Sherwood Anderson

Por primera vez en un solo volumen, todos los cuentos del gran Sherwood Anderson, uno de los grandes escritores norteamericanos del siglo XX. Fue Faulkner quien habló de él como «el padre de nuestra

Sherwood Anderson puo essere considerato uno degli autori piu influenti della letteratura e della narrativa americana, tanto che dalle sue pagine trassero spunto autori del calibro di Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Thomas Wolfe e John Steinbeck. Celebre soprattutto per i suoi racconti brevi, questo romanzo del 1925 tradotto da Cesare Pavese ci porta negli Stati Uniti rurali per incontrare Bruce Dudley, un uomo che decide di lasciare la moglie e la sua carriera di giornalista a Chicago per mettersi alla ricerca della propria identita. Inizia cosi un viaggio che lo portera ad attraversare il Mississippi e poi raggiungere Old Harbor, nella valle del fiume Ohio, dove era cresciuto con la famiglia. La serenita apparentemente riconquistata viene pero cancellata dallincontro con una donna che lo portera di nuovo a rimettersi in discussione. Leggerete di liberta individuale ma anche di convenzioni sociali che gia allepoca apparivano decisamente strette allautore, del rapporto tra bianchi e neri e di perdita dellinnocenza. Lo stesso Pavese considerava questa lopera piu importante di Anderson anche per uno stile che non esito a definire non piu dialetto, ma linguaggio ripensato, ricreato, poesia. Di Anderson, col marchio Nobel, Fermento ha pubblicato Un povero bianco. Allinterno - come in tutti i volumi Fermento - gli "Indicatori" per consentire al lettore un agevole viaggio dentro il libro.

George Willard, un joven reportero del periódico local, recorre el pueblo buscando una historia que merezca ser contada. Un maestro que ante sus alumnos se expresa mejor con las manos que con las palabras; o una mujer que una noche siente el deseo incontrolable de correr desnuda por las calles del pueblo bajo la lluvia. Asi, la vida anodina y gris de los granjeros del Medio Oeste estadounidense, poblada de soledades, ambiciones, frustraciones y deseos reprimidos, se convierte, bajo la mirada y la pluma de Anderson, en un agudo y penetrante retrato de la vida americana de esos años, de cara a la incipiente industrializacion.

Preocupado por las consecuencias de la industrialización sobre el ser humano, el escritor y periodista Sherwood Anderson visitó a finales de los años 20 numerosas fábricas del sur de los Estados Unidos, con el fin de observar de primera mano los profundos cambios que el paso de una vida agricola a una mecanizada comportaban para las personas. Temas recurrentes en su obra como la alienacion industrial de los nuevos modos de vida, la perdidatragicade los valores tradicionales o la defensa de los oprimidos desde su particular vision de la desigualdad atraviesan estos ensayos de estilo sencillo aunque cargados de complejidad.Movido por el pesimismo y el desconcierto provocado por un horizonte a su juicio poco alentador, Anderson en ocasiones esboza teorias que a dia de hoy resultaran cuanto menos curiosas sobre el futuro del mundo del trabajo, las relaciones entre hombres y mujeres, el compromiso social de los artistas o la capacidad del ser humano para salvarse a si mismo.A caballo entre la cronica periodistica y el relato, los doce articulos que componen La cancion de las maquinas son un compendio de las debilidades humanas ante el imperio de la tecnica, en los que su autor expone los dolores de una generacion desorientada por el advenimiento de un mundo desconocido. Como el mismo sentencia en la obra: la...

