Charles Frazier

Via billeder og genstande kommer vi tæt på hverdagslivet med bl.a. kriseråd, genbrug, swingpjatter, refræn- og rocksangere, plusfours og den helt nye ungdomsgruppe; teenagerne.

Historiker og forfatter Ove Dahl har i sine bøger "Tilbage til ..." gjort flere generationers historie levende. Denne onsdag aften på Greve Musuem genopliver han 1940'erne og 1950'erne.

Betegnelsen "swingpjatte" dækker over en ung person, der i 1940'erne lyttede og dansede til jazzmusik. Swingpjatter er det tidligste klare eksempel på en kommercialisering af en ungdomskultur vha. film, mode og kulørte blade.

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Ons. d. 9. januar 2013, kl. 18.30. (Fri entré)
Greve Museum, Bækgårdsvej 9, Greve (amberwitch)… (mere)

The Northshire Women Read group will meet on Monday, September 17th, at 6pm, at the Inn at Manchester. This month, we will discuss the novel, Nightwoods, by Charles Frazier.

New members are always welcome. If you would like more information, please contact nscheemaker@northshire.com.

Location: Street: Inn at Manchester Additional: City: Manchester Center, Province: Vermont Postal Code: 05255 Country: United States (tilføjet fra IndieBound)… (mere)

Freeman, the new novel by Leonard Pitts, Jr., takes place in the first few months following the Confederate surrender and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Upon learning of Lee's surrender, Sam--a runaway slave who once worked for the Union Army--decides to leave his safe haven in Philadelphia and set out on foot to return to the war-torn South. What compels him on this almost-suicidal course is the desire to find his wife, the mother of his only child, whom he and their son left behind 15 years earlier on the Mississippi farm to which they all "belonged." At the same time, Sam's wife, Tilda, is being forced to walk at gunpoint with her owner and two of his other slaves from the charred remains of his Mississippi farm into Arkansas, in search of an undefined place that would still respect his entitlements as slaveowner and Confederate officer. The book's third main character, Prudence, is a fearless, headstrong white woman of means who leaves her Boston home for Buford, Mississippi, to start a school for the former bondsmen, and thus honor her father's dying wish. At bottom, Freeman is a love story--sweeping, generous, brutal, compassionate, patient--about the feelings people were determined to honor, despite the enormous constraints of the times. It is this aspect of the book that should ensure it a strong, vocal, core audience of African-American women, who will help propel its likely critical acclaim to a wider audience. At the same time, this book addresses several themes that are still hotly debated today, some 145 years after the official end of the Civil War. Like Cold Mountain, Freeman illuminates the times and places it describes from a fresh perspective, with stunning results. It has the potential to become a classic addition to the literature dealing with this period. Few other novels so powerfully capture the pathos and possibility of the era particularly as it reflects the ordeal of the black slaves grappling with the promise--and the terror--of their new status as free men and women.

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“A rare achievement. Christopher Tilghman’s vision of the American past—and particularly of individuals caught in the tidal sweep of history—is dazzling in its precision and clarity.” Charles Frazier, winner of the National Book Award for Cold Mountain

“This is bold storytelling—a man spends a day listening to tales of the past that become an eloquent set of voices sailing through his imagination and into an intimate history of a place called Mason’s Retreat. It’s a wonderful novel, unfolded in elegant and precise language.” Bobbie Ann Mason, author of Shiloh

Christopher Tilghman is the author of two short-story collections, In a Father’s Place, and The Way People Run, and two novels, Mason’s Retreat and Roads of the Heart. Currently the director of the Master of Fine Arts program at the University of Virginia, he lives with his wife, the writer Caroline Preston, in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Location: Street: Porter Square Shopping Center Additional: 25 White Street City: Cambridge, Province: Massachusetts Postal Code: 02140 Country: United States (tilføjet fra IndieBound)… (mere)

Charles Frazier diskuterer Nightwoods: A Novel.

***** UPDATED! ***** Presented by The Decatur Book Festival and Georgia Perimeter College. The extraordinary author of Cold Mountain and Thirteen Moons returns with a dazzling new novel of suspense and love set in small-town North Carolina in the early 1960s. Charles Frazier puts his remarkable gifts in the service of a lean, taut narrative while losing none of the transcendent prose, virtuosic storytelling, and insight into human nature that have made him one of the most beloved and celebrated authors in the world. Now, with his brilliant portrait of Luce, a young woman who inherits her murdered sister’s troubled twins, Frazier has created his most memorable heroine. Before the children, Luce was content with the reimbursements of the rich Appalachian landscape, choosing to live apart from the small community around her. But the coming of the children changes everything, cracking open her solitary life in difficult, hopeful, dangerous ways. Charles Frazier is known for his historical literary odysseys, and for making figures in the past come vividly to life. Set in the twentieth century, Nightwoods resonates with the timelessness of a great work of art. (jasbro)… (mere)

Charles Frazier diskuterer Nightwoods.

Charles Frazier returns on Friday, September 30, at 7:30 p.m. with Nightwoods, a novel of love and suspense set in small town North Carolina in the late 1950s. This is the national debut for Nightwoods. We're honored to launch this third novel from the National Book Award-winning author of Cold Mountain and Thirteen Moons. (M.Birostris)… (mere)

Charles Frazier læser fra Cold Mountain.

A reminder that our next book discussion will meet next Thursday, July 16th. Please note: For this month only - we will be meeting at the Monroe County Public Library - downstairs in meeting room 1A. We'll meet at the same time - 11:30 TO 1:00, hope to see you there! The books we’ve picked for the summer session are: July 16th - Cold Mountain by Charles Frasier (MEETING AT MCPL - room 1A) August 20th - Crossing To Safety by Wallace Stegner (Aug. meeting is at the schoolhouse) (acornell)… (mere)

Charles Frazier , Thirteen Moons.

Charles Frazier, winner of the National Book Award for his bestselling novel Cold Mountain, will participate as keynote speaker of the 2008 Gwinnett Reads program featuring his latest book Thirteen Moons as its centerpiece.

The popular summer reading program encourages metro Atlanta adults to read the same book as they participate in activities throughout Gwinnett County reflecting aspects of the story's plot and culture. Gwinnett Reads culminates in a major public event featuring Charles Frazier, who has been honored by the Tribal Council of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation for his dedication to helping save the Cherokee language and culture. Thirteen Moons has become a high-profile part of Frazier's efforts to help the Cherokee's preservation ef­forts. (booksense)… (mere)