliath. The bigger they are, the harder they fall. Eddie Lewis never expected to make his living writing lies, but that's what he does to pay his rent: Eddie is a manipulator of headlines, an inventor of hyperbole, on behalf of his boss Nick Latka and the boxing business.

      The Harder They Fall
    • The Disenchanted

      • 480 stránek
      • 17 hodin čtení
      4,2(7)Ohodnotit

      A portrait of an age of both dazzling spirit and bitter disillusionment, based on the last drunken days of F. Scott Fitzgerald. The 1920s: a golden age, and Manley Halliday is a golden figure. But years later, in the very different atmosphere of the thirties, Halliday is a shadow of his former self, cast up on the inhospitable shores of Hollywood.

      The Disenchanted
    • Some Faces in the Crowd

      Short Stories

      • 320 stránek
      • 12 hodin čtení
      4,1(50)Ohodnotit

      The collection showcases Budd Schulberg's talent for creating compelling characters from diverse American settings, spanning from New York's bustling streets to Hollywood's vibrant nightlife. Each story delves into the lives of individuals grappling with the consequences of their rapid success and the moral costs of their actions. Notably, "The Arkansas Traveler" features Larry "Lonesome" Rhodes, whose tales inspired the film A Face in the Crowd. Schulberg's narratives are rich with authenticity, reflecting the complexities of human experience and the weight of failure.

      Some Faces in the Crowd
    • The classic book that shaped two generations' view of the movie business and introduced the archetypal Hollywood player Sammy Glick. He's got a machete mouth and a genius for double-cross. As Budd Shulberg--author of the screenplay On the Waterfront--follows Sammy's relentless upward progress, he creates a virtuoso study in character that manages to be hilariously appalling yet deeply compassionate. "Sammy Glick remains at the top of the Hollywood sleaze heap, a hustler nonpareil.... What Makes Sammy Run? Is still the quintessential novel about "the all-American heel.'" - Moredcai Richler, GQ

      What Makes Sammy Run?
    • On the Waterfront

      The Play

      • 116 stránek
      • 5 hodin čtení
      3,8(72)Ohodnotit

      Set against the backdrop of the New York waterfront, this stage adaptation of Budd Schulberg's classic tale explores the struggles and aspirations of a young man who dreams of greatness but faces the harsh realities of life. The narrative delves into themes of ambition, regret, and the quest for identity, capturing the essence of a character who reflects on lost opportunities and the weight of potential unfulfilled.

      On the Waterfront
    • First published in the USA in 1995, a collection of the author's journalistic pieces on boxing covering the past 75 years, from Benny Leonard and Muhammad Ali to George Foreman and Mike Tyson. Also reflects on the social history of boxing and explores the mystique of the heavyweight... číst celé

      Sparring with Hemingway
    • On the Waterfront

      • 320 stránek
      • 12 hodin čtení
      3,4(9)Ohodnotit

      Building on his Academy Award-winning screenplay of the classic film, Budd Schulberg's On the Waterfront is the story of ex-prizefighter Terry Malloy's valiant stand against corruption on the New Jersey docks. It generates all the power, grittiness, and truth of that great production, but goes beyond it in set and setting. It is a novel of strength and fallibility, of hope and defeat, of love and betrayal. In his Introduction, Mr. Schulberg writes: "The film's concentration on a single dominating character, brought close to the camera eye, made it esthetically inconvenient, if not impossible, to set Terry's story in its social and historical perspective...suggesting the knotted complexities of the world of the waterfront that loops around New York."

      On the Waterfront
    • Ringside

      • 352 stránek
      • 13 hodin čtení

      Ringside is a bountiful collection of the most memorable boxing stories by legendary fight-game writer Budd Schulberg. Throughout this book, Schulberg provides the perfect blend of great writing on great fighters, laced with a realistic sense of boxing's wrongs as well as its rights.

      Ringside