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Richard Ford
Kirjat ja teokset yhdessä paikassa: 111 kirjaa, julkaisuja vuosilta 1985–2026, suosituimpiin kuuluu Canada. Vertaile teosten hintoja ja tarkista saatavuus suomalaisista kirjakaupoista.
111 kirjaa
Kirjojen julkaisuvuodet: 1985–2026.
Under nästan fyrtio år har Pulitzervinnaren Richard Ford genom sina romaner förmedlat en ambitiös och helt unik syn på det amerikanska livet. Nu kommer Bli min, den sista romanen om Frank Bascombe, en av de mest outplånliga karaktärerna i skönlitteraturens värld. I Bli min är den skarpsinniga, provocerande och ofta underbart roliga Frank Bascombe tillbaka, denna gång i livets skymning. En man som spelat många roller under sitt färgstarka liv – som sportjournalist, far, make, före detta make, vän, fastighetsmäklare – innehar nu den mest sorgsna rollen av alla: som vårdgivare till sin son Paul, som diagnostiserats med ALS. På en gemensam vinterodyssé till Mount Rushmore möter Frank, på typiskt Bascombesätt, den dödlighet som är så definitiv för var och en av oss, och konfronterar därigenom vad lycka kan bestå i trots allt. I denna minnesvärda roman visar Richard Ford upp den prosa, kvickhet och intelligens som gör honom till en av våra mest hyllade nu levande författare. Bli min är ett gripande kärleksbrev till vår förlorade värld.
Tredje bind i Bascombe-serienFrank Bascombe har lagt sin ungdom bag sig, men ikke nødvendigvis sine bedste år. Han er indtrådt i den Permanente Periode, og nu forsøger han at finde ud af, hvad det betyder. Han er stadig ejendomsmægler og arbejder ikke for meget, men han har fået kræft, og USA befinder sig i et politisk vadested. Stemmesedlerne bliver talt om i Florida, mens Frank må forholde sig til sin fremmedgjorte søn, sin datters livskrise, en kone, der er på vej til at forlade ham, og en ekskone, der måske kigger forbi til thanksgiving. Richard Ford er en af USA’s betydeligste forfattere, og hans romaner om Frank Bascombe er læst og elsket over hele verden. Han modtog Pulitzer-prisen for ‘Uafhængighedsdag’, og han har derudover modtaget en lang række priser, heriblandt PEN/Faulkner Award. Oversat af Arne Herløv Petersen
From Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Ford: the final novel in the world of Frank Bascombe, one of the most indelible characters in American literature Over the course of four celebrated works of fiction and almost forty years, Richard Ford has crafted an ambitious, incisive, and singular view of American life as lived. Unconstrained, astute, provocative, often laugh-out-loud funny, Frank Bascombe is once more our guide to the great American midway. Now in the twilight of life, a man who has occupied many colorful lives--sportswriter, father, husband, ex-husband, friend, real estate agent--Bascombe finds himself in the most sorrowing role of all: caregiver to his son, Paul, diagnosed with ALS. On a shared winter odyssey to Mount Rushmore, Frank, in typical Bascombe fashion, faces down the mortality that is assured each of us, and in doing so confronts what happiness might signify at the end of days. In this memorable novel, Richard Ford puts on displays the prose, wit, and intelligence that make him one of our most acclaimed living writers. Be Mine is a profound, funny, poignant love letter to our beleaguered world.
