Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1930s and 40s Polito Robert Pevná vazba
"The most important collection of crime fiction ever published in the United States." -- Ed GormanEvolving out of the terse and violent style of the pulp magazines, noir fiction expanded over the…
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"The most important collection of crime fiction ever published in the United States." -- Ed GormanEvolving out of the terse and violent style of the pulp magazines, noir fiction expanded over the decades into a varied, innovative and profoundly influential body of writing. The eleven novels in The Library of America's adventurous two-volume collection taps deep roots in the American literary imagination, exploring themes of crime, guilt, deception, obsessive passion, murder, and the disintegrating psyche. With visionary and often subversive force they create a dark and violent mythology out of the most commonplace elements of modern life.James M. Cain's pioneering novel of murder and adultery along the California highway, The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934), shocked contemporaries with its laconic toughness and fierce sexuality.Horace McCoy's They Shoot
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