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Ladataan... Manhattan Monologues: Stories (alkuperäinen julkaisuvuosi 2002; vuoden 2002 painos)Tekijä: Louis Auchincloss (Tekijä)
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From a New York Times-bestselling author, short stories of the privileged class, spanning a century of New York history:"Urbane, humorous . . . a treat to read." --Library Journal Sublime master of manners, exquisite critic of the upper crust, and beloved American author Louis Auchincloss is at his wry, brilliant best with this collection of ten short stories about New York aristocracy. Drawing on a century of Manhattan high society, Auchincloss weaves a set of perfectly crafted, intimate portrayals of the struggles and dramas of the elite. From a woman faced with choosing love or prestige when marrying to a man torn between loyalty to his family and country when called to war to a matchmaker handling a rogue romance, these glamorous yet all-too-human tales present a remarkable tableau of the American upper class. A series of "finely etched portraits of the kind of men we've become used to meeting in [Auchincloss's] fiction," Manhattan Monologues stands as a remarkable achievement of short fiction, a legend of American letters at his insightful best (The New York Times Book Review). "For the sheer elegance of his prose, Louis Auchincloss deserves a large and enthusiastic following." --The Baltimore Sun Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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Here is the old WASP ruling class at work and play. I'm assuming they still exist is one form or another, although they have mostly be overtaken by the new class of billionaires who don't share their old fashioned values, and even in these stories their decline is foretold. Read and enjoy the view of a vanishing world. ( )