A career-spanning selection of James Purdy's fiction, including the titular short novel, Purdy's first. Not to be confused with 63 Dream Palace and Other Stories .
James Purdy Livres
17 juillet 1914 – 13 mars 2009
James Purdy est un auteur dont la fiction sombre, souvent d'un comique féroce, évoque un paysage psychique américain d'innocence déçue, d'obsession sexuelle, de violence et d'isolement. Son œuvre, traduite dans plus de 30 langues, explore des relations complexes et met au jour des aspects cachés de la nature humaine. Le style distinctif de Purdy capture les dures réalités de la vie avec une intelligence vive et un regard satirique, offrant aux lecteurs des récits troublants mais captivants.
The Complete Short Stories of James Purdy
- 726pages
- 26 heures de lecture
Celebrate an authentic American genius (Gore Vidal) in James Purdy's first complete short story collection.
Out with the Stars
- 200pages
- 7 heures de lecture
Following the discovery of an anonymous libretto, a composer comes out of retirement to write an opera based on the life of the infamous novelist-turned-photographer Cyril Vane. A dazzling novel by one of America’s most underrated writers.
Malcolm
- 158pages
- 6 heures de lecture
Long out of print, James Purdy's novel Malcolm, first published in 1959, established Purdy as "one of the greatest writers produced in America during the past hundred years" (Dame Edith Sitwell). Malcolm is the bizarre story of an innocent young man of 'exceptional beauty' who becomes involved in a series of comic and poignant adventures. Taken under the wing of a famous astrologer, an undertaker, a billionaire, a midget painter, a jazz queen, America's foremost chanteuse, and a tattoo artist, among others, Malcolm is led endlessly from protector to protector in search of his missing father, until the journey itself becomes his undoing.
Sechs Erzählungen von Purdy zeigen Figuren, die als "Kannibalen der Liebe" agieren. Sie finden keine ausgewogene Beziehung zu ihren Begierden und erleben kurzfristige Ruhe an verschiedenen Orten, sei es in einem Abbruchhaus oder einem Salon. Ihr Streben führt zu flüchtigem Glück, das jedoch nicht von Dauer ist.
