Frank Conroy était un auteur américain célébré pour son exploration perspicace de l'expérience humaine. Sa production littéraire, englobant mémoires, romans, nouvelles et essais, explorait souvent les complexités de la mémoire et de l'identité. Le style d'écriture de Conroy se caractérisait par sa franchise et son introspection, attirant les lecteurs au cœur de ses thèmes. Par ses récits captivants et son rôle important dans le développement des écrivains émergents au sein du célèbre Iowa Writers' Workshop, Conroy a consolidé sa place en tant que figure notable des lettres américaines.
From the author of Stop Time and Midair comes a dazzling virtuoso novel. The poor, lonely son of a taxi-driver mother is transformed by the gift of a piano that takes him from the drawing rooms of the rich and powerful to a performance at Carnegie Hall.
First published in 1967, Stop-Time was immediately recognized as a masterpiece of modern American autobiography, a brilliant portrayal of one boy's passage from childhood to adolescence and beyond. Here is Frank Conroy's wry, sad, beautiful tale of life on the road; of odd jobs and lost friendships, brutal schools and first loves; of a father's early death and a son's exhilarating escape into manhood. Stop-Time is as generous on the subject of growing up lost in America, as moving in its absolute intelligence and compassion, as anywork that has appeared before or since.
First published in 1967, Stop-Time was immediately recognized as a masterpiece of modern American autobiography, a brilliant portrayal of one boy's passage from childhood to adolescence and beyond. Here is Frank Conroy's wry, sad, beautiful tale of life on the road; of odd jobs and lost friendships, brutal schools and first loves; of a father's early death and a son's exhilarating escape into manhood.
Die kleinen Fluchten und Abenteuer beim Erwachsenwerden stehen im Mittelpunkt von "Alle Zeit der Welt", dem Roman einer Jugend. Die Schauplätze dieses Klassikers der modernen amerikanischen Literatur sind neben Florida und New York, Dänemark und Paris. Dieser Roman handelt von der einzigartigen Lust, sich kopfüber in die Zukunft stürzen zu können.