2001, ISBN: 9780802137401

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New York: Ballantine Books, 1969. Book. Illus. by Bob Abbett;. Very Good. Soft cover. Second Printing. 160 pp. Ballantine Book D1526. Light wear on the corners with an uncreased spine; … Mehr…

New York: Ballantine Books, 1969. Book. Illus. by Bob Abbett;. Very Good. Soft cover. Second Printing. 160 pp. Ballantine Book D1526. Light wear on the corners with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Bob Abbett.., Ballantine Books, 1969, 3, City Lights Publishers, 2001-01-01. Paperback. Good., City Lights Publishers, 2001-01-01, 2.5, Boston. 1987. Godine. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0879236655. Translated from the French by Mark Polizzotti. 212 pages. hardcover. keywords: Literature Translated France . FROM THE PUBLISHER - Here, translated into English for the first time, is one of the most inventive, talented, and enjoyable voices of modern France. Said by Le Monde to be 'gifted with a wild, unprecedented imagination,' Jean Echenoz won the prestigious Medicis Prize for this startling original novel. Cherokee recounts the adventures of one George Chave, the proverbial innocent who, in his pursuit of love and the mysterious Jenny Weltmann, manages to run afoul of the police, an uncannily large thug, a very deadly con artist (who happens to be George's cousin), two inept private eyes (who happen to be George's colleagues), a cult that worships the Sister-in-Law, and a remarkable knowledgeable (and loquacious) parrot. Written with freshness and verve, and displaying a Flaubertian talent for detail, atmosphere, and language, Cherokee is a humorous and savvy mix of Raymond Queneau, new-wave cinema, traditional roman noir, vintage Buster Keaton, and the rhythms of Charlie Parker (the book's title, in fact, comes from the well-known jazz tune). The author's comic gift pervades this fantastic tale: zany descriptions, burlesque coincidences, and wacky anecdotes make the novel a constant challenge and delight. At the same time, Cherokee is a beautifully crafted work of fiction that calls up every trick played by the detective genre, and it is maintaining the balance between these different levels that the book's real achievement lies. In the words of the Times Literary Supplement, 'rarely has the difficult craft of story-telling been as well mastered as here.' inventory #8309 ISBN: 0879236655., 0, New York: Grove Press, 1997. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6x1x9. First printing. Spine and front cover creased. 1997 Trade Paperback. ix, 756 pp. Howard Hawks is the first major biography of one of Hollywood's greatest directors, a filmmaker of incomparable versatility whose body of work includes the landmark gangster film Scarface, screwball comedies like Bringing Up Baby and His Girl Friday, the Bogart-Bacall classics To Have and Have Not and The Big Sleep, the musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and aviation classics and Westerns like The Dawn Patrol and Rio Bravo. Sometime partner of the eccentric Howard Hughes, drinking buddy of William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway, an inveterate gambler and a notorious liar, Hawks was the most modern of the great masters and one of the first directors to declare his independence from the major studios. He played Svengali to Lauren Bacall, Montgomery Clift, and others, but Hawks's greatest creation may have been himself., Grove Press, 1997, 3<

2000, ISBN: 9780802137401

New York: Grove Press, 2000. 6" wide by 9" tall. Appears unread. Bright, clean, tight, square, unmarked copy. Flat spine. No creases. Not price clipped (20.00). No remaind… Mehr…

New York: Grove Press, 2000. 6" wide by 9" tall. Appears unread. Bright, clean, tight, square, unmarked copy. Flat spine. No creases. Not price clipped (20.00). No remainder mark. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Photo illustrated. From the rear cover: "HOWARD HAWKS is the first major biography of one of Hollywood's greatest directors, a filmmaker of incomparable versatility whose body of work includes... Scarface... Bringing Up Baby... His Girl Friday... the Bogart-Bacall classics To Have and Have Not and The Big Sleep... Gentlemen Prefer Blonds... The Dawn Patrol... Rio Bravo..." Filmography. List of chapter notes/sources. Bibliography. Index. From the publisher: "Howard Hawks is now regarded as one of the greatest directors ever to work in Hollywood. His career stretched from the silent era through the seventies and left an indelible stamp on American cinema. A filmmaker of incomparable versatility, he made the landmark gangster film Scarface, aviation classics (The Dawn Patrol, Only Angels Have Wings, Air Force), several of the best screwball comedies (Twentieth Century, Bringing Up Baby, His Girl Friday), an immortal war story (Sergeant York), two sizzling Bogart-Bacall melodramas (To Have and Have Not, The Big Sleep), a dazzling musical (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), and several towering Westerns (Red River, Rio Bravo, El Dorado). He was Hollywood's leading star-maker, having discovered or given important roles to Lauren Bacall, Montgomery Clift, Carole Lombard, Rita Hayworth, Frances Farmer, Jane Russell, Paul Muni, Joan Collins, James Caan, and Angie Dickinson. He was the most modern of the great masters and one of the first directors to produce his own movies and declare his independence from the major studios. His work has exerted a powerful influence on such contemporary directors as Martin Scorcese, Brian DePalma, Robert Benton, John Carpenter, Walter Hill, and Quentin Tarantino. Howard Hawks was the filmmaking partner of Howard Hughes; the drinking buddy and working colleague of William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway; cofounder of Hollywood's first elite motorcycle gang; an inveterate gambler constantly in trouble with gangsters; and a self-styled ladies' man whose second wife was to become the celebrated Slim Keith. This first biography of Hawks penetrates the persona he so carefully constructed for himself and reveals one of the most formidable, complex, and enigmatic figures of Hollywood's Golden Age.". 1st printing of First Softcover Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine condition. 756pp ., Grove Press, 2000, 5<

2000, ISBN: 9780802137401

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768 Seiten; paperback 9780802137401.4 Versand D: 2,99 EUR BIOGRAPHY, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Entertainment, Performing, Arts, SOCIAL, SCIENCE, Popular, Culture, PERFORMING, ARTS, Film, General, Hollywood, Later, 20th, century, 1950, 1999, Seasonal, interest, Summer, history, theory, criticism, [PU:Grove Press]<