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O O. Henryevim zimzelenim pričama. Unatoč hvalospjevima autor je iz nejasnih razloga u Europi manje poznat, u nas gotovo nikako. Stoga Šareni dućan s jasnim razlogom i radošću upozorava literarne šmekere, a i šire čitateljstvo, na jednog od najboljih američkih pisaca kratkih priča. Pokušate li nakratko zanemariti društvene mreže, internet, mobitel, i ostale novovjeke gutače vremena i uzeti ovu staromodnu knjigu divotnih štorija – nećete zažaliti!
221 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 2011
About the author
O. Henry
3,017 books1,985 followersSuch volumes as
Cabbages and Kings
(1904) and
The Four Million
(1906) collect short stories, noted for their often surprising endings, of American writer William Sydney Porter, who used the pen name O. Henry.
His biography shows where he found inspiration for his characters. His era produced their voices and his language.
Mother of three-year-old Porter died from tuberculosis. He left school at fifteen years of age and worked for five years in drugstore of his uncle and then for two years at a Texas sheep ranch.
In 1884, he went to Austin, where he worked in a real estate office and a church choir and spent four years as a draftsman in the general land office. His wife and firstborn died, but daughter Margaret survived him.
He failed to establish a small humorous weekly and afterward worked in poorly-run bank. When its accounts balanced not, people blamed and fired him.
In Houston, he worked for a few years until, ordered to stand trial for embezzlement, he fled to New Orleans and thence Honduras.
Two years later, he returned on account of illness of his wife. Apprehended, Porter served a few months more than three years in a penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio. During his incarceration, he composed ten short stories, including A Blackjack Bargainer , The Enchanted Kiss , and The Duplicity of Hargraves .
In 1899, McClure's published Whistling Dick's Christmas Story and Georgia's Ruling .
In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he sent manuscripts to New York editors. In the spring of 1902, Ainslee's Magazine offered him a regular income if he moved to New York.
In less than eight years, he became a bestselling author of collections of short stories. Cabbages and Kings came first in 1904 The Four Million, and The Trimmed Lamp and Heart of the West followed in 1907, and The Voice of the City in 1908, Roads of Destiny and Options in 1909, Strictly Business and Whirligigs in 1910 followed.
Posthumously published collections include The Gentle Grafter about the swindler, Jeff Peters; Rolling Stones , Waifs and Strays , and in 1936, unsigned stories, followed.
People rewarded other persons financially more. A Retrieved Reformation about the safe-cracker Jimmy Valentine got $250; six years later, $500 for dramatic rights, which gave over $100,000 royalties for playwright Paul Armstrong. Many stories have been made into films.
His biography shows where he found inspiration for his characters. His era produced their voices and his language.
Mother of three-year-old Porter died from tuberculosis. He left school at fifteen years of age and worked for five years in drugstore of his uncle and then for two years at a Texas sheep ranch.
In 1884, he went to Austin, where he worked in a real estate office and a church choir and spent four years as a draftsman in the general land office. His wife and firstborn died, but daughter Margaret survived him.
He failed to establish a small humorous weekly and afterward worked in poorly-run bank. When its accounts balanced not, people blamed and fired him.
In Houston, he worked for a few years until, ordered to stand trial for embezzlement, he fled to New Orleans and thence Honduras.
Two years later, he returned on account of illness of his wife. Apprehended, Porter served a few months more than three years in a penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio. During his incarceration, he composed ten short stories, including A Blackjack Bargainer , The Enchanted Kiss , and The Duplicity of Hargraves .
In 1899, McClure's published Whistling Dick's Christmas Story and Georgia's Ruling .
In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he sent manuscripts to New York editors. In the spring of 1902, Ainslee's Magazine offered him a regular income if he moved to New York.
