The Wapshot Chronicle
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2011
HarperCollins Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-06-052887-4 (ISBN)
HarperCollins Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-06-052887-4 (ISBN)
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After Leander the ferryboat operator is harried by his wife and sister, he swims out to sea and does not return, and his sons go on to lead unhappy lives.
When The Wapshot Chronicle was published in 1957, John Cheever was already recognized as a writer of superb short stories. But The Wapshot Chronicle , which won the 1958 National Book Award, established him as a major novelist.Based in part on Cheever's adolescence in New England, the novel follows the destinies of the impecunious and wildly eccentric Wapshots of St. Botolphs, a quintessential Massachusetts fishing village. Here are the stories of Captain Leander Wapshot, venerable sea dog and would-be suicide; of his licentious older son, Moses; and of Moses' adoring and errant younger brother, Coverly. Tragic and funny, ribald and splendidly picaresque, The Wapshot Chronicle is a family narrative in the tradition of Trollope, Dickens, and Henry James.
When The Wapshot Chronicle was published in 1957, John Cheever was already recognized as a writer of superb short stories. But The Wapshot Chronicle , which won the 1958 National Book Award, established him as a major novelist.Based in part on Cheever's adolescence in New England, the novel follows the destinies of the impecunious and wildly eccentric Wapshots of St. Botolphs, a quintessential Massachusetts fishing village. Here are the stories of Captain Leander Wapshot, venerable sea dog and would-be suicide; of his licentious older son, Moses; and of Moses' adoring and errant younger brother, Coverly. Tragic and funny, ribald and splendidly picaresque, The Wapshot Chronicle is a family narrative in the tradition of Trollope, Dickens, and Henry James.
John Cheever (1912 geboren in Quincy, Massachusetts; gestorben 1982) gilt als einer der Innovatoren der amerikanischen Erzählkunst. Im flimmernden Wechsel zwischen Parodie, Satire und scheinbar treuherzig-naivem Bericht vom Tun und Lassen der Ostküstenelite hat er einen Schatz an Romanen und Stories hinterlassen, der in deutscher Sprache nie angemessen erschlossen worden ist. Thomas Gunkels Übersetzung der Wapshot-Chronik füllt eine bislang weiße Stelle auf der Karte der modernen Weltliteratur.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.6.2011 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Perennial Classics |
| Zusatzinfo | Illustrations, black and white |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 133 x 206 mm |
| Gewicht | 290 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen |
| Literatur ► Zweisprachige Ausgaben ► Deutsch / Englisch | |
| Schlagworte | Englisch; Romane/Erzählungen • National Book Award |
| ISBN-10 | 0-06-052887-7 / 0060528877 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-06-052887-4 / 9780060528874 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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