Auteur: Ben Fountain

Ondersteuning
Ben Fountain, der einen Universitätsabschluss in Englischer Literatur und in Jura hat, lebt seit 1988 vom Schreiben. Seine Erzählungssammlung “Brief Encounters with Che Guevara” wurde mit zahlreichen Preisen ausgezeichnet – u.a. mit dem Hemingway Foundation Pen Award, dem Pushcart Prize und dem O. Henry Award. Sein erster Roman “Billy Lynn”s Long Half Time Walk” war ein New York Review of Books-Beststeller und Finalist des National Book Award; er wurde – nicht nur – in den USA hymnisch besprochen. Die Filmrechte sicherte sich der Oscar-Preisträger Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire) Durch den Erfolg seines Debuts gilt Ben Fountains Roman als Meilenstein der neuen amerikanischen Literatur. Fountain wurde in 10 Sprachen übersetzt 2013 National Book Critics Circle Award – damit steht der Autor in einer Reihe mit:Toni Morrison, John Updike, Louise Erdrich, Philip Roth, Ian McEwan, Jonathan Lethem und Jennifer Egan New York Times Bestseller, Amazon Best Book of The Month July 2012, Shortlisted für den National Book Award 2012




7 Ebooks door Ben Fountain

Ben Fountain: Brief Encounters with Che Guevara
Winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award * A National Bestseller“An exceptional story collection.” —New York Times Book Review The well-intentioned protagonists of Brief Encounters with Ch …
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Ben Fountain: Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
This award-winning satire shares a day in the life of a nineteen-year-old U.S. soldier home on leave from the Iraq War to take part in an NFL halftime show.A ferocious firefight with Iraqi insurgents …
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€30.81
Ben Fountain: Beautiful Country Burn Again
In a sweeping work of reportage set over the course of 2016, New York Times bestselling author Ben Fountain recounts a surreal year of politics and an exploration of the third American existential cr …
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€25.72
Ben Fountain: Billy Lynn”s Long Halftime Walk
Nineteen-year-old Billy Lynn is home from Iraq. And he”s a hero. Billy and the rest of Bravo Company were filmed defeating Iraqi insurgents in a ferocious firefight. Now Bravo”s three minutes of ex …
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€10.24
Ben Fountain: Brief Encounters with Che Guevara
This debut collection from the man Malcolm Gladwell described as a genius took readers by storm. From the slums of Haiti to a golf course in Myanmar, and from the Colombian jungle to the diamond mine …
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€10.26
Ben Fountain: Beautiful Country Burn Again
As Ben Fountain sees it, the United States is facing its third existential crisis. The first was the struggle over slavery, culminating in the Civil War. The second was the Great Depression, the wors …
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€13.41
David Hale Smith: Dallas Noir
Gritty all-new crime stories set in the bustling Texas city, by Ben Fountain, Kathleen Kent, James Hime, and many more.   In a country with so many interesting cities, Dallas is often overlooked …
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€19.25