Nick Hornby
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Sobre El Autor
Nick Hornby was born in Redhill, Surrey, England on April 17, 1957. He graduated from Cambridge University where he studied English. His books High Fidelity; Fever Pitch, which won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award in 1992; About a Boy and An Education were all made into movies. His mostrar más other books include Slam; A Long Way Down; How to Be Good; Songbook; Shakespeare Wrote for Money; and The Polysyllabic Spree. He has received numerous awards including the American Academy of Arts and Letters' E. M. Forster Award in 1999 and the Orange Word International Writers' London Award in 2003. In addition to his books, his works have appeared in Esquire, Elle, GQ, Time, and Cosmopolitan. In 2015 his title, Funny Girl made The New York Times Bestseller List. (Publisher Provided) mostrar menos
Series
Obras de Nick Hornby
More Baths Less Talking: Notes from the Reading Life of a Celebrated Author Locked in Battle with Football, Family, and… (2012) 372 copias
Da Capo Best Music Writing 2001: The Year's Finest Writing on Rock, Pop, Jazz, Country, and More (2001) — Editor — 73 copias
Books, Movies, Rhythm, Blues: Twenty Years of Writing About Film, Music and Books (an eBook original from Riverhead… (2013) 14 copias
Fan Mail: Twenty Years of Writing About Soccer (an eBook original from Riverhead Books) (2013) 6 copias
Ölümüne Sadakat 2 copias
Hard Gras / 13 2 copias
Mein Leben als Leser 1 copia
Tutto per una ragazza 2008 1 copia
Nick Hornby Collection 6 Books Set Pack RRP: £ 52.94 (Nick Hornby High Fidelity, Nick Hornby about a Boy, Nick… (2010) 1 copia
ABOUT A BOY (With Cd) Level 4 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs, and Some Other Things . . .: That Aren't as Scary, Maybe, Depending on How You Feel… (2005) — Contribuidor — 660 copias
All I Did Was Ask: Conversations with Writers, Actors, Musicians, and Artists (2004) — Contribuidor — 552 copias
New Beginnings: New Writing from Bestselling Authors Sold in Aid of the Indian Ocean Tsunami Earthquake Charities (2005) — Contribuidor — 44 copias
MOJO ultimate jukebox: 100 singles you must own — Contribuidor — 2 copias
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre canónico
- Hornby, Nick
- Nombre legal
- Hornby, Nicholas Peter John
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1957-04-17
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- UK
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Redhill, Surrey, England, UK
- Lugares de residencia
- Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK
London, England, UK - Educación
- Jesus College, University of Cambridge (BA|1979)
Maidenhead Grammar School - Ocupaciones
- novelist
teacher
journalist
screenwriter
literary critic - Relaciones
- Hornby, Gill (sister)
Harris, Robert (1) (brother-in-law) - Organizaciones
- The TreeHouse Trust
- Premios y honores
- E. M. Forster Award (1999)
Orange Word International Writers' London Award (2003)
William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award (1992) - Agente
- Georgia Garrett
Miembros
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Rob Fleming is a London record shop owner in his mid-thirties whose girlfriend, Laura, has just left him. At his record shop, called Championship Vinyl, Rob and his employees, Dick and Barry, spend their free moments discussing mix-tape aesthetics and constructing desert-island, "top-five" lists of anything that demonstrates their knowledge of music.
Rob, recalling his five most memorable breakups, sets about getting in touch with the former girlfriends. Eventually, Rob's re-examination of his failed relationships and the death of Laura's father bring the two back together. Their relationship is cemented by the launch of a new purposefulness to Rob's life in the revival of his disc jockey career.
Also, realising that his fear of commitment (a result of his fear of death of those around him) and his tendency to act on emotion are responsible for his continuing desires to pursue new women, Rob makes a symbolic commitment to Laura.… (más)
Rob, recalling his five most memorable breakups, sets about getting in touch with the former girlfriends. Eventually, Rob's re-examination of his failed relationships and the death of Laura's father bring the two back together. Their relationship is cemented by the launch of a new purposefulness to Rob's life in the revival of his disc jockey career.
Also, realising that his fear of commitment (a result of his fear of death of those around him) and his tendency to act on emotion are responsible for his continuing desires to pursue new women, Rob makes a symbolic commitment to Laura.… (más)
En los años 50, la joven Eilis Lacey decide abandonar Irlanda y viajar a los Estados Unidos, concretamente a Nueva York, donde conoce a un chico del que se enamora. Pero un día, a Eilis le llegan noticias de un grave problema familiar y tendrá que decidir entre quedarse en su nuevo país o volver a su tierra natal.
En los años 50 la joven Eilis Lacey decide abandonar Irlanda para ir a los Estados Unidos, concretamente a Nueva York, donde conoce a un chico del que se enamora. Pero un día Eilis se entera de que hay un grave problema en su familia y tendrá que decidir entre quedarse en su nuevo país o volver a su tierra natal.
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