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Hal Hartley

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in Lindenhurst (Long Island), The United States

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Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction

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Hal Hartley is the writer, director and producer of numerous feature films. He received the best screenplay award at the Cannes International Film Festival in 1998 for Henry Fool as well as prizes at Sundance (Trust), Tokyo (Amateur), Prague (Meanwhile) and Berlin (Ned Rifle). He is a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of the Republic of France and an alumnus of the American Academy in Berlin. He lives in New York City.

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	Simple Men/Trust 4.27 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1992 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Our Lady of the Highway 3.81 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Collected Screenplays 1: The Unbelievable Truth / Trust / Simple Men 4.54 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2002	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	آماتور / اشتیاق ماندگار by Hal Hartley (Goodreads Author), مجید اسلامی (Translator) 3.71 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Amateur 4.20 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1995 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Henry Fool 4.10 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	True Fiction Pictures and Possible Films 3.94 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flirt 3.83 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Where To Land: And Other Screenplays 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	آدم های ساده / اعتماد by Hal Hartley (Goodreads Author), نياز ساغری (Translator) 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2004	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Hal Hartley and 41 other people liked Jonathan's review of The Letters of William Gaddis: "My year of Gaddis is over, and i have now had the pleasure and the privilege to read everything he wrote. There was a deep sadness in reaching the final letter, knowing that was the last of his voice I would hear for the first time. But joy too, to h" Read more of this review »
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Excellent. Certainly for anyone who is a writer, who aims to write professionally—this is very useful. But also engaging and moving for anyone who simply likes reading. The care Gaddis took in writing even a simple postcard to a friend is impressive. ...more
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Hal Hartley and 1 other person liked Monique Doulton's review of Maiden: "This is still one of my favourite books. It captures the particular lonliness and desparation of trying to be part of that shiny swinging single iscene n the world of waterbeds, pool parties, and breezy soft rock hits."
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Paul Auster at his best. For me, that usually means the tiniest mundane occurrences in the perfectly normal lives of regular people are potentially cataclysmic, told in a kind of graceful vernacular that makes me memorize sentences so I can repeat th ...more
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“You know my biggest fear is this: That all my hard work. All my good intentions. All my studying. Have been nothing more than a building of a wall between me and life.”
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