Song of the Silent Snow

Informationen zum Autor Hubert Selby Jr. Klappentext Hubert Selby, Jr. was born in Brooklyn in 1928. At the age of 15, he dropped out of school and went to sea with the merchant marines. While at sea he was diagnosed with lung disease. With no other way to make a living, he decided to try writing: 'I knew the alphabet. Maybe I could be a writer.' In 1964 he completed his first book, Last Exit to Brooklyn , which has since become a cult classic. In 1966, it was the subject of an obscenity trial in the UK. His other books include The Room , The Demon , Requiem for a Dream , Song of the Silent Snow , The Willow Tree and Waiting Period . In 2000, Requiem for a Dream starred Jared Leto and Ellen Burstyn and was directed by Darren Aronofsky. Hubert Selby Jr died in Highland Park, Los Angeles, California in April 2004. Zusammenfassung Fat Phil can't lose at dice, even when his friends turn nasty and he's trying his hardest; a salesman finds success comes from fortune cookie mottoes, but panics when these mottoes turn against him; and, a commuter finds himself obsessed with a plain young woman on his train, at the expense of his marriage.

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Hubert Selby Jr.

Product details

• Authors: Hubert Selby Jr., Hubert Selby, Hubert Selby Jr
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 26.04.2012
• EAN: 9780241951248
• ISBN: 978-0-241-95124-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 200 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Modern Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Modern Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Short Stories (single author), FICTION / Classics, Modern and contemporary fiction, Modern and contemporary Fiction (post 1945), Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary