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Thom Jones

    Thom Jones fue un autor estadounidense celebrado principalmente por sus cuentos. Su obra profundiza con frecuencia en temas como la mortalidad, el dolor y la búsqueda de consuelo dentro de una filosofía pesimista. Jones se inspiró en gran medida en sus experiencias personales, incluido su tiempo en los Marines y dinámicas familiares desafiantes, para dar forma a su ficción. Su realismo implacable y su cruda representación de la psique humana lo establecieron como una voz distintiva en la literatura estadounidense.

    Ruhender Faustkämpfer
    Why I Write
    Sonny Liston was a Friend of Mine
    Cold Snap
    The Pugilist at Rest: Stories
    • Ruhender Faustkämpfer

      • 240 páginas
      • 9 horas de lectura

      Die Geschichten von Thom Jones haben eine tiefgreifende und verheerende Wirkung. Seine Sicht auf die menschliche Existenz ist fast brutal, denn in der Welt von Jones' Fiktion gibt es eine solche Übermacht der Dunkelheit, dass das Licht selbst zu einer Form der Folter wird. Doch jede Geschichte in dieser Sammlung ist durchzogen von der überraschenden, vielleicht sogar edel machenden Gnade des Geistes, der zusammenbrechen sollte, es aber nicht kann.

      Ruhender Faustkämpfer2003
      4,0
    • Why I Write

      Thoughts on the Craft of Fiction (A Back Bay Book)

      • 256 páginas
      • 9 horas de lectura

      In this anthology, 26 writers illuminate the motivations at the heart of their creative lives in original essays that are as surprising and varied as their fiction. The contributors include Pat Conroy, Norman Mailor, Rick Moody and David Foster Wallace.

      Why I Write1999
      3,7
    • Sonny Liston was a Friend of Mine

      • 312 páginas
      • 11 horas de lectura

      Twelve short stories by the National Book Award finalist of Pugilist at Rest follow the stories of mental hospital affiliates, including a Vietnam vet, a brilliant but burned out doctor, and a young amateur fighter. 25,000 first printing.

      Sonny Liston was a Friend of Mine1998
      3,8
    • Cold Snap

      • 228 páginas
      • 8 horas de lectura

      A collection of short works brings readers to the disease-infested areas of Rwanda and follows the stories of hard-struggling victims, devoted doctors, and a strung-out advertising writer who does the work of God. Tour.

      Cold Snap1995
      4,0
    • The Pugilist at Rest: Stories

      • 240 páginas
      • 9 horas de lectura

      Thom Jones's stories strike with a profound and devastating impact. His vision of the human condition is almost brutal, for in the world of Jones's fiction there is such a preponderance of darkness that light itself becomes a form of torture. Yet each story in this collection is infused with the surprising, perhaps even ennobling grace of the spirit that ought to collapse, but cannot.

      The Pugilist at Rest: Stories1994
      4,2