The classic tale of one man’s struggle with alcoholism, this revolutionary novel remains Charles Jackson’s best-known book—a daring autobiographical work that paved the way for contemporary addiction literature.It is 1936, and on the East Side of Manhattan, a would-be writer named Don Birnam decides to have a drink. And then another, and then another, until he’s in the midst of what becomes a five-day binge. The Lost Weekend moves with unstoppable speed, propelled by a hea...

La prima edizione italiana critica e integrale di un riconosciuto capolavoro della letteratura americana. Uno dei più famosi e geniali romanzi sull’alcolismo e sul rapporto tra alcol e scrittura, portato sullo schermo da Billy Wilder e vincitore di quattro premi Oscar e della Palma d’oro a Cannes. Pubblicato nel 1944, “Giorni perduti” è il racconto di cinque giorni nelle spire dell’alcol vissuti da uno scrittore fallito, Don Birnam, mentre suo fratello e la donna che lo ama tentano inutilm...

A masterful collection of short stories exposing the seamy undercurrents of small-town American life from Charles Jackson, celebrated author of The Lost Weekend.A selection of Jackson’s finest tales, The Sunnier Side and Other Stories explores the trials of adolescence in America during the tumultuous years of the early twentieth century. Set in the town of Arcadia in upstate New York, the stories in this collection address the unspoken issues—homosexuality, mastu...

Situada en Nueva York en los años 1930, "Días sin huella" novela el descenso a los infiernos del alcoholismo de su protagonista, Don Birnam. Durante los cinco días que abarca la acción de la novela, Birnam, aspirante a escritor, se ve en realidad reducido a la esclavitud que le impone su necesidad compulsiva de beber, que lo lleva a rebajarse hasta las más penosas situaciones. Sólo su novia Helen parece capaz de suministrarle un asidero que le permita salir del torbellino de la autodestruc...

Charles Jackson (1903-1968) achieved international success with his first book, The Lost Weekend (1944), a groundbreaking novel about alcoholism that sold more than 600,000 copies and was adapted for an Academy Award-winning film version. Jackson followed this triumph with a novel that was even more daring, The Fall of Valor (1946), arguably the first major American novel to deal openly with the theme of homosexuality.The Fall of Valor is an unflinching portrayal of a marriage that...

John Grandin ist ein erfolgreicher Mann, doch in der Ehe kriselt es. Ein Urlaub auf Nantucket ohne die Kinder soll frischen Wind in die Beziehung bringen. Es ist Juni 1943, Amerika befindet sich seit zwei Jahren im Krieg. Nantucket ist voller Soldaten auf Fronturlaub. Schon auf der Überfahrt zur Insel vor Neu-England läuft Grandin zufällig Cliff Haumann, ein junger Capitän der Marines, über den Weg. Cliff ist beeindruckt von dem gebildeten Hochschullehrer und weicht ihm nicht mehr von der ...

Author Charles Jackson has served as a pastor for over forty years. He was converted to Christ under the ministry of Dr. A.W. Tozer in Toronto at age twenty. In this series of articles, he seeks to answer some of the following questions: Why is ministry a burden most of the time? Is there a dark and light side to the cross? Should we expect more from God? How can we see through the fog of the contemporary scene? Is there a secret to moving leadership from overwork to overflow? Read the c...

The story takes place between the years 1926-1946 and is written in the language of the mountain people of that time and those with the beautiful Southern drawl from the Deep South that moved into the area. It is a return to the times that use to be, but will never be again. Two families, the Kidwells from Alabama and the Wilsons from Tennessee and Ohio move into a small town deep inside the Great Smokey Mountains called Hamilton, Tennessee, from different backgrounds and for different rea...

A story of an African American boy named Anthony, growing up in a rural neighborhood in Winston Salem. NC. He experiences risky, sad, funny and interesting romances with different females in his life. As he begins to get older, advice comes from everywhere about dating and finding a mate. At first, his parents tried to guide him in the right direction. Then, cousins and brothers begin to educate him on the opposite sex. Later in Anthony’s life, other people begin to get involve in his pers...

Este livro é uma rica e confiável fonte de conhecimento, reconhecido em todo o mundo e projetado para ajudar profissionais de todos os níveis a promoverem suas carreiras. O trabalho é uma parte importante de nossas vidas. Dependemos dele para ter uma renda – mas muitos de nós almejam mais do que isso. Queremos que o trabalho seja estimulante, aproveite nossas habilidades e harmonize-se com nossos outros compromissos e interesses. Planejamento de carreira em uma semana apresenta as oportuni...

Manhattan 1936, East Side. Don Birnam trinkt. Und der Schriftsteller hat längst jenen Punkt erreicht, an dem »ein Drink zu viel ist und hundert nicht genügen«. Seit dem letzten Absturz kaum wieder auf den Beinen, widersetzt er sich erfolgreich allen Versuchen seines Bruders Wick, ihn zu einem langen Wochenende auf dem Land zu überreden, und bleibt fünf Tage in der gemeinsamen Wohnung allein. Dort nimmt das Schicksal seinen Lauf: Don trinkt, beschafft sich Geld, verliert es, besorgt sich ne...

»Charles« är en novell av Shirley Jackson, ursprungligen publicerad 1949. I översättning av Helena Fagertun.SHIRLEY JACKSON [1916-1965] är en av världslitteraturens mest inflytelserika författare i skräckgenren. Hon föddes i San Francisco, men flyttade senare till New York. Shirley Jackson kom att ge ut sex romaner och lika många novellsamlingar. Mest berömda är romanerna Hemsökelsen på Hill House [The Haunting of Hill House, 1959] - som 2018 också adapterades til...