Andet bind i Bascombe-serienFrank har skiftet profession. Han er ikke længere sportsjournalist, men er blevet ejendomsmægler. Alt i alt går det ham godt, og han trives nogenlunde med tilværelsen i Haddam, New Jersey. Ikke desto mindre er der noget, der trykker ham. Denne bog er en tindrende afdækning af den amerikanske folkesjæl set fra mellemklassen. Den eftertænksomme Frank dekonstruerer tilværelsen med en klarhed, der dækker over et lurende mørke, og da hans søn tilsyneladende kommer i berøring med mørket, planlægger Frank nogle begivenhedsrige dage op til den 4. juli – USA’s uafhængighedsdag. Richard Ford er en af USA’s betydeligste forfattere, og hans romaner om Frank Bascombe er læst og elsket over hele verden. Han modtog Pulitzer-prisen for ‘Uafhængighedsdag’, og han har derudover modtaget en lang række priser, heriblandt PEN/Faulkner Award. Oversat af Arne Herløv Petersen
'A masterful writer' - RAYMOND CARVER Over the course of four celebrated works of fiction and almost forty years, Richard Ford has crafted an ambitious, incisive and singular view of American life as lived. Unconstrained, astute, provocative, often laugh-out-loud funny, Frank Bascombe is, here, once more our guide to the great American midway. Now in the twilight of life, a man who has occupied many colourful lives - sportswriter, father, husband, ex-husband, friend, real estate agent - Bascombe finds himself in the most sorrowing role of all; caregiver to his son, Paul, diagnosed with ALS. On a shared winter's odyssey to Mount Rushmore, Frank in typical Bascombe fashion faces down the mortality that is assured each of us, and in doing so confronts what happiness might signify at the end of days. In this memorable novel, Richard Ford puts on display the prose, wit and intelligence that make him one of the world's most acclaimed living writers. Be Mine is a profound, funny, poignant love letter to our beleaguered world. 'One of the finest achievements of modern American fiction' The Independent
‘Marvellously subtle, moving and funny’ JOHN BANVILE, OBSERVER‘Wonderfully written in every breath of every sentence’ HERMIONE LEE, GUARDIAN‘Wistful, bittersweet – and often very funny’ DAILY TELEGRAPHA FRANK BASCOMBE NOVELIt is approaching Thanksgiving weekend and Frank Bascombe has arrived at a state of optimistic pragmatism that he calls the ‘Permanent Period’ of life. Epic mistakes have already been made, dreams downsized, and Frank reflects that now at least there are fewer opportunities left in life. But the tranquility he anticipated is not to be. In fact, as Thanksgiving dinner with his children and first wife nears, the Permanent Period proves as full of possibility as life has ever offered. Graceful, expansive and filled with pathos, The Lay of the Land is a modern American masterpiece.
The magnificent novel that propelled Richard Ford into the first rank of American writersMy name is Frank Bascombe. I am a sportswriter. It is Easter weekend and we are introduced for the first time to Frank Bascombe. On the surface Frank’s life seems well set: he has a younger girlfriend and a job he adores as a sportswriter. To many men his age, thirty-eight, this would be a cause for optimism, yet Frank feels the pull of longing and the memory of his recent losses – a career has ended,his wife has divorced him, and his elder son has died. In the course of Easter weekend, Frank will lose all the remnants of his familiar life, though he will emerge heroic with spirits aloft. ‘With a mastery second to none, Richard Ford has created a character we know as well as our next-door neighbours. Frank Bascombe has earned himself a place beside Willy Loman and Harry Angstrom in our literary landscape’ NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW ‘Masterly ... Moving ... This remarkable elegiac novel contemplates the desperate sadness of life with a profound, and humorous, dignity’ EVENING STANDARD ‘From first page to last, The Sportswriter is the work of a writer absolutely in control of his material ... Ford has wrought a pitch-perfect thing of wonder ... A brilliant elegiac novel’ NEWSDAY
‘The best novel out of America in many years, a funny, achingly sad account of a father’s disastrous outing with his son and much else besides … Simply, a masterpiece’ JOHN BANVILLE, GUARDIANA FRANK BASCOMBE NOVELIt is the Fourth of July weekend, and we meet Frank Bascombe in the throes of what he calls his ‘Existence Period’ – selling real estate in New Jersey and mastering the high-wire act of normalcy. But as Independence Day arrives, Frank is called into a sudden, demanding engagement with his son and with his life. Independence Day is a moving, peerlessly funny odyssey through America and through the layered consciousness of one of its most compelling literary incarnations, conducted by a novelist of extraordinary empathy and perception. ‘Independence Day is a book that leaves you feeling more uplifted, more consoled, than you did before reading it ... In Frank Bascombe, Ford has created a great American character for the age’ DAILY TELEGRAPH‘Powerful ... As gripping as it is affecting ... Ford has galvanised his reputation as one of his generation’s most eloquent voices’ NEW YORK TIMES
