Kersh s bestknown and mostrespected novel, published in 1946, is a dickensian slice o life look at londons underworld. It is based on the novel of the same name by gerald kersh. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Luminously shot in the streets of london while hollywood blacklisters back home were closing in on director jules dassin, night and the city, also starring gene tierney, is film noir of the first order, and one of dassins crowning achievements. Night and the city by gerald kersh fantastic fiction. A story of the london underworld night life of the city at its most degraded with marry fabian, pander, boaster, and smalltime crook, as the central figure. Read, highlight, and take notes, across web, tablet, and phone. Night and the city is pretty amazing on different levels. The editor of this edition of night and city is paul duncan, who is currently putting the finishing touches to his biography of gerald kersh. Dell mapback 374 night and the city by gerald kersh. Hardcover published in 1946, 0955185 hardcover published in 2007, 0743440 paperback published in 2001, 88347.
Aug 26, 2016 9 books like the night of to read when the miniseries is over. Dec 10, 2010 but kersh is not of the school of hackney and bethnal green, and night and the city has little in common with other jewish immigrant chronicles of rage and despair. Kersh aficionados will argue which is his best novel night and the city achieved, and has recently reattained, cult status and the implacable hunter must certainly rank very highly but fowlers end contains dickensian, hogarthian, swiftian, gravesian and jonsonian elements in abundance and is, for this writer, his finest work. Kindle store go search best sellers gift ideas new releases.
Buy this book in the summer of 1992, simon and his wife, both. The protagonist of the novel is the morally empty harry fabian, who is dete. The song of the flea by gerald kersh overdrive rakuten. Nov 12, 20 city of night was distinctly a beat novel, rangy and full of bold riffs as a charlie parker album. Clock without hands ebook by gerald kersh rakuten kobo. Clock without hands relates the unexpected and macabre impact. Night and the city by gerald kersh nook book ebook. Moderate wear along spine edges and at its upper end. Jules dassin, director of the original night and the city, was a blacklist victim, and winkler dedicates this film to him. Best known for his gritty novels of london life and his weird and often horrific short fiction, in clock without hands 1949 gerald kersh delivers three novellas, each very different but all showcasing the virtuosity of his storytelling.
Realism and metafiction americas urban homosexual subculture in city of night 1963. Gerald kersh is the author of books such as night and the city. The night crossing ebook by karen ackerman rakuten kobo. Night and the city is a 1950 film noir directed by jules dassin and starring richard widmark, gene tierney and googie withers. The great wash valancourt 20th century classics ebook. Overview of night and the city, 1950, directed by jules dassin, with richard widmark, gene tierney, googie withers, at turner classic movies. London books is delighted to announce the reissue of gerald kershs vintage soho, lowlife masterpiece night and the city, first published in 1938. Read information about the author gerald kersh was born in teddingtononthames, near london, and, like so many writers, quit school to take on a series of jobs salesman, baker, fishandchips cook, nightclub bouncer, freelance newspaper reporter and at the same time was writing his first two novels. With an overdrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for ataglance information about availability. Kersh 19111968 published more than thirty books, including the noir classic night and the city 1938 and fowlers end 1957, which anthony burgess. Night and the city is one of the greatest noir novels ever published, gerald kersh s stark and unrelenting night and the city is as bleak an experience as you will ever encounter. Kathy henderson has written several awardwinning books, most recently the storm, which she also illustrated, and the baby dances. Night and the city london books classics kersh, gerald on.
Of and the good brown earth, she says, isnt it amazing what can happen when you just put a seed in the earth. Written in 1938 and mostly taking place in soho london it is a snapshot of a group of hustlers trying to stay above the waterline of sorts. Equal parts hardboiled crime novel and apocalyptic science fiction tale, the great wash 1953 is one of the most exciting novels by gerald kersh 19111968, who is best known for his classics night and the city 1938 and fowlers end 1957. I wanted to write him a piece that uses the lovely, lyrical. Gerald kersh books biography and list of works author.
The night and the city by gerald kersh 2001, paperback. In the city at night solo english horn sheet music was written at the request of ryan zwahlen, oboe and english horn player with the definiens projecthe was searching for new literature for the english horn and wanted to increase the repertoire by requesting composers to write new pieces for him to perform and record. This is a new site devoted to the life and work of gerald kersh, author of night and the city and hundreds of short stories. The first title in ibooks series of classic mysteries by gerald kersh. Source for the film of the same name starring richard widmark. Night and the city by gerald kersh author paul duncan editor. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. City of endless night agent pendergast series 1 ebooks. Gerald kersh was born in 1911 in teddingtononthames.
