Bøger af William Saroyan

A Lost Great American Master: meet Jack Kerouac's inspiration in these heart-expanding tales of immigrant life in 1930s USA, introduced by superfan Stephen Fry.JACK KEROUAC: 'I loved him ... He just got me' ARTHUR MILLER: 'The first to let it all hang out and write like a child in wonderland.' KURT VONNEGUT: 'Still the greatest.' JOSE

A timeless selection of brilliant short stories that won William Saroyan a position among the foremost, most widely popular writers of America when it first appeared in 1934.With the greatest of ease William Saroyan flew across the literary skies in 1934 with the publication of The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories. One of the first American writers to describe the immigrant experience in the U.S., Saroyan created characters who were Armenians, Jews, Chinese, Poles, Africans, and the Irish. The title story touchingly portrays the thoughts of a very young writer, dying of starvation. All of the tales were written during the great depression and reflect, through pathos and humor, the mood of the nation in one of its greatest times of want.

Gathered in The Man with the Heart in the Highlands are sixteen stories from William Saroyan's most celebrated literary period, culled from several long out-of-print collections from the 1930s and '40s, While achieving meteoric success with The Human Comedy and The Time of Your Life, the young Saroyan set the pace with characters as fresh and compassionate as himself. His voice here is exhilarating, luminous, and completely distinctive--ready to let go with a lusty brash laugh on every page. These stories amply bear out Elizabeth Bowen's opinion that "probably since O. Henry nobody has done more to endear and stabilize the short story."

The inspiration for the major motion picture Ithaca, directed by and starring Meg Ryan-with a cast that includes Sam Shepard, Hamish Linklater, Alex Neustaedter, Jack Quaid, and Tom HanksThe place is Ithaca, in California's San Joaquin Valley. The time is World War II. The family is the Macauley's-a mother, sister, and three brothers whose struggles and dreams reflect those of America's second-generation immigrants. . . . In particular, fourteen-year-old Homer, determined to become one of the fastest telegraph messengers in the West, finds himself caught between reality and illusion as delivering his messages of wartime death, love, and money brings him face-to-face with human emotion at its most naked and raw. Gentle, poignant and richly autobiographical, this delightful novel shows us the boy becoming the man in a world that even in the midst of war, appears sweeter, safer and more livable than out own.

A novel of an American family in wartime.

Homer Macauley will der beste Telegrammbote in Kalifornien werden. Er arbeitet nachts und geht tagsüber zur High School. Homer ist ein ehrgeiziger Teenager, der davon träumt, Großes zu leisten. Aber sein Job bringt ihn mit der harten Realität des Lebens und des Todes in Berührung, während er darum kämpft, die Ereignisse um ihn herum zu verstehen. Dies ist eine unvergessliche Geschichte darüber, wie Gastfreundschaft, Großzügigkeit und Freundlichkeit das Leben eines Menschen verändern und die Welt zu einem besseren Ort machen können.

Den armensk-amerikanske forfatter William Saroyan udgav gennem hele sin karriere regelmæssigt tekster i ”The Armenian Review” og andre armenske tidsskrifter. Selvom teksterne kvalitetsmæssigt var fuldt ud på højde med hans øvrige forfatterskab, blev de sjældent læst af andre end tidsskrifternes læsere.En del af de glemte tekster er samlet her i ”Sommerlatter og andre historier”. I centrum for teksterne står barbersalonen – den sociale institution, der er så uhyre vigtig for armenernes kultur og selvforståelse. ”Sommerlatter og andre historier” udkom på dansk første gang i 1987.Den armensk-amerikanske forfatter William Saroyan (1908-1981) skrev både romaner, noveller og skuespil. I løbet af sin karriere nåede Saroyan både at modtage Pulitzerprisen og en Oscar for sit arbejde. Et af hovedtemaerne i William Saroyans forfatterskab var livet som armensk immigrant i Californien.

Fantasy William Saroyan Flexible cast. Simple sets. Mr. Saroyan has shown with considerable beauty, humor, and dramatic effect the dreams of some of the people who ride in a metropolitan subway.

First published in 1940, Saroyan's international bestseller recounts the exploits of an Armenian clan in northern California at the turn of the 20th century. Based on the author's loving and eccentric extended family, the characters in these 14 related short stories provide humorous and touching scenes from immigrant life.

A programme text edition published in conjunction with the Finborough Theatre to coincide with the centenary of the birth of William Saroyan, The Time of Your Life runs from 26 November - 20 December.

Selected from New Directions' collections of Saroyan's early stories (The Man With the Heart In the Highlands) and his later work (Madness In the Family), Fresno Stories spans his whole remarkable career.