Med udgivelsen i smukke, tidssvarende paperbacks gøres bøgerne om Frank Bascombe, en af amerikansk litteraturs mest ikoniske skikkelser, igen tilgængelige for det danske publikum, samtidig med at Richard Ford gæster landet.‘Sportsjournalisten’ er en storslået roman, som sendte Ford op på den amerikanske forfatterstjernehimmel og gjorde Frank Bascombe til et talerør for flere generationer. Som sportsjournalist ernærer Frank sig ved at studere andre mennesker - mest mænd - som lever i deres egen verden. Den livsform ser Frank selv som et mål. Men i en alder af otteogtredive lider han af en uhelbredelig trang til at drømme, et uroligt hjerte og det nylige tab af sin karriere, sin søn og sit ægteskab. Denne påske, hvor Frank igen møder sin eks-kone ved deres søns grav, er Frank dog i særlig grad ved siden af sig selv. Første bind i Bascombe-serien
Under nästan fyrtio år har Pulitzervinnaren Richard Ford genom sina romaner förmedlat en ambitiös och helt unik syn på det amerikanska livet. Nu kommer Bli min, den sista romanen om Frank Bascombe, en av de mest outplånliga karaktärerna i skönlitteraturens värld. I Bli min är den skarpsinniga, provocerande och ofta underbart roliga Frank Bascombe tillbaka, denna gång i livets skymning. En man som spelat många roller under sitt färgstarka liv – som sportjournalist, far, make, före detta make, vän, fastighetsmäklare – innehar nu den mest sorgsna rollen av alla: som vårdgivare till sin son Paul, som diagnostiserats med ALS. På en gemensam vinterodyssé till Mount Rushmore möter Frank, på typiskt Bascombesätt, den dödlighet som är så definitiv för var och en av oss, och konfronterar därigenom vad lycka kan bestå i trots allt. I denna minnesvärda roman visar Richard Ford upp den prosa, kvickhet och intelligens som gör honom till en av våra mest hyllade nu levande författare. Bli min är ett gripande kärleksbrev till vår förlorade värld.
'A masterful writer' - RAYMOND CARVER Over the course of four celebrated works of fiction and almost forty years, Richard Ford has crafted an ambitious, incisive and singular view of American life as lived. Unconstrained, astute, provocative, often laugh-out-loud funny, Frank Bascombe is, here, once more our guide to the great American midway. Now in the twilight of life, a man who has occupied many colourful lives — sportswriter, father, husband, ex-husband, friend, real estate agent — Bascombe finds himself in the most sorrowing role of all; caregiver to his son, Paul, diagnosed with ALS. On a shared winter's odyssey to Mount Rushmore, Frank in typical Bascombe fashion faces down the mortality that is assured each of us, and in doing so confronts what happiness might signify at the end of days. In this memorable novel, Richard Ford puts on display the prose, wit and intelligence that make him one of the world's most acclaimed living writers. Be Mine is a profound, funny, poignant love letter to our beleaguered world. ‘One of the finest achievements of modern American fiction’ The Independent
Be Mine: A Frank Bascombe Novel
Richard Ford
Harper Large Print
2023
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From Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Ford: the final novel in the world of Frank Bascombe, one of the most indelible characters in American literature Over the course of four celebrated works of fiction and almost forty years, Richard Ford has crafted an ambitious, incisive, and singular view of American life as lived. Unconstrained, astute, provocative, often laugh-out-loud funny, Frank Bascombe is once more our guide to the great American midway. Now in the twilight of life, a man who has occupied many colorful lives--sportswriter, father, husband, ex-husband, friend, real estate agent--Bascombe finds himself in the most sorrowing role of all: caregiver to his son, Paul, diagnosed with ALS. On a shared winter odyssey to Mount Rushmore, Frank, in typical Bascombe fashion, faces down the mortality that is assured each of us, and in doing so confronts what happiness might signify at the end of days. In this memorable novel, Richard Ford puts on displays the prose, wit, and intelligence that make him one of our most acclaimed living writers. Be Mine is a profound, funny, poignant love letter to our beleaguered world.