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T.C. Boyle

Autore di América

98+ opere 25,879 membri 604 recensioni 136 preferito

Sull'Autore

T. C. Boyle was born Thomas John Boyle in Peekskill, New York on December 2, 1948. He received a B.A. in English and history from SUNY Potsdam in 1968, a MFA from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop in 1974, and a Ph.D. degree in nineteenth century British literature from the University of mostra altro Iowa in 1977. He has been a member of the English department at the University of Southern California since 1978. He has written over 20 books including After the Plague, Drop City, The Inner Circle, Tooth and Claw, The Human Fly, Talk Talk, The Women, Wild Child, and When the Killing's Done. He has received numerous awards including the PEN/Faulkner Award for best novel of the year for World's End; the PEN/Malamud Prize in the short story for T. C. Boyle Stories; and the Prix Médicis Étranger for best foreign novel in France for The Tortilla Curtain. His title's Sam Miguel and The Harder They Caome made The New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) T. Coraghessan Boyle is the best-selling author of "T.C. Boyle Stories," "Riven Rock," "The Tortilla Curtain," "Without a Hero," "The Road to Wellville," "East Is East," "If the River Was Whiskey," "World's End" (winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award), "Greasy Lake," "Budding Prospects," "Water Music," & "Descent of Man" (all available from Penguin). His fiction regularly appears in major American magazines, including "The New Yorker," "GQ," "The Paris Review," "Playboy," & "Esquire." He lives in Santa Barbara, California. (Publisher Provided) mostra meno

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Opere di T.C. Boyle

América (1995) 3,684 copie
Drop City (2003) 2,423 copie
Morti di salute (1993) 1,670 copie
Le donne (2008) 1,605 copie
World's End (1988) 1,373 copie
Doctor sex (2004) 1,359 copie
Identita rubate (2006) 1,315 copie
Water Music (1981) 1,184 copie
Riven Rock (1998) 1,023 copie
A Friend of the Earth (2000) 961 copie
East is East (1990) 841 copie
T.C. Boyle Stories (1979) 748 copie
When the Killing's Done (2011) 734 copie
Budding Prospects (1984) 679 copie
The Harder They Come (2015) 594 copie
San Miguel (2012) 534 copie
The Terranauts (2016) — Autore — 519 copie
If the River Was Whiskey (1989) 507 copie
Without a Hero (1994) 408 copie
The Best American Short Stories 2015 (2015) — A cura di — 226 copie
Outside Looking In (2019) 225 copie
Talk to Me (2021) 120 copie
T C Boyle Stories II (2013) 119 copie
Blue Skies: A Novel (2023) — Autore — 115 copie
Wild Child {story} (2010) 67 copie
She Wasn't Soft (1996) 49 copie
Doubletakes (2003) 47 copie
Death in Kitchawank (2014) 32 copie
Good Home: Stories (2018) 16 copie
Praat met mij (2021) 10 copie
Der Admiral (2012) 9 copie
Dreizehnhundert Ratten (2011) 5 copie
Sind wir nicht Menschen (2020) 5 copie
Frage 62 (2012) 4 copie
Der Polarforscher (1998) 4 copie
The lie (2013) 4 copie
In der Zone (2012) 3 copie
Grün war die Hoffnung (2012) 2 copie
Balto (2014) 2 copie
Chicxulub 1 copia
T C Boyle Pack (2004) 1 copia
Bulletproof (2013) 1 copia
La Conchita 1 copia
Histoires cruelles (2012) 1 copia
Anacapa (2013) 1 copia
Parle-moi: roman (2023) 1 copia
1990 1 copia
1995 1 copia

