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Trinità
"Trinity", nome que sugere um todo, é neste extraordinário romance de Leon Uris, sinónimo de desunião, força implacável que divide: os camponeses católicos pobres - o antigo povo gaélico; os trabalhadores protestantes, descendentes de escoceses e presbiterianos vindos do Ulster, também eles pobres, mas receosos de que lhes roubem a magra côdea que lhes atiraram; e a aristocracia de origem britânica que se instalou, que se aliou à finança e à igreja (uma trindade dentro da trindade) e tem como único objectivo dominar a coberto de falsos ideais. É esta a "Trinity" (trindade) que Leon Uris procura ilustrar.
520 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1976
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Leon Uris
89 books1,642 followersLeon Marcus Uris (August 3, 1924 - June 21, 2003) was an American novelist, known for his historical fiction and the deep research that went into his novels. His two bestselling books were Exodus, published in 1958, and Trinity, in 1976.
Leon Uris was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Jewish-American parents Wolf William and Anna (Blumberg) Uris. His father, a Polish-born immigrant, was a paperhanger, then a storekeeper. William spent a year in Palestine after World War I before entering the United States. He derived his surname from Yerushalmi, meaning "man of Jerusalem." (His brother Aron, Leon Uris' uncle, took the name Yerushalmi) "He was basically a failure," Uris later said of his father. "He went from failure to failure."
Uris attended schools in Norfolk, Virginia and Baltimore, but never graduated from high school, after having failed English three times. At age seventeen, while in his senior year of high school, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and Uris enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. He served in the South Pacific as a radioman (in combat) at Guadalcanal, Tarawa, and New Zealand from 1942 through 1945. While recuperating from malaria in San Francisco, he met Betty Beck, a Marine sergeant; they married in 1945.
Coming out of the service, he worked for a newspaper, writing in his spare time. In 1950, Esquire magazine bought an article, and he began to devote himself to writing more seriously. Drawing on his experiences in Guadalcanal and Tarawa he produced the best-selling, Battle Cry, a novel depicting the toughness and courage of U.S. Marines in the Pacific. He then went to Warner Brothers in Hollywood helping to write the movie, which was extremely popular with the public, if not the critics. Later he went on to write The Angry Hills, a novel set in war-time Greece.
According to one source, in the early 1950's he was hired by an American public relations firm to go to Israel and "soak up the atmosphere and create a novel about it". That novel would be Exodus, which came out in 1958 and became his best known work. Others say that Uris, motivated by an intense interest in Israel, financed his own research for the novel by selling the film rights in advance to MGM and writing articles about the Sinai campaign. It is said that the book involved two years of research, and involved thousands of interviews. Exodus illustrated the history of Palestine from the late 19th century through the founding of the state of Israel in 1948. It was a worldwide best-seller, translated into a dozen languages, and was made into a feature film in 1960, starring Paul Newman, directed by Otto Preminger, as well as into a short-lived Broadway musical (12 previews, 19 performances) in 1971. Uris' novel Topaz was adapted for the screen and directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Uris' subsequent works included: Mila 18, a story of the Warsaw ghetto uprising; Armageddon: A Novel of Berlin, which reveals the detailed work by British and American intelligence services in planning for the occupation and pacification of post WWII Germany; Trinity, an epic novel about Ireland's struggle for independence; QB VII, a novel about the role of a Polish doctor in a German concentration camp ; and The Haj, with insights into the history of the Middle East and the secret machinations of foreigners which have led to today's turmoil.
He also wrote the screenplays for Battle Cry and Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
Uris was married three times: to Betty Beck, with whom he had three children, from 1945 through their divorce in 1968; Margery Edwards in 1969, who died a year later, and Jill Peabody in 1970, with whom he had two children, and divorced in 1989.
Leon Uris died of renal failure at his Long Island home on Shelter Island, aged 78.
