Joseph Egan est un écrivain aux multiples facettes dont l'œuvre témoigne d'un vif intérêt pour les coins moins explorés de l'histoire cinématographique et de l'expérience humaine. Il aborde ses sujets avec une recherche méticuleuse, offrant des récits définitifs d'événements et de personnalités marquants, en particulier de l'âge d'or d'Hollywood. Egan allie habilement humour et sérieux, abordant des thèmes poignants avec un style narratif unique et une approche innovante. Son écriture se caractérise par une profonde appréciation du pouvoir durable du cinéma et des histoires captivantes qui se cachent sous la surface.
When twelve-year-old Donn Fendler gets tired of waiting for his father and brothers to join him on the summit of Maine's highest peak, he decides to find his own way back to camp. But Donn doesn't count on a fast-moving fog that obscures the path. He doesn't count on falling down an embankment that hides him from sight. And he doesn't count on taking a turn that leaves him alone to wander aimlessly for nearly two weeks in the empty mountain wilderness.
"1936 looked like it would be a great year for the movie industry. With the economy picking up after the Great Depression, Americans everywhere were sitting in the dark watching the stars--and few stars shined as brightly as one of America's most enduring screen favorites, Mary Astor. But Astor's story wasn't a happy one. She was born poor, and at the first sign that she could earn money, her parents grabbed the reins and the checks. Widowed at twenty-four, Mary Astor was looking for stability when she met and wed Dr. Franklyn Thorpe. But the marriage was rocky from the start; both were unfaithful, but they did not divorce until after Mary Astor gave birth to little Marylyn Thorpe. What followed was a custody battle that pushed The Spanish Civil War and Hitler's 1936 Olympic Games off of the front pages all over America. Astor and Thorpe were both ruthless in their fight to gain custody of their daughter, but Thorpe held a trump card: the diaries that Mary Astor had been keeping for years. In these diaries, Astor detailed her own affairs as well as the myriad dalliances of some of Hollywood's biggest names. The studio heads, longtime controllers of public perception, were desperate to keep such juicy details from leaking"--Back cover.
Exploring the tension between belief in a loving God and the existence of evil, this book addresses profound theological questions shaped by the realities of suffering, particularly in post-Auschwitz contexts. It draws on experiences from Africa, highlighting how communities confront extraordinary challenges with a message of Gospel hope, emphasizing forgiveness and reconciliation as powerful responses to violence and oppression.
Kat. Ausst. Kunstraum München. München: Kunstraum München, 1988. Text von Christine Tacke, Terry Adkins und Joseph Egan (dt. und engl.). 52 Seiten, 21 Abb. in Farbe. 24 x 17 cm. Softcover. ISBN 978-3-923874-62-0 (3-923874-62-6)
