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Laura Z. Hobson (1900–1986)

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Tekijän teokset

Gentleman's Agreement (1946) 307 kappaletta
Consenting Adult (1975) 171 kappaletta
Gentleman's Agreement [1947 film] (1947) — Tekijä — 112 kappaletta
The Tenth Month (1970) 58 kappaletta
First Papers (1964) 37 kappaletta
Laura Z: A Life (1983) 26 kappaletta
The Trespassers (1943) 14 kappaletta
The Celebrity (1951) 11 kappaletta
Over and Above (1979) 8 kappaletta
The Other Father (1950) 5 kappaletta
Untold Millions (1982) 5 kappaletta

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Kanoninen nimi
Hobson, Laura Z.
Muut nimet
Zametkin, Laura Kean
Syntymäaika
1900-06-19
Kuolinaika
1986-02-28
Sukupuoli
female
Kansalaisuus
USA
Syntymäpaikka
New York, New York, USA
Kuolinpaikka
New York, New York, USA
Asuinpaikat
New York, New York, USA
Koulutus
Cornell University (1921)
Ammatit
novelist
autobiographer
advertising copywriter
Suhteet
Hobson, Thayer (spouse)
Hobson, Christopher Z. (son)
Lyhyt elämäkerta
The Z in Laura Z. Hobson's name was her maiden name, Zametkin. She was born to a family of Russian Jewish refugees in New York City. Laura had a twin sister, Alice, and two brothers. Her father was a mathematician and socialist who became a labor organizer in the USA and editor of the Forverts (Jewish Daily Forward), then the most influential Yiddish-language newspaper in the country. Her mother also wrote for Yiddish papers and taught English to immigrant women. Laura graduated from Cornell University. In 1930, she married Thayer Hobson, the publisher of William Morrow & Co., with whom she co-authored two westerns. They divorced in 1935. Two years later, she adopted a son, Michael Z. Hobson, and in 1941, as a single woman, she gave birth to Christopher Z. Hobson. Fearful of social stigma, she had Christopher under an assumed name, and then adopted him. Her sons did not learn the truth until after they were grown. She worked as an advertising copywriter and as a promotional writer for Time, Life, and Fortune magazines before becoming a full-time writer in 1940. She was the author of nine novels, two children’s books, numerous short stories, and articles. She also edited the Double Crostics puzzles in the Saturday Review for 27 years. Many of her novels were semi-autobiographical. Her most famous book, Gentleman’s Agreement (1947) depicts the "polite" anti-Semitism of her day. It became a runaway hit and national bestseller, and was adapted into an Academy Award-winning film. The Tenth Month (1970), about a woman who chooses single parenthood, was made into a 1979 film. Although she did not call herself a feminist, Laura Z. Hobson's life as an independent woman and writer made her an important role model for women from the 1930s onward. At age 83, she published the first volume of her autobiography, Laura Z: A Life.

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Impegnato in un'inchiesta che ha l'obiettivo di testimoniare l'insospettabile eppur esistente antisemitismo nella società statunitense, il giornalista Philip Green finge per due mesi origini ebraiche, svelando tra presunti amici e conoscenze una fitta rete di maldicenze, odi sottesi e crudele indifferenza, provando così sulla propria pelle quell'esecrabile atteggiamento. (Fonte: retro del dvd)
 
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MemorialeSardoShoah | 6 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Dec 7, 2022 |
I liked the movie but found the book rather coarse.
 
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OutOfTheBestBooks | 7 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Sep 24, 2021 |
Per svolgere adeguatamente un'indagine sull'antisemitismo in America, un giornalista, dietro consiglio della fidanzata, si finge ebreo. Cozza inevitabilmente contro la "barriera invisibile" che si interpone tra gli appartenenti a quella razza e un certo tipo di società. Kazan svolge il suo compito onestamente, dando al film l'impronta di un documento sulle condizioni di vita degli ebrei Usa. Gregory Peck (definito dal regista uno zero di bell'aspetto) è bravo ma impersonale. Meglio di Gregory Peck recitano Dorothy McGuire e John Garfield. Il successo avuto dal film è dovuto più alla nobiltà dell'assunto che al suo intrinseco valore. (fonte: Mymovies)… (lisätietoja)
 
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MemorialeSardoShoah | 6 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Mar 11, 2020 |
https://nwhyte.livejournal.com/3109567.html

In the novel, Hobson is able to take us into the heads of Phil and Kathy, and Phil is a lot more nuanced on the page than on the screen. It's a case where telling rather than showing is the way to go; the novel makes it clear that Phil and Kathy's relationship is physical, and likewise that Dave and Anne have an affair. It feels more fair to Kathy and makes Phil more interesting than the screenplay does. Some of my criticisms still stand - there is no obvious black character in the book (the editor, Minify, employs a maid called Berta who is described as "husky", but that's not the same as "dusky"). The Holocaust is referenced in passing, but the emphasis is still on anti-Semitism as experienced by the East Coast upper classes. But the story came alive for me on the page as it had not done on the screen. It was originally serialised in Cosmopolitan.… (lisätietoja)
 
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nwhyte | 7 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Nov 25, 2018 |

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