James Leo Herlihy

Broschiertes Buch

Midnight Cowboy

Beschreibung

Midnight Cowboy centers around Joe Buck, a naive but ambitious young Texan, who decides to leave in search of a grand and glamorous life in New York City. But Joe soon finds himself and his dreams compromised. Buck's fall from innocence, and his relationship with the crippled street hustler, Ratso Rizzo, form the novel's emotional nucleus.

Autor

James Leo Herlihy was born in 1927 in Detroit, Michigan to a working-class family. After serving in World War II, Herlihy studied art, literature, and music at Black Mountain College in North Carolina. In 1960 he published All Fall Down, a largely critically acclaimed work which was later adapted for film. In 1965 he published Midnight Cowboy, which cemented his reputation as a serious writer. After the success of Midnight Cowboy, Herlihy retreated from the public eye and turned his attention to teaching creative writing at the City College of New York, the University of Arkansas, and the University of Southern California. Herlihy died in Los Angeles in 1993.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: ROSETTABOOKS
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 139mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 265g
• ISBN-13: 9780795350412
• ISBN-10: 0795350414
• Artikelnr.: 47084076