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Appointment in Samarra (Penguin Classics Deluxe

内容简介

ThewriterwhomFranLebowitzcomparedtotheauthorofTheGreatGatsby,callinghim“therealF.ScottFitzgerald,”makeshisPenguinClassicsdebutwiththisbeautifuldeluxeeditionofhisbest-lovedbook.Oneofthegreatnovelsofsmall-townAmericanlife,AppointmentinSamarraisJohnO’Hara’scrowningachievement.InDecember1930,justbeforeChristmas,theGibbsville,Pennsylvania,socialcircuitiselectrifiedwithpartiesanddances.AtthecenterofthesocialelitestandJulianandCarolineEnglish.Butinonerashmomentborninsideahighballglass,Julianbreakswithpolitesocietyandbeginsarapiddescenttowardself-destruction.Brimmingwithwealthandprivilege,jealousyandinfidelity,O’Hara’siconicfirstnovelisanunflinchinglookatthedarksideoftheAmericandream—andalastingtestamenttothekeensocialintelligenceifamajorAmericanwriter.Formorethansixty-fiveyears,PenguinhasbeentheleadingpublisherofclassicliteratureintheEnglish-speakingworld.Withmorethan1,500titles,PenguinClassicsrepresentsaglobalbookshelfofthebestworksthroughouthistoryandacrossgenresanddisciplines.Readerstrusttheseriestoprovideauthoritativetextsenhancedbyintroductionsandnotesbydistinguishedscholarsandcontemporaryauthors,aswellasup-to-datetranslationsbyaward-winningtranslators.

作者简介

JohnO’Hara(1905–1970)wasoneofthemostprominentAmericanwritersofthetwentiethcentury.ChampionedbyErnestHemingway,F.ScottFitzgerald,andDorothyParker,hewroteseventeennovels,includingAppointmentinSamarra,hisfirst;BUtterfield8,whichwasmadeintoafilmstarringElizabethTaylor;PalJoey,whichwasadaptedintoaBroadwaymusicalaswellasafilmstarringFrankSinatra;andTenNorthFrederick,whichwontheNationalBookAward.HehashadmorestoriespublishedinTheNewYorkerthananyoneelseinthehistoryofthemagazine.BorninPottsville,Pennsylvania,helivedformanyyearsinNewYorkandinPrinceton,NewJersey,wherehedied.CharlesMcGrath(introducer)istheformereditorofTheNewYorkTimesBookReviewandformerdeputyeditorofTheNewYorker.HeiscurrentlyawriteratlargeforTheNewYorkTimes.NeilGower(coverillustrator)isaninternationallyacclaimedgraphicartist.HespenttenyearsasacontributingartisttoCondéNastTravelerandhasprovidedartformajorpublishinghousesandforsuchmagazinesasTheNewYorker,TheEconomist,andVanityFair.HelivesinSussex,England.,,,,

丛书

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition

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