WINESBURG, OHIO erstmals erschienen 1919, ist ein romanartiger Reigen aus Erzahlungen. Im Mittelpunkt stehen die Bewohner einer fiktiven Kleinstadt im Mittleren Westen, beobachtet von George Willard, einem jungen Mann, der dort aufwachst und als Reporter des Winesburg Eagle noch den kleinsten Geschehnissen in der Stadt voller Staunen begegnet. Willard ist ein Suchender, einer, den es in die Ferne zieht und der seine schriftstellerische Begabung entdeckt.Die anderen Bewohner sind verschrobene, oft gescheiterte Gestalten, die darum ringen, ihrer Einsamkeit zu entkommen und ihre Sprachlosigkeit zu uberwinden. Da ist der fruhere Lehrer Wing Biddlebaum, der angstlich darum bemuht ist, seine Hande zu verbergen. Oder Reverend Hartman, der daran verzweifelt, dass er sich in die Lehrerin Kate Swift verliebt hat, wahrend diese ihre Leidenschaft hinter einem gestrengen Aueren verbirgt, bis sie, wie so viele Winesburger, einen nachtlichen Ausbruchsversuch unternimmt. Er endet kaum anders als fur die jahrelang vergeblich auf die Ruckkehr ihrer Jugendliebe wartende Alice Hindman: Eines Nachts schuttelt auch sie alle Konventionen ab, aber ihr Abenteuer endet anders als gedacht.Aufgrund seiner radikalen Modernitat zahlt WINESBURG, OHIO zu einem der wichtigsten Werke der amerikanischen Literatur des 20. Jahrhunderts. Das Buch beeinflusste zahlreiche Schriftsteller, darunter Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Steinbeck, Hemingway, Salinger und Bradbury.

Los habitantes del pequeño pueblo de Winesburg parecen llevar una existencia tranquila, pero escondidas bajo la superficie hay historias pasadas y presentes de amor e indiferencia, sueños y desilusiones, esperanza y miedo. En esta seleccion se han incluido los relatos mas impactantes sin perder el hilo conductor de todos ellos: el personaje de George Willard, un joven reportero que ansia ser escritor y recaba informacion sobre la vida de los habitantes del pueblo. En estos relatos, Sherwood Anderson se adentra en la vida interior de la gente corriente que vive en el Ohio de principios de s. XX para mostrar la represion y soledad que muchos soportan. Su habilidad para desvelar cada una de las historias por medio de minuciosas y reveladoras descripciones, en combinacion con una narracion sencilla y concisa, consigue dibujar unas imagenes vividas de unos personajes verdaderamente inolvidables.La narracion sencilla de estos relatos esconde una obra monumental sobre el sentir de unos personajes que aman, sufren la soledad, rien y lloran de impotencia; unos personajes que, como en la propia vida, llevan en su piel los errores y aciertos de su existencia.Winesburg, Ohio es una obra imprescindible con la esencia de los clasicos: el placer de la relectura con el paso del tiempo.

«No solo a los humanos les nacen engendros: también a los huevos.»El triunfo del huevo, un libro de impresiones sobre la vida estadounidense en cuentos y poemas.Los cuentos son gente sentada en el um

Por primera vez en un solo volumen, todos los cuentos del gran Sherwood Anderson, uno de los grandes escritores norteamericanos del siglo x x. Maestro de Scott Fitzgerald o Ernest Hemingway, Anderson fue un maestro del relato breve y uno de los modernizadores del genero. Sus relatos describen, a medio camino entre el analisis psicologico y el sociologico, las frustraciones de los habitantes de las pequeñas comunidades rurales, incapaces de adaptarse a las nuevas formas de vida y al embate de la inminente industrializacion. Se trata de los cuentos de uno de los grandes narradores del siglo x x.

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This carefully crafted ebook: "Windy McPhersons Son (Unabridged)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.The book is the story of Sam McPhersons rise in the world of business and search for emotional enlightenment in later life. The author is strongly coherent in the fact that a man needs to find success that will satisfy his ego regardless of the effect that it can have on his child. Windy goes about his business but the inferiority that accompanies his life gives his son the illusion that life offers little hope.Sherwood Anderson (1876 1941) was an American novelist and short story writer, known for subjective and self-revealing works. Anderson published several short story collections, novels, memoirs, books of essays, and a book of poetry. He may be most influential for his effect on the next generation of young writers, as he inspired William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, and Thomas Wolfe.

