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Henry Finder

Autor de Fierce Pajamas: An Anthology of Humor Writing from The New Yorker

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The New Yorker Book of the 40s: Story of a Decade
A compilation of essays, reviews, fiction and poetry from The New Yorker in the 1940’s
There are some real gems here: John Hershey’s Hiroshima and Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” just to name two. The reader gets a real flavor of the country just before, during and just after World War II.
 
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etxgardener | 4 reseñas más. | Jan 5, 2022 |
The 40s: The Story of a Decade (New Yorker: The… por The New Yorker Magazine
I LOVED this. It's amazing how familiar the New Yorker "voice" is after 70 years.

Highlights:
-John Hersey's [b:Hiroshima|27323|Hiroshima|John Hersey|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327719015s/27323.jpg|1014091]. I loved [b:A Bell for Adano|415412|A Bell for Adano|John Hersey|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1403185397s/415412.jpg|1798417], and this just cements him for me.
-John Hersey's profile of JFK. Ditto.
-George Orwell's review (of something I can't even remember now). Everything he was saying is still so relevant. I should read more of him.
-All of the WWII coverage, especially of the D-Day landings.

I'm bad and I skipped the poetry section, because poetry.… (más)
 
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beautifulshell | 4 reseñas más. | Aug 27, 2020 |
Fierce Pajamas: An Anthology of Humor Writing from… por David Remnick
I bought this book for the Garrison Keillor! Just kidding. I can't stand Garrison Keillor. I bought it for the Jack Handey.

"I am willing to do these things because I believe that until people can sit around a desert campfire and go 'Shhh, hear that?' and then listen for the plaintive howl of me, we as a society have lost something." -JH
 
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uncleflannery | 5 reseñas más. | May 16, 2020 |
Disquiet, Please!: More Humor Writing from The New… por David Remnick
DNF. just can't get into it at this length. There are bits that certainly are LOL but not enough. So many pieces are funny for only a paragraph, and then the joke is over.
 
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pgiltner | 3 reseñas más. | Oct 30, 2017 |
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