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November 1944: Their B-24 bomber shot down on what should have been an easy mission off the Borneo coast, a scattered crew of Army airmen cut themselves loose from their parachutes--only to be met by loincloth-wearing natives silently materializing out of the mountainous jungle. Would these Dayak tribesmen turn the starving airmen over to the hostile Japanese occupiers? Or would the Dayaks risk vicious reprisals to get the airmen safely home in a desperate game of hide-and-seek? A cinematic survival story featuring a bamboo airstrip built on a rice paddy, a mad British major, and a blowpipe-wielding army that helped destroy one of the last Japanese strongholds, "The Airmen and the Headhunters" is also a gripping tale of wartime heroism unlike any other you have read. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.4Literature English (North America) American fiction Later 19th Century 1861-1900Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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There are some classics that are rightfully omitted from today's curriculum.
Curiously, although Auchincloss makes a big deal about reading the stories (many of novella length, published as magazine serials) in chronological order, they are not presented that way in the book; also, since both "Daisy Miller" and "Turn of the Screw" are probably James's best-known works, why put "Poynton" as the title? Editors are truly inscrutable. However, the introduction is worth reading if you are interested in Henry James.
I did read them in the recommended order, with long intervals between.
"Daisy Miller" did not impress me; I disliked pretty much everyone in the book, and the young man who (I suppose) loved her was a wretch, while she was just an idiot.
"Washington Square" had an occasional witty phrase, but was a very slow soap opera.
"The Aspern Papers" another slow moving story peopled with idiots.
"The Spoils of Poynton" -- so boring I could not get past the first few pages, although I read the ending and decided the loss of the house was probably apt.
"The Turn of the Screw" presented such convoluted phraseology that I could barely follow the story - if the intent was to suggest the governess was balmy, that alone makes the case. However, the first thing that jumps out (to any reader of the news in the last 30 years) is that the valet and governess were probably colluding in child abuse, which (one critic suggests) would be obvious to Victorian readers, but could never be explicitly presented (as it would be today). There is more study of character in the analysis conducted than in the story itself.
I won't be proceeding to any other works by James. ( )