This carefully crafted ebook: "Winesburg, Ohio (A Group of Tales of Ohio Small-Town Life)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.This ebook is a series of loosely linked short stories set in the fictional town of Winesburg, mostly written from late 1915 to early 1916. The stories are held together by George Willard, a resident to whom the community confide their personal stories and struggles. The townspeople are withdrawn and emotionally repressed and attempt in telling their stories to gain some sense of meaning and dignity in an otherwise desperate life. The work has received high critical acclaim and is considered one of the great American works of the 20th century.Sherwood Anderson (1876 1941) was an American novelist and short story writer, known for subjective and self-revealing works. Anderson published several short story collections, novels, memoirs, books of essays, and a book of poetry. He may be most influential for his effect on the next generation of young writers, as he inspired William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, and Thomas Wolfe.

This timeless cycle of short stories lays bare the life of a small town in the American Midwest. The central character is George Willard, a young reporter on the Winesburg Eagle to whom, one by one, the town's inhabitants confide their hopes, their dreams, and their fears. The town of friendly but solitary people comes to life as Anderson's special talent exposes the emotional undercurrents that bind its people together.

This carefully crafted ebook: "Marching Men (Unabridged)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.This early work by Sherwood Anderson was originally published in 1917.Marching Men is the story of Norman "Beaut" McGregor, a young man discontented with the powerlessness and lack of personal ambition among the miners of his hometown. Major themes of the novel include the organization of laborers, eradication of disorder, and the role of the exceptional man in society.Sherwood Anderson (1876 1941) was an American novelist and short story writer, known for subjective and self-revealing works. Anderson published several short story collections, novels, memoirs, books of essays, and a book of poetry.

This carefully crafted ebook: "Triumph of the Egg & Other Stories" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.This ebook is a compilation of short stories written by author Sherwood Anderson and published in 1921. It includes some of his greatest works: "The Egg," a story about the struggle to find success and happiness in the American Midwest. "Im a Fool" , a story about a young man who sabotages his chance at love because of his own feelings of inferiority, and "I Want to Know Why", a story about about the confusion and desperation felt by a boy entering adulthood. Triumph of the Egg and Other Stories is highly recommended for those who enjoy the writings of Sherwood Anderson and for those discovering his writings for the first time.Sherwood Anderson (1876-1941) was a novelist and short story writer who has been recognized as one of the most innovative and important American authors of his time. He was a prolific writer, publishing seven novels and myriad collections of essays, memoirs, poetry and short stories. Anderson wrote in a characteristically simple prose style, and his unconventional techniques caused him to at first be written off. However, his unique exploration of the unconscious and its effect on behavior created very vulnerable, human characters.

This carefully crafted ebook: "Poor White (Unabridged)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Sherwood Andersons Poor White captures the spirit of small-town America during the Machine Age. A lonely and passionate inventor of farm machinery, Hugh McVey, who rises from poverty on the bank of the Mississippi River, struggles to gain love and intimacy in a community where "life had surrendered to the machine." Through his story Anderson aims his criticism at the rise of technology and industry at the turn of the century. Simultaneously, he renders a tale of eloquent naturalism and disturbing beauty. Poor White was praised by such writers as H. L. Mencken and Hart Crane when it was first published in 1920. It remains a curiously contemporary novel, and a marvelous testament to Sherwood Andersons "sombre metaphysical preoccupation and his smouldering sensuousness".Sherwood Anderson (1876 1941) was an American novelist and short story writer, known for subjective and self-revealing works. Anderson published several short story collections, novels, memoirs, books of essays, and a book of poetry. He may be most influential for his effect on the next generation of young writers, as he inspired William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, and Thomas Wolfe.

Trece relatos que muestran la vida en la América profunda. Trece historias en las cuales S. Anderson bucea en el alma de sus personajes con un lenguaje sencillo, eficaz, tomado directamente del habla cotidiana, como si fuese una charla o una confesion en cualquier calle de un pueblo de Ohio. La sensacion de plena libertad, el contacto constante con la naturaleza, la idea de la bondad del ser humano, atraviesan estos relatos en los cuales Anderson ensaya interesantes soluciones narrativas. No en vano, fue el gran renovador del genero breve en su pais, y elaboro moldes que luego usarian autores tan destacados como Hemingway o Steinbeck.