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Friedman, Bruce Jay
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Peace Process e-bog
127,71 DKK
A brilliant new collection from one of American literature's most original and hilarious purveyors of dark comedy Silenced by the horrors of Nazi Germany, a Jewish satirist is inspired to write again by his biggest fan: Joseph Goebbels. A retired English teacher dies on the operating table and wakes up to an afterlife in which literature does not exist; he can claim any masterpiece as his own, fr…
A brilliant new collection from one of American literature's most original and hilarious purveyors of dark comedy Silenced by the horrors of Nazi Germany, a Jewish satirist is inspired to write again by his biggest fan: Joseph Goebbels. A retired English teacher dies on the operating table and wakes up to an afterlife in which literature does not exist; he can claim any masterpiece as his own, fromThe Catcher in the RyetoCrime and Punishmentif only he can remember what actually happens in those stories. On his first trip to the Holy Land, a down-on-his-luck filmmaker reluctantly agrees to help a young Israeli Arab escape to New York, only to watch in dismay as the upstart lands a buxom, Yiddish-speaking girlfriend and a monster movie deal. Mario Puzo once said that the world of Bruce Jay Friedman's short fiction is ';like aTwilight Zonewith Charlie Chaplin.' Ironic, clever, perceptive, and hysterical,The Peace Processis vintage Friedmanfourteen finely crafted tales that take dead aim at the sweet spot between pleasure and pain.
E-bog
127,71 DKK
Forlag
Open Road Media
Udgivet
13.10.2015
Længde
252 sider
Genrer
FA
Sprog
English
Format
pdf
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781504018715
A brilliant new collection from one of American literature's most original and hilarious purveyors of dark comedy Silenced by the horrors of Nazi Germany, a Jewish satirist is inspired to write again by his biggest fan: Joseph Goebbels. A retired English teacher dies on the operating table and wakes up to an afterlife in which literature does not exist; he can claim any masterpiece as his own, fromThe Catcher in the RyetoCrime and Punishmentif only he can remember what actually happens in those stories. On his first trip to the Holy Land, a down-on-his-luck filmmaker reluctantly agrees to help a young Israeli Arab escape to New York, only to watch in dismay as the upstart lands a buxom, Yiddish-speaking girlfriend and a monster movie deal. Mario Puzo once said that the world of Bruce Jay Friedman's short fiction is ';like aTwilight Zonewith Charlie Chaplin.' Ironic, clever, perceptive, and hysterical,The Peace Processis vintage Friedmanfourteen finely crafted tales that take dead aim at the sweet spot between pleasure and pain.