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This thought-provoking novel of the challenges a coal mining community faces in the early twentieth century is "the finest work Cronin has given his public" (Kirkus Reviews). First published in 1935, The Stars Look Down tells the story of a North Country mining town as its inhabitants make their way through social and political upheaval. Digging into workers' rights, social change, and the relationship between labor and capitalism, the struggles of the novel's trifecta of protagonists--politically minded miner David Fenwick, ambitious drifter Joe Gowlan, and frustrated yet meek mining-baron's son Arthur Barras--remain compelling and relevant to readers in the twenty-first century. AJ Cronin's tale is one of many of the hardships of coal-mining communities during the industrial pre-war, World War I, and interwar periods in Britain, but stands out for its unflinching prose, universal themes, and keen storytelling. The novel was adapted into a 1940 film starring Michael Redgrave as Davey Fenwick, is a New York Times Critics' Pick, and is included in the New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made.… (más)
252. The Stars Look Down, by A. J. Cronin (read 19 May 1946) On May 16 1946, I said: "Read some in The Stars Look Down. Rather good:mines in England." On May 18 I said: "I'm plowing right along in 'Stars look Down.' It's very fast-moving now and I like it better than I ever did. It is, in a way, a social sermon." On May 19 I said: "Finished tonight Cronin's 'Stars Look Down.' Abrupt ending. Cronin's quite a writer." ( )
well, another rather lengthy novel that captured my attention, but sort of let me down at the end. I learned an awful lot about coal mining in England in the WWI era and what a dangerous and thankless job it is. But, I felt that the multiple story threads that kept intersecting here and there were going to culminate in a more interesting end than what i got.....but then again, how often that happens in my own world. And like always, there are at least 10 other Cronins on the shelf.....time will tell..... ( )
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Era ancora scuro quando Marta si svegliò, e il freddo era crudo. Il vento s'ingolfava gelido nelle crepe dei muri della casupola di due soli vani. Si udiva, lontano, il rantolo delle onde. Il resto era silenzio.
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Información procedente del Conocimiento común italiano.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
Silenzio. Il colpo secco della sbarra di chiusura. I rintocchi lontani d'una campanella. Tutti lì in piedi, i proletari, ammassati nella gabbia, in silenzio, nell'incerta luce dell'alba. Lassù, sulle loro teste, torreggiavano le impalcature della Nettuno dominanti l'abitato, il porto, il mare. Laggiù, sotto i loro piedi, l'abisso della loro esistenza. La gabbia scese. Scese di botto, rapida, nelle oscurità abissali. E il suono della discesa emerse fuori dal pozzo come un gran sospiro che salì fino alle stelle.
This thought-provoking novel of the challenges a coal mining community faces in the early twentieth century is "the finest work Cronin has given his public" (Kirkus Reviews). First published in 1935, The Stars Look Down tells the story of a North Country mining town as its inhabitants make their way through social and political upheaval. Digging into workers' rights, social change, and the relationship between labor and capitalism, the struggles of the novel's trifecta of protagonists--politically minded miner David Fenwick, ambitious drifter Joe Gowlan, and frustrated yet meek mining-baron's son Arthur Barras--remain compelling and relevant to readers in the twenty-first century. AJ Cronin's tale is one of many of the hardships of coal-mining communities during the industrial pre-war, World War I, and interwar periods in Britain, but stands out for its unflinching prose, universal themes, and keen storytelling. The novel was adapted into a 1940 film starring Michael Redgrave as Davey Fenwick, is a New York Times Critics' Pick, and is included in the New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made.
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