Автор: Hjortsberg William Название: Jubilee Hitchhiker: The Life and Times of Richard Brautigan ISBN: 1619021056 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781619021051 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 24490.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Confident and robust, "Jubilee Hitchhiker" is an comprehensive biography of late novelist and poet Richard Brautigan, author of "Troutfishing in America" and "A Confederate General from Big Sur," among many others. When Brautigan took his own life in September of 1984 his close friends and network of artists and writers were devastated though not entirely surprised. To many, Brautigan was shrouded in enigma, erratic and unpredictable in his habits and presentation. But his career was formidable, an inspiration to young writers like William Hjortsberg trying to get their start. Brautigan`s career wove its way through both the Beat-influenced San Francisco Renaissance in the 1950s and the "Flower Power" hippie movement of the 1960s; while he never claimed direct artistic involvement with either period, "Jubilee Hitchhiker" also delves deeply into the spirited times in which he lived. As Hjortsberg guides us through his search to uncover Brautigan as a man the reader is pulled deeply into the writer`s world. Ultimately this is a work that seeks to connect the Brautigan known to his fans with the man who ended his life so abruptly in 1984 while revealing the close ties between his writing and the actual events of his life. Part history, part biography, and part memoir, "Jubilee Hitchhiker" etches the portrait of a man destroyed by his genius.
Автор: Hjortsberg William Название: Maana ISBN: 1497680735 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781497680739 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 17460.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: William Hjortsberg, author of the acclaimed occult thriller Falling Angel, the basis for the hit film Angel Heart, takes readers on a mind-bending ride through Mexico after the Summer of Love, when an American hippie's life is upended by a gang of ex-cons.
All Tod remembers when he wakes up next to a dead prostitute is that he had his 1st shot of heroin the night before. He and his wife, Linda, were partying with their new neighbors, a trio of parole violators who fled to Mexico after robbing a Beverly Hills jewelry store. Now the place is empty, stripped clean except for Tod's hunting knife, which is covered in blood. Did he kill the woman, or was he left behind as the fall guy? Convinced that his junkie friends abducted Linda to keep her from talking to the police, Tod buys a gun and prepares to do whatever it takes to get his wife back before he makes a run for the border.
