Michael Arlen (1895–1956)
Autor de El sombrero verde : una novela para poca gente
Sobre El Autor
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Obras de Michael Arlen
The Flying Dutchman 6 copias
The Smell in the Library 1 copia
PIRACY 1 copia
The Cavalier of the Streets 1 copia
Legend Of The Crooked Coronet 1 copia
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Best-In-Books, Volume 48: Dodsworth / Great Impersonation / Green Hat / Along With Other Short Stories and Excerpts (1961) — Contribuidor — 5 copias
Best Crime Stories 2 — Contribuidor — 1 copia
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Otros nombres
- Kouyoumdjian, Dikran Sarkis (birth name)
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1895-11-16
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1956-06-23
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- Bulgaria
UK (naturalized 1922) - Lugar de nacimiento
- Ruse, Bulgaria
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- New York, New York, USA
- Causa de fallecimiento
- cancer
- Lugares de residencia
- Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Southport, Lancashire, England, UK
London, England, UK
Cannes, France
New York, New York, USA - Educación
- University of Edinburgh
- Relaciones
- Arlen, Michael J. (son)
Miembros
Reseñas
Listas
Premios
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 27
- También por
- 18
- Miembros
- 544
- Popularidad
- #45,827
- Valoración
- 3.9
- Reseñas
- 15
- ISBNs
- 32
- Idiomas
- 2
- Favorito
- 1
Iris, who wears a green hat and drives a yellow Hispano-Suiza is presented as a woman of easy virtue but in fact, has a dark secret in her past. It is obvious that the narrator of the book is totally fascinated by her and apparently the author based her on Nancy Cunard, who I now feel that I need to investigate. I simply wasn’t in the right mood to enjoy this book, although I can see it’s merit and appreciate the author’s talent for writing.
I had to push myself through the first few chapters but after that the story did pull me in. There were plenty of “hot button” issues such as suicide, homosexuality, venereal disease, and excessive drinking touched upon but, for me, the tragic story was a little too dark, without the sparkle that Fitzgerald can add or the humour of Waugh.… (más)