Leon Uris's papers can be found at the Ransom Center, University of Texas in Austin. The collection includes all of Uris's novels, with the exception of The Haj and Mitla Pass, as well as manus
Leon Uris was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Jewish-American parents Wolf William and Anna (Blumberg) Uris. His father, a Polish-born immigrant, was a paperhanger, then a storekeeper. William spent a year in Palestine after World War I before entering the United States. He derived his surname from Yerushalmi, meaning "man of Jerusalem." (His brother Aron, Leon Uris' uncle, took the name Yerushalmi) "He was basically a failure," Uris later said of his father. "He went from failure to failure."
Uris attended schools in Norfolk, Virginia and Baltimore, but never graduated from high school, after having failed English three times. At age seventeen, while in his senior year of high school, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and Uris enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. He served in the South Pacific as a radioman (in combat) at Guadalcanal, Tarawa, and New Zealand from 1942 through 1945. While recuperating from malaria in San Francisco, he met Betty Beck, a Marine sergeant; they married in 1945.
Coming out of the service, he worked for a newspaper, writing in his spare time. In 1950, Esquire magazine bought an article, and he began to devote himself to writing more seriously. Drawing on his experiences in Guadalcanal and Tarawa he produced the best-selling, Battle Cry, a novel depicting the toughness and courage of U.S. Marines in the Pacific. He then went to Warner Brothers in Hollywood helping to write the movie, which was extremely popular with the public, if not the critics. Later he went on to write The Angry Hills, a novel set in war-time Greece.
According to one source, in the early 1950's he was hired by an American public relations firm to go to Israel and "soak up the atmosphere and create a novel about it". That novel would be Exodus, which came out in 1958 and became his best known work. Others say that Uris, motivated by an intense interest in Israel, financed his own research for the novel by selling the film rights in advance to MGM and writing articles about the Sinai campaign. It is said that the book involved two years of research, and involved thousands of interviews. Exodus illustrated the history of Palestine from the late 19th century through the founding of the state of Israel in 1948. It was a worldwide best-seller, translated into a dozen languages, and was made into a feature film in 1960, starring Paul Newman, directed by Otto Preminger, as well as into a short-lived Broadway musical (12 previews, 19 performances) in 1971. Uris' novel Topaz was adapted for the screen and directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Uris' subsequent works included: Mila 18, a story of the Warsaw ghetto uprising; Armageddon: A Novel of Berlin, which reveals the detailed work by British and American intelligence services in planning for the occupation and pacification of post WWII Germany; Trinity, an epic novel about Ireland's struggle for independence; QB VII, a novel about the role of a Polish doctor in a German concentration camp ; and The Haj, with insights into the history of the Middle East and the secret machinations of foreigners which have led to today's turmoil.
He also wrote the screenplays for Battle Cry and Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
Uris was married three times: to Betty Beck, with whom he had three children, from 1945 through their divorce in 1968; Margery Edwards in 1969, who died a year later, and Jill Peabody in 1970, with whom he had two children, and divorced in 1989.
Leon Uris died of renal failure at his Long Island home on Shelter Island, aged 78.
Leon Uris's papers can be found at the Ransom Center, University of Texas in Austin. The collection includes all of Uris's novels, with the exception of The Haj and Mitla Pass, as well as manus
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September 6, 2023
Bellissimo! La narrazione si estende su uno spazio temporale che va dal 1885 al 1916 ed è ambientato nell’Irlanda del Nord. Ha tutte le caratteristiche del romanzo storico in quanto presenta personaggi fittizi e personaggi storici, così come gli eventi che vengono narrati sono in parte frutto della mente dell’autore e realmente accaduti.
Il titolo “Trinity” può avere varie motivazioni: il fatto che il romanzo sia sostanzialmente diviso in tre parti, oppure che narri di tre famiglie (due cattoliche e una protestante), oppure perché il nucleo del racconto è la lotta del popolo irlandese-cattolico (devoto alla Santa Trinità) per liberarsi dalla supremazia Inglese.
La voce narrante è, a volte, quella di Seamus O’Neill, amico di quello che diventerà man mano il personaggio principale: Conor Larkin, il cui nonno fu un eroe nella lotta contro gli inglesi.
