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Thomas Douglas Jones was born in Aurora, Illinois on January 26, 1945. While still a teenager, he joined the Marines. He was discharged after being savagely beaten in a boxing match and mistakenly given a diagnosis of schizophrenia. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Washington mostra altro in 1970 and a master's in fine arts from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. At the age of 47, he was recovering from alcoholism and addiction to prescription drugs and working nights as a janitor in a high school. He mailed an unsolicited, fictionalized Vietnam War story entitled The Pugilist at Rest to The New Yorker. It was printed in 1991 and won the O. Henry Award in 1993 for best short story. His short story collections include The Pugilist at Rest, which was nominated for a National Book Award; Cold Snap: Stories; and Sonny Liston Was a Friend of Mine. He died from complications of diabetes on October 14, 2016 at the age of 71. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno

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Opere di Thom Jones

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The Pugilist at Rest: Stories (1993) 610 copie

Cold Snap: Stories (1995) 299 copie

Sonny Liston Was a Friend of Mine: Stories (1999) 250 copie

Night Train (in Best American Nonrequired Reading 2004 - EGGERS) (2018) 33 copie

Anna Gaskell (2001) 23 copie

Sonny Liston Was a Friend of Mine (Faber Stories) (2019) 13 copie

The Dark City (The Guardians of Elestra) (2011) 3 copie

Coup de froid (2007) 2 copie

The Giants of the Baroka Valley (The Guardians of Elestra) (2013) 2 copie

Sonny Liston était mon ami (2011) 2 copie

I Want To Live! 1 copia

The Pugilist at Rest [short story] 1 copia

Sonny Liston Was A Friend Of Mine Stories By Thom Jones 1 copia

Noćni vlak : nove i odabrane priče (2024) 1 copia

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The Best American Short Stories of the Century (2000) — Collaboratore — 1,561 copie

The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2004 (2004) — Collaboratore — 741 copie

The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction: Fifty North American American Stories Since 1970 (1999) — Collaboratore — 511 copie

The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Short Stories (1994) — Collaboratore — 478 copie

The Best American Short Stories 1995 (1995) — Collaboratore — 302 copie

The Best American Short Stories 1993 (1993) — Collaboratore — 276 copie

The Best American Short Stories 1994 (1994) — Collaboratore — 242 copie

The Best American Short Stories 1992 (1992) — Collaboratore — 223 copie

The New Granta Book of the American Short Story (2007) — Collaboratore — 214 copie

The Workshop: Seven Decades of the Iowa Writers Workshop - 43 Stories, Recollections, & Essays on Iowa's Place in… (1999) — Collaboratore — 188 copie

Why I Write: Thoughts on the Craft of Fiction (1998) — Collaboratore — 187 copie

Granta 108: Chicago (2009) — Collaboratore — 142 copie

Nerve: Literate Smut (1998) — Collaboratore — 126 copie

The Other Side of Heaven: Post-War Fiction by Vietnamese and American Writers (1995) — Collaboratore — 40 copie

The New Great American Writers' Cookbook (2003) — Collaboratore — 21 copie

Passion and Craft: Conversations with Notable Writers (1998) 9 copie

Playboy's College Fiction: A Collection of 21 Years of Contest Winners (2007) — Prefazione — 7 copie

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Nome legale: Jones, Thomas Douglas
Data di nascita: 1945-01-26
Data di morte: 2016-10-14
Sesso: male
Nazionalità: USA
Luogo di nascita: Aurora, Illinois, USA
Luogo di morte: Olympia, Washington, USA
Istruzione: University of Washington (MA|1970)
Iowa Writers' Workshop (MFA)
Attività lavorative: short-story writer
Organizzazioni: United States Marine Corps

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The Pugilist at Rest: and other stories di Thom Jones

A little thematically monotonous but hey, he’s got a great style. Very visceral and funny descriptions of epilepsy, ‘Nam and boxing. Get it dummy, it says ‘pugilist’ in the title. An old woman with cancer reading Schopenhauer though? Come on now, quit awkwardly shoving a who’s who of random Nietzsche and Schopenhauer quotes into everything.

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theoaustin | 9 altre recensioni | Dec 26, 2023 |

The Pugilist at Rest: Stories di Thom Jones

some excellent stories...Would go 4.5 stars if possible

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Mcdede | 9 altre recensioni | Jul 19, 2023 |

Cold Snap di Thom Jones

No pugilist at rest, but a couple of excellent stories.

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Mcdede | 2 altre recensioni | Jul 19, 2023 |

The Pugilist at Rest: Stories di Thom Jones

A little thematically monotonous but hey, he’s got a great style. Very visceral and funny descriptions of epilepsy, ‘Nam and boxing. Get it dummy, it says ‘pugilist’ in the title. An old woman with cancer reading Schopenhauer though? Come on now, quit awkwardly shoving a who’s who of random Nietzsche and Schopenhauer quotes into everything.

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theoaustin | 9 altre recensioni | May 19, 2023 |

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