Författare: James Purdy

Hailed as a creative genius (TLS) and a singular American visionary (New York Times), James Purdy may be best known for his remarkable novels, but he is also an astonishing playwright who has written …

Collected here for the first time are the complete short stories of “a singular American visionary” (New York Times). The publication of The Complete Short Stories of James Purdy is a literary event …

Cabot Wright Begins, first published in 1964, may be one of the most neglected masterpieces in post–World War II American literature. Cabot Wright is a handsome, Yale-educated stockbroker and scion o …

’[S]o good that almost any novel you read immediately after it will seem at least a little bit posturing.’ —Jonathan Franzen No James Purdy novel has dazzled contemporary writers more than this haunt …

The twenty-first-century revival of James Purdy continues with his classic novel of innocence and corruption. Introduced simply as “the boy on the bench, ” the titular character of Malcolm is a Candi …

Garnet Montrose fühlt sich eher tot als lebendig. Niemand kann den Anblick des schrecklich entstellten Vietnamkriegs-Veteranen ertragen. Vereinsamt auf einer Farm in Virginia, pflegt er seine Erinner …

On its surface, I Am Elijah Thrush is the story of Millicent De Frayne and her sensational half-century campaign to win the love of Elijah Thrush. Elijah, after ruining the lives of countless men and …

Following the discovery of an anonymous libretto, Abner Blossom comes out of retirement to write an opera based on the life of infamous novelist-turned-photographer Cyril Vane. But those who knew Van …