First published in 1967, Stop-Time was immediately recognized as a masterpiece of modern American autobiography, a brilliant portrayal of one boy's passage from childhood to adolescence and beyond. Here is Frank Conroy's wry, sad, beautiful tale of life on the road; of odd jobs and lost friendships, brutal schools and first loves; of a father's early death and a son's exhilarating escape into manhood.
First published in 1967, Stop-Time was immediately recognized as a masterpiece of modern American autobiography, a brilliant portrayal of one boy's passage from childhood to adolescence and beyond. Here is Frank Conroy's wry, sad, beautiful tale of life on the road; of odd jobs and lost friendships, brutal schools and first loves; of a father's early death and a son's exhilarating escape into manhood.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Frank Conroy was born in 1936 and graduated from Haverford College in 1958. He was director of the prestigious Writers' Workshop. Conroy wrote an autobiography Stop-Time, published in 1967, and his collection of stories, Midair, was published in 1985. His work has appeared in the New Yorker, Esquire, GQ, Harper’s Magazine, and Partisan Review.
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Stop-TimePrologue
1. Savages 2. Space and a Dead Mule 3. Going North 4. White Days and Red Nights 5. Hate, and a Kind of Music 6. Please Don't Take My Sunshine Away 7. Shit 8. A Yo-Yo Going Down, A Mad Squirrel Coming Up 9. Falling 10. The Coldness of Public Places 11. Blindman's Buff 12. Nights Away from Home 13. Death by Itself 14. License to Drive 15. Hanging On 16. Losing My Cherry 17. Going to Sea 18. Elsinore, 1953 19. The Lock on the Metro Door 20. Unambiguous Events
1. Savages 2. Space and a Dead Mule 3. Going North 4. White Days and Red Nights 5. Hate, and a Kind of Music 6. Please Don't Take My Sunshine Away 7. Shit 8. A Yo-Yo Going Down, A Mad Squirrel Coming Up 9. Falling 10. The Coldness of Public Places 11. Blindman's Buff 12. Nights Away from Home 13. Death by Itself 14. License to Drive 15. Hanging On 16. Losing My Cherry 17. Going to Sea 18. Elsinore, 1953 19. The Lock on the Metro Door 20. Unambiguous Events
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