Its author gerald kersh was highprofile, prolific and hugely popular at his peak, but would later drift into hardship and obscurity. Buy a cheap copy of night and the city book by gerald kersh. This night and the city was directed by irwin winkler, a producer for scorsese among others whose directing debut was the excellent guilty by suspicion, about the hollywood blacklist years. Its hard to leave your home and friends, but the nazis have invaded claras native austria, and her jewish family is no. Preston and childs the obsidian chamber, 2016, etc. Kersh 19111968 published more than thirty books, including the noir classic night and the city 1938. Night and the city has a plot involving professional wrestling, and in fowlers end the protagonist is a cinema managerchuckerout, both roles featuring in kershs. With the song of the flea 1948 gerald kersh revisited the demimonde of his famous night and the city. Clock without hands seattle public library overdrive. Shot on location in london and at shepperton studios, the plot revolves around an ambitious hustler whose plans keep going wrong. Gerald kersh s 1938 novel night and the city is reissued by the new imprint london books, while the bfi are giving its 1950 adaptation a longawaited dvd release. He left school and took on a series of jobssalesman, baker, fishandchips cook, nightclub bouncer, freelance newspaper reporterand at the same time was writing his first two novels. Gerald kersh 19111968 published more than thirty books, including the noir classic night and the city 1938 and fowlers end 1957, which anthony burgess called one of the great comic novels of the century, as well as hundreds of short stories which were once ubiquitous in british and american magazines.
Night and the city has a plot involving professional wrestling, and in fowlers end the protagonist is a cinema managerchuckerout, both roles featuring in kersh s nonwriting career. Night and the city is a classic work of socialrealist fiction that captures the vibrant yet seedy underbelly of london between the world wars. It is a crime thriller set in 1930s london but also deals with social realism themes in the aftermath of the great depression. Born in england in either 1909 or 1911 of russopolish origins, educated at a london secondary school. His savage spree ended only when he himself was killed by the last survivor of the last family, a fourteenyearold boy. Read the full synopsis of night and the city, 1950, directed by jules dassin, with richard widmark, gene tierney, googie withers, at turner classic movies.
This collection of 37 stories by a master of the form features tales that are sometimes funny, sometimes violent, and sometimes weird and nightmarish. Feb 01, 2006 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Half a continent away and two decades later, someone is m. Buy night and the city london books classics uk ed. As kersh s popularity did not survive his death in 1968, it is not easy to find copies of most of his works. Harry fabian is a cockney wide boy trying to make it big in the soho. This book is a musthave resource for playing cyberpunk 2020 in the commonly used setting of night city. Neither man nor dog seattle public library overdrive. Harry fabian is a ponce, a flash harry in an expensive suit, a c. Night and the city by gerald kersh overdrive rakuten. Gerald kersh was born in teddingtononthames, near london, in 1911. Night and the city by gerald kersh and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Harry fabian is a fasttalking con artist and kept man read.
Jules dassins night and the city opens with cheap grifter harry fabian richard widmark running for his life through the streets of london. The lower spine end is abraded, leaving a 12 split at the hinge with the front cover and a 18 split at the back cover. Harry fabian has a dream to become the top wrestling promoter in london, but he has a. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. He is the series editor for pocket essentials, for which he has written books on martin scorsese, alfred hitchcock, stanley kubrick, woody allen, orson welles, film noir and noir fiction. Jan 06, 2018 city of endless night agent pendergast series douglas preston author, lincoln child author 7% sales rank in books. For generations raised in the fading postfirst world war suburbs of london, the older circles of redbrick terraces and tenements had and to an extent still have a nearmythical status. Then, neferet makes a devastating move that will test them all. As literary and social mores were liberalized, cheever himself dealt with homosexuality in his prison novel falconer 1977 and even more explicitly in his personal journals, published posthumously in 1991. Before making a career as writer, worked as travelling salesman, wrestler, night club proprietor, cinema manager, bankers assistant, labourer, bodyguard, bookmakers clerk, debt collector and barman. Night and the city by gerald kersh kickstarter campaign. Harry wants to be bigtime, and he does not care how. In the city at night solo english horn sheet music.
City of endless night by douglas preston, lincoln child. See more ideas about books, house of night and my books. Night and the city by kersh, gerald and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Gerald kersh was born in teddingtononthames, near london, and, like so many writers, quit school to take on a series of jobs salesman, baker, fish and chips cook, nightclub bouncer, freelance newspaper reporter and at the same time was writing his first two novels. Night and the city is the third novel by british author gerald kersh, published in 1938. Ive tried to keep this site as simple as possible so you dont waste any of. Neferets evil has been exposed, and the high council is no longer on her side but shes far from done wreaking havoc in the vampyre world. Read the night crossing by karen ackerman available from rakuten kobo. The wealth of information available is staggering, it would be hard to gather this much info about a real city, let alone come up with such detailed information for a fictional one. Using only a few graceful words per page to illuminate the dark, this bedtime gem shines its light clearly on things that mattera home filled with books, art, music and everpresent love. It is a crime thriller set in 1930s london but also deals with social realism. Harry fabian has a dream to become the top wrestling promoter in london, but he has a problem. Gerald kersh 19111968 author of night and the city includes the names.
On one end i dont think its a great novel, but as a portrait of a time, place, and a certain type of character its totally ace. Very attractive early printing 4th of this noir classic novel. Night and the city london books classics gerald kersh on. Much like a mystery novel, we are given the clues to the writer natalia saundersons death. It is, literally, the dark side of the city most of the scenes take place betwen dusk and. He first gave evidence of his iron constitution at the age of four, when after being declared dead.
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