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1 de sept. de 2013 · In 1946 Viking published The Portable Ring Lardner, a cross-section of his fiction, essays, newspaper columns, parodies and exquisitely silly nonsense plays, lovingly assembled by Gilbert Seldes.
1 de abr. de 2021 · Ring Lardner: Stories & Other Writings LOA N°244. Library of America. CURATOR. A champion of America’s great writers and timeless works, Library of America guides readers in finding and exploring the exceptional writing that reflects the nation’s history and culture. Learn More.
Ring Lardner. : Stories & Other Writings. “The generous, 961-page anthology edited by Ian Frazier strikes a balance between signature masterworks and unearthed treasures in attempting to capture the sweep of Lardner’s prolific output during his short life. . . . As with Twain, the Michigan-born Lardner’s most memorable stories were ...
«Ring Lardner pensava a sé stesso principalmente come ad un commentatore sportivo, i cui scritti non erano destinati a durare nel tempo, e mantenne quell'assurda convinzione anche dopo che il suo primo capolavoro, You Know Me Al, fu pubblicato nel 1916 e riscosse, insieme ad altri personaggi assai seri e poco divertenti, il giudizio positivo di Virginia Woolf.»
Twenty-five of sportswriter-turned-satirist Ring Lardener's best stories, including "Alibi Ike," "Haircut," "Horseshoes," "The Love Nest," and others. Jimmy Breslin's blurb on the front of this edition hails these stories as "the work of a stupendous genius... only good for another century or so," and unfortunately I think that's actually ...
Comprar libro 15,50 €. La ironía de Ring Lardner, su imaginación brillante y su capacidad para dibujar situaciones centradas en el corazón de los hechos cotidianos de la vida lo convirtieron en uno de los nombres más significativos de la narrativa breve norteamericana de la primera mitad del siglo XX. En 1905 empezó una extraordinaria ...
Ring Lardner was one of America’s greatest humorists. He was a master of vernacular literature, a sharp but cynical satirist who focused on stories about the “common man.” But his favorite subject was baseball, and he used the game and its many colorful characters to shed light on the absurdity of life in the Major Leagues.
