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Amerikaanse roman, Amerikaanse Schrijvers, Verenigde Staten, Western roman

Larry McMurtry – Lonesome Dove

Larry McMurtry Lonesome Dove review, recensie en informatie over de inhoud van de Amerikaanse western roman uit 1985. Op deze pagina lees je uitgebreide informatie over de roman Lonesome Dove van de uit Verenigde Staten afkomstige schrijver Larry McMurtry. Hij ontving er in 1986 de Pulitzer Prize for Fiction voor. Een Nederlandse vertaling van de roman is niet nieuw verkrijgbaar.

Larry McMurtry Lonesome Dove review en recensie

  • “If you read only one Western novel in your life, read this one . . . no other has ever approached the accomplishment of Lonesome Dove.” (USA Today)
  • “Moving… thrilling… perfectly realized… unforgettable.” (The New York Times)
  • “Flush with authenticity.” (The Wall Street Journal)

Larry McMurtry Lonesome Dove

Lonesome Dove

  • Auteur: Larry McMurtry (Verenigde Staten)
  • Soort boek: Amerikaanse roman uit 1985, western roman
  • Taal: Engels
  • Eerste uitgever: Simon & Schuster
  • Huidige uitgever: Picador
  • Verschijnt: 26 juni 2025
  • Omvang: 880 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: paperback / ebook
  • Winnaar Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 1986
  • Waardering redactie: ∗∗∗∗∗ (uitstekend)
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van de western roman uit 1985 van Larry McMurtry

Immerse yourself in the gritty realism of the American Frontier in Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurty – a powerful, triumphant tribute to the American West and a masterful epic from the screenwriter of Brokeback Mountain.

This is the story of a group of audacious cowboys on a perilous cattle drive across the sprawling wilderness, from Texas to Montana. Bound by duty and hardened by the relentless frontier, their shared journey embodies the enduring spirit of the West.

An iconic creation by the accomplished author of The Last Picture Show and Texasville, Lonesome Dove transcends boundaries – more than an adventure, beyond any love story. The saga paints the American West with a palette of nuanced characters, from heroes to outlaws, in a narrative that is as unflinching as it is captivating.

This novel, the first published, chronologically third in McMurtry’s esteemed Lonesome Dove quartet, depicts an enduring American experience. A must-read for fans of evocative Western Americana, McMurtry propels you into the heart of 19th-century America, its triumphs and betrayals bound together in a dance of heightened drama and human spirit.

Larry McMurtry was born on 3 June 1936 in Archer City, Texas. He was the author of more than thirty novels and memoirs, including Larry McMurtry Lonesome Dove Western novel from 1985 first editionthe Pulitzer Prize-winning western novel Lonesome Dove. A lot of te novels and books of the American writer set in either the Old West or contemporary Texas. He received an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for his work on Brokeback Mountain. The cinematic treatment of Terms of Endearment swept the boards at the 1984 Academy Awards, winning Oscars in several categories, including Best Picture. McMurtry died in 2021 in Archer City, Texas, at the age of 84.

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Wallace Stegner – Angle of Repose

Wallace Stegner Angle of Repose recensie, review en informatie over de inhoud van de Amerikaanse roman uit 1971. Op deze pagina lees je uitgebreide informatie over de roman Angle of Repose van de uit Verenigde Staten afkomstige schrijver Wallace Stegner. Hij ontving er de Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 1972 voor. De Nederlandse vertaling van de roman heet als titel De fundamenten van ons leven.

Wallace Stegner Angle of Repose recensie en review

  • “De raamvertelling heeft het effect dat het leven van de 91-jarige Susan Ward een rustig en welverdiend einde krijgt, maar dat Stegner dat de lamentabele Lyman beslist niet gunt.” (Wijbren Rijkeboer, Tzum)

Wallace Stegner Angle of Repose

Angle of Repose

  • Auteur: Wallace Stegner (Verenigde Staten)
  • Soort boek: Amerikaanse roman uit 1971
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Penguin
  • Omvang: 640 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: paperback / ebook
  • Winnaar Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 1972
  • Waardering redactie: ∗∗∗∗∗ (uitstekend)
  • Nederlandse vertaling: De fundamenten van ons leven
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Libris

Flaptekst van de roman van de Amerikaanse schrijver Wallace Stegner

An iconic novel of the American West — a deeply moving narrative of one family and the traditions of the past.

Lyman Ward is a retired professor of history and author of books about the Western frontier, who returns to his ancestral home of Grass Valley, California, in the Sierra Nevada. Living with a debilitating bone disease, he embarks on a search of monumental proportions, as he strives to rediscover the life of his grandmother – now long dead – who made her own journey to Grass Valley nearly a hundred years earlier. But as he explores his grandmother’s history, Lyman’s great quest also leads him deep into the dark shadows of his own life.

Wallace Stegner (18 February 1909, Lake Mills, Iowa – 13 April Angle of Repose 1971 novel from Wallace Stegner1993, Santa Fe, New Mexico) , was an American novelist, short story writer, environmentalist and historian. He is the author of 30 books including Angle of Repose (1971) and The Spectator Bird (1977). He received a Pulitzer Prize, a US National Book Award, several O. Henry prizes, and the 1980 Robert Kirsch award from the Los Angeles Times for lifetime literary achievements. He died in a car accident in 1993.

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