Opere correlate

Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni917 copie
The Best American Short Stories 2007 (2007) — Collaboratore — 827 copie
The Future Dictionary of America (2004) — Collaboratore — 627 copie
The Best American Short Stories 2008 (2008) — Collaboratore — 572 copie
The Best American Short Stories 2004 (2004) — Collaboratore — 556 copie
Points of View: Revised Edition (1966) — Collaboratore — 413 copie
The Granta Book of the American Short Story (1992) — Collaboratore — 369 copie
Sudden Fiction: American Short-Short Stories (1984) — Collaboratore — 363 copie
The Best American Short Stories 1997 (1997) — Collaboratore — 353 copie
The Best American Short Stories 2014 (2014) — Collaboratore — 273 copie
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015 (2015) — Collaboratore — 267 copie
Press Start to Play (2015) — Collaboratore — 259 copie
The New Granta Book of the American Short Story (2007) — Collaboratore — 212 copie
The Secret History of Fantasy (2010) — Collaboratore — 200 copie
The Secret History of Science Fiction (2009) — Collaboratore — 196 copie
The Best American Short Stories 2017 (2017) — Collaboratore — 184 copie
Granta 85: Hidden Histories (2004) — Collaboratore — 170 copie
This Is My Best: Great Writers Share Their Favorite Work (2004) — Collaboratore — 160 copie
The Best American Short Stories 2020 (2020) — Collaboratore — 146 copie
Granta 23: Home (1988) — Collaboratore — 138 copie
The Big New Yorker Book of Cats (2013) — Collaboratore — 132 copie
Granta 63: Beasts (1998) — Collaboratore — 132 copie
Granta 36: Vargas Llosa for President (1991) — Collaboratore — 126 copie
Granta 44: The Last Place on Earth (1993) — Collaboratore — 125 copie
The Ecco Anthology of Contemporary American Short Fiction (2008) — Collaboratore — 125 copie
Prize Stories 2001: The O. Henry Awards (2001) — Collaboratore — 123 copie
McSweeney's Issue 34 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern) (2010) — Collaboratore — 109 copie
The Best American Mystery Stories 2018 (2018) — Collaboratore — 100 copie
I'm With the Bears: Short Stories from a Damaged Planet (2011) — Collaboratore — 90 copie
Baseball's Best Short Stories (1995) — Collaboratore — 79 copie
Year's Finest Fantasy (1977) — Collaboratore — 75 copie
Great Esquire Fiction (1983) — Collaboratore — 70 copie
Watchlist: 32 Stories by Persons of Interest (2015) — Collaboratore — 49 copie
McSweeney's Issue 43 (2013) — Collaboratore — 48 copie
Granta 5: The Modern Common Wind (1982) — Collaboratore — 44 copie
Granta 9: John Berger, Boris (1983) — Collaboratore — 43 copie
The Killing Spirit : An Anthology of Murder for Hire (1996) — Collaboratore — 33 copie
Birds in the Hand: Fiction and Poetry about Birds (2004) — Collaboratore — 33 copie
The Road to Wellville [1994 film] (1993) — Original book — 33 copie
Ghost Writing: Haunted Tales by Contemporary Writers (2000) — Collaboratore — 32 copie
Beach : Stories by the Sand and Sea (2000) — Collaboratore — 32 copie
Kafkaesque: Stories Inspired by Franz Kafka (2011) — Collaboratore — 27 copie
The New Great American Writers' Cookbook (2003) — Collaboratore — 21 copie
The Playboy Book of Short Stories (1995) — Collaboratore — 11 copie
Exotic Gothic: Forbidden Tales from Our Gothic World (2007) — Collaboratore — 7 copie
Ten: A Bloomsbury Tenth Anniversary Anthology (1996) — Collaboratore — 7 copie
The Paris Review 84 1982 Summer (1982) — Collaboratore — 6 copie
Black Clock 21 (2016) — Collaboratore — 4 copie
Fiction International 12: Moral Fiction: An Anthology (1980) — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Playboy Magazine ~ November 1990 (Teri Copley) (1990) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Schöne Ferien — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Antaeus No. 70, Spring 1993 - Special Fiction Issue (1993) — Collaboratore — 1 copia

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Not his best. Subject not all that interesting, characters so-so.
 
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jsolar | 26 altre recensioni | Jan 22, 2024 |
Den Plot des Buches fand ich gut. In einer nicht allzufernen Zukunft müssen die Menschen in den südlichen USA mit den Folgen des Klimawandels leben - Überschwemmungen in Florida, Dürre in Kalifornien. Im Grunde versucht man weiterzumachen wie vorher auch, aber es wird zunehmend schwieriger, wenn Straßen stets überschwmmt sind und Häuser brennen.
Das fand ich eine sehr gute Basis der Geschichte. Weniger gelungen sind die Personen. Die Geschichte beginnt mit Cat, die im Grunde stets betrunken ist und sich als Haustier eine Tigerpython kauft. Von anderen (Ehemann, Bruder) wird Cat als intelligent beschrieben, aber ihr Leben ist eigentlich völlig sinnentleert und der Kauf der Schlange unbedacht und dumm. Natürlich kann man an ihr die menschliche Entfremdung zur Natur aufzeigen, aber muss sie dazu immer betrunken sein und auch so dümmlich? Ihr Charakter ist mir unklar. Ähnlich ist es aber auch mit ihrem Bruder, Cooper. Der ist Doktorand, arbeitet mit Insekten, wird aber nach der Katastrophe, die ihm wiederfährt irgendwie zu einem verantwortungslosen Frauenvernascher, was vom Typ her überhaupt nicht passt. Ihrer beider Vater Frank ist völlig konturlos und die Mutter Ottilie versucht immer das Richtige zu tun, scheitert aber zunehmend an der unberechenbaren Umwelt.
Also, Fazit: Es liest sich einfach, wenn ich auch immer wieder Probleme hatte, mich zum Weiterlesen aufzuraffen. Die Personen sind nicht ausgereift. Da kenne ich von Boyle viel besseres, das liest sich wie eine Fingerübung. Das Thema ist wichtig und interessant gelöst. Also für mich ein mittelgutes Buch mit Tendenz nach oben, daher 3,5 Punkte.
… (altro)
½
 
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Wassilissa | 6 altre recensioni | Jan 15, 2024 |
Un livre particulièrement jouissif et réussi. On en est à se prendre d'amitié pour les escrocs patentés.
½
 
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Nikoz | 34 altre recensioni | Jan 15, 2024 |
Whatever point this book seeks to make was squandered, alas, on my pea brain and blinkered imagination.
 
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Mark_Feltskog | 23 altre recensioni | Dec 23, 2023 |

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ISBN
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