All’inizio, Seamus e Conor sono bambini cattolici che vivono nel villaggio di Ballyutogue (di fantasia) profondamente immersi in una realtà di povertà, sfruttamento, sottomissione che attanaglia le loro famiglie e quelle di tutti i cattolici. La carestia dovuta alla malattia che colpisce i raccolti di patate (principale fonte di sostentamento) rende la vita veramente impossibile ed ha inizio il triste fenomeno dell’emigrazione dei giovani e della dipendenza dall’alcol in coloro che restano.
Speranze vengono riposte in chi si impegna in politica: Charles Steward Parnell e Kevin O’Garvey che daranno la vita per la causa dell’indipendenza irlandese ma purtroppo senza ottenere nulla di decisivo.
Sembra proprio che l’unica soluzione, per i giovani, sia quella di abbandonare l’amata terra natale, come farà Liam, secondogenito nella famiglia Larkin, il quale troverà un futuro felice in Nuova Zelanda.
Anche lasciare il villaggio è vista come un’opportunità: Dary (figlio minore dei Larkin) andrà in seminario per diventare prete; Conor, dopo aver imparato a Ballyutogue il mestiere di fabbro (pur osteggiatissimo dal padre Tomas che vorrebbe fare di lui un contadino, in quanto primogenito) andrà a Londonderry, avvierà una propria fucina e sarà presto raggiunto da Myles, l’allora fidanzato di sua sorella Brigid.
Ma l’essere irlandesi-cattolici impedisce qualsiasi emancipazione e gli eventi saranno drammatici.
Vi è un secondo volume, dal titolo REDEMPTION in cui l’autore Leon Uris prosegue il racconto seguendo le vicende di Conor Larkin.
Il titolo “Trinity” può avere varie motivazioni: il fatto che il romanzo sia sostanzialmente diviso in tre parti, oppure che narri di tre famiglie (due cattoliche e una protestante), oppure perché il nucleo del racconto è la lotta del popolo irlandese-cattolico (devoto alla Santa Trinità) per liberarsi dalla supremazia Inglese.
La voce narrante è, a volte, quella di Seamus O’Neill, amico di quello che diventerà man mano il personaggio principale: Conor Larkin, il cui nonno fu un eroe nella lotta contro gli inglesi.
All’inizio, Seamus e Conor sono bambini cattolici che vivono nel villaggio di Ballyutogue (di fantasia) profondamente immersi in una realtà di povertà, sfruttamento, sottomissione che attanaglia le loro famiglie e quelle di tutti i cattolici. La carestia dovuta alla malattia che colpisce i raccolti di patate (principale fonte di sostentamento) rende la vita veramente impossibile ed ha inizio il triste fenomeno dell’emigrazione dei giovani e della dipendenza dall’alcol in coloro che restano.
Speranze vengono riposte in chi si impegna in politica: Charles Steward Parnell e Kevin O’Garvey che daranno la vita per la causa dell’indipendenza irlandese ma purtroppo senza ottenere nulla di decisivo.
Sembra proprio che l’unica soluzione, per i giovani, sia quella di abbandonare l’amata terra natale, come farà Liam, secondogenito nella famiglia Larkin, il quale troverà un futuro felice in Nuova Zelanda.
Anche lasciare il villaggio è vista come un’opportunità: Dary (figlio minore dei Larkin) andrà in seminario per diventare prete; Conor, dopo aver imparato a Ballyutogue il mestiere di fabbro (pur osteggiatissimo dal padre Tomas che vorrebbe fare di lui un contadino, in quanto primogenito) andrà a Londonderry, avvierà una propria fucina e sarà presto raggiunto da Myles, l’allora fidanzato di sua sorella Brigid.
Ma l’essere irlandesi-cattolici impedisce qualsiasi emancipazione e gli eventi saranno drammatici.
Vi è un secondo volume, dal titolo REDEMPTION in cui l’autore Leon Uris prosegue il racconto seguendo le vicende di Conor Larkin.
July 7, 2020
Absolutely fantastic book about the history of Ireland during the XIX so cruel and realistic that I ended the book hating the British upper class (sorry guys you’re well behaved most of time in the XXI century) The novel is really well constructed and a real page turner! Cannot wait to start reading the second volume
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