J. P. Donleavy (1926–2017)
Autor/a de The Ginger Man
Sobre l'autor
J. P. Donleavy was born James Patrick Donleavy Jr. in Brooklyn, New York on April 23, 1926. After serving in the Navy during World War II, he studied microbiology at Trinity College in Dublin. His first novel, The Ginger Man, was published in 1955. His other novels included A Singular Man, The mostra'n més Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B., The Onion Eaters, A Fairy Tale of New York, The Lady Who Liked Clean Rest Rooms, Wrong Information Is Being Given Out at Princeton, and The Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman. He also wrote nonfiction books including The Unexpurgated Code: A Complete Manual of Survival and Manners and plays including The Beastly Beatitudes. He was an accomplished painter and had exhibitions on both sides of the Atlantic, including a show at the National Arts Club in Manhattan in 2007. He died from a stroke on September 11, 2017 at the age of 91. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Crèdit de la imatge: Jerry Bauer
Sèrie
Obres de J. P. Donleavy
The Lady Who Liked Clean Restrooms: The Chronicle Of One Of The Strangest Stories Ever To Be Rumoured About Around New… (1995) 232 exemplars
Wrong Information Is Being Given Out at Princeton: The Chronicle Of One Of The Strangest Stories Ever To Be Rumoured… (1998) — Autor — 95 exemplars
Beastly Beasts, Birds, People & Places 1 exemplars
The beastly beatitudes of Balthzar B. (Repr.) 1 exemplars
An Author and His Image 1 exemplars
What They did in Dublin with The Ginger Man 1 exemplars
Naine, kellele meeldisid puhtad tualettruumid : üks kõige kummalisemaid lugusid, mida New Yorgis eales… (2002) 1 exemplars
The Way and Truth 1 exemplars
Obres associades
Not So Funny When It Happened: The Best of Travel Humor and Misadventure (2000) — Col·laborador — 231 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom oficial
- Donleavy, James Patrick
Donleavy, Mike - Data de naixement
- 1926-04-23
- Data de defunció
- 2017-09-11
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Lloc de defunció
- Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ierland
- Causa de la mort
- stroke
- Llocs de residència
- New York, New York, USA
- Educació
- Trinity College, Dublin
- Professions
- Writer
- Organitzacions
- United States Navy (WWII)
Olympia Press - Premis i honors
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature, 1975)
Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award (2015)
Membres
Converses
The Lady Who Liked Clean Rest Rooms by J P Donleavy – THORNWILLOW 1995 a Fine Press Forum (febrer 25)
Ressenyes
A deeply disturbing picture of Ireland in the post war years, narrated by a character contemptable in most ways. Donleavy certainly can write, but his subject matter demands more than the effort is worth in my opinion. Many people see this as a comic novel. I find it anything but.
En el personaje de Sebastian, alias Hombre de mazapán, Donleavy ha sabido crear un tipo inolvidable. Irresponsable, sucio, seductor, embaucador y pobre de solemnidad, este americano-irlandés extraviado en la vieja patria que se tambalea desde el pub a la casa de empeños, murmurando porposiciones libidinosas al oído de toda muchacha que se le pone a tiro, está empeñado en la búsqueda de la libertad, la riqueza y la fama que siente que le pertenecen. Y, aunque se burla del mundo y de sí mismo, es tan frágil como esos bizcochos con digura humana que se deshacen entre los dedos. La fama de esta novela es tal que ha dado nombre a alguos de los pubs más famosos del mundo.… (més)
Mildly entertaining. More interesting if you are familiar with Dublin and London.
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Estadístiques
- Obres
- 39
- També de
- 5
- Membres
- 4,976
- Popularitat
- #5,036
- Valoració
- 3.5
- Ressenyes
- 82
- ISBN
- 185
- Llengües
- 12
- Preferit
- 15
- Pedres de toc
- 80
It’s a book full of the understandable feelings of abandonment as life circumstances change, of the duplicity of friends who no longer want to be seen with you, of the grim reality of being alone in the middle of a huge city.
Jocelyn wields her Bryan Mawr education like a shield but not a very effective one, struggles to find her way, contemplates suicide.
What happens in the end? I’m actually not sure.
An interesting read and a good emotional discussion...… (més)