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Nom normalitzat: Stacton, David
Nom oficial: Stacton, David Derek
Altres noms: West, David
Boyd, Carse
Dereksen, David
Clifton, Bud
Evans, Arthur Lionel Kingsley (Birth)
Data de naixement: 1923-05-27
Data de defunció: 1968-01-19
Gènere: male
Nacionalitat: USA
Lloc de naixement: San Francisco, California, USA
Lloc de defunció: Fredensborg, Denmark
Llocs de residència: Minden, Nevada, USA (birth)
Fredensborg, Denmark (death)
Educació: Stanford University (1941–43)
San Francisco State (1947–48)
University of California, Berkeley (BA | 1951)
Professions: Author
Poet
Premis i honors: Guggenheim Fellowship - 1961 and 1966
National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship - 1968
Nota de desambiguació: David Derek Stacton also wrote as Carse Boyd, Bud Clifton, David Dereksen and David West

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A signal victory de David Stacton

I enjoy the prose of David Stacton. I also enjoy his search for characters who do not quite stand in the centre of the stage. Prior to the invasion of Mexico by Cortez in 1519, there were a few shipwrecks involving Spanish ships on the Yucatan coast. Stacton imagines a survivor of such a wreck, his integration into Maya society, and his reaction to the Cortez expedition of 1522. There is a dreamlike quality to the writing but the message is clear. Sixteenth century Spain was not a society that left this man with a drive to expand his Spanish experience to a world wide empire. if you can still find a readable copy, do enjoy this book.… (més)

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DinadansFriend | Mar 3, 2021 |

The Judges of the Secret Court: A Novel About John… de David Stacton

I enjoy David Stacton's prose still. The epigram count is high, and, as I recall from my early reading of "The Day Lincoln Was Shot", the book seemed competently researched. So give this very introverted portrait of Booth a read.

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DinadansFriend | Hi ha 2 ressenyes més | Oct 13, 2020 |

The world on the last day; the sack of Cons… de David Stacton

A easily readable, but not terrifically memorable, account of the siege and fall of the city. It seems well researched, but is lacking in footnotes and bibliography.

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DinadansFriend | Hi ha 2 ressenyes més | May 25, 2020 |

Segaki de David Stacton

A dreamlike book, where little happens. A Zen master of some fame, goes to visit his brother, a famous Samurai. A civil war is brewing, but the book has a great deal to do with snails, and a woman known to both men.

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DinadansFriend | Feb 15, 2020 |

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