In less than eight years, he became a bestselling author of collections of short stories. Cabbages and Kings came first in 1904 The Four Million, and The Trimmed Lamp and Heart of the West followed in 1907, and The Voice of the City in 1908, Roads of Destiny and Options in 1909, Strictly Business and Whirligigs in 1910 followed.
Posthumously published collections include The Gentle Grafter about the swindler, Jeff Peters; Rolling Stones , Waifs and Strays , and in 1936, unsigned stories, followed.
People rewarded other persons financially more. A Retrieved Reformation about the safe-cracker Jimmy Valentine got $250; six years later, $500 for dramatic rights, which gave over $100,000 royalties for playwright Paul Armstrong. Many stories have been made into films.
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September 22, 2024
pisane prije nekih 130 godina, ove su priče mali biser prošlog vremena. vrlo nježne, humane i naivne, odražavaju svijet kakvim više gotovo da nema traga. vremena nekih drugih odnosa, stilova života, načina razmišljanja, na mah djeluju kao bajka za odrasle.
ako se pitaš kakvo je to ime, o. henry, evo odgovora: punim imenom william sydney porter uzima pseudonim "o. henry". 1896. optužen je za pronevjeru novca nakon čega bježi u honduras -usprkos tome što ima ženu i kći- gdje živi kao lutalica i počinje mahnito pisati. saznavši da mu je žena na samrti, vraća se u ameriku i predaje vlastima koji mu dopuštaju da bude uz suprugu posljednje dane njenog života i nakon njene smrti osuđuju ga na pet godina zatvora. u zatvoru kreće ponovno pisati i tu se rađa pseudonim (sastavio ga je od imena jednog od svojih zatvorskih čuvara), s obzirom da kao zatvorenik nije mogao objavljivati. priče je slao u novine i časopise posredstvom prijatelja i čitatelji pojma nisu imali da autor sjedi u zatvoru. uz dobro vladanje, iz zatvora je izašao nakon tri odslužene godine, 1901., s finim honorarima na bankovnom računu. i dalje piše, uskoro se otkriva njegov pravi identitet, ali ne preostaje mu mnogo od života. umire od ciroze jetre i dijabetesa ne navršivši ni 50. godinu života.
duhovit, vrckast i sa štosem u rukavu, bogatstvo i avanturizam svog života prenio je u gorko-slatke literarne minijature.
ako se pitaš kakvo je to ime, o. henry, evo odgovora: punim imenom william sydney porter uzima pseudonim "o. henry". 1896. optužen je za pronevjeru novca nakon čega bježi u honduras -usprkos tome što ima ženu i kći- gdje živi kao lutalica i počinje mahnito pisati. saznavši da mu je žena na samrti, vraća se u ameriku i predaje vlastima koji mu dopuštaju da bude uz suprugu posljednje dane njenog života i nakon njene smrti osuđuju ga na pet godina zatvora. u zatvoru kreće ponovno pisati i tu se rađa pseudonim (sastavio ga je od imena jednog od svojih zatvorskih čuvara), s obzirom da kao zatvorenik nije mogao objavljivati. priče je slao u novine i časopise posredstvom prijatelja i čitatelji pojma nisu imali da autor sjedi u zatvoru. uz dobro vladanje, iz zatvora je izašao nakon tri odslužene godine, 1901., s finim honorarima na bankovnom računu. i dalje piše, uskoro se otkriva njegov pravi identitet, ali ne preostaje mu mnogo od života. umire od ciroze jetre i dijabetesa ne navršivši ni 50. godinu života.
duhovit, vrckast i sa štosem u rukavu, bogatstvo i avanturizam svog života prenio je u gorko-slatke literarne minijature.
December 21, 2017
Vrlo zanimljiva zbirka priča s uvijek neobičnim obratom na kraju.
Kratka priča je sama po sebi dosta nezahvalna forma pisanja, gdje nema mjesta ni vremena za likove, mjesta, zaplete i slično u tih nekoliko par stranica koliko ih čitatelj može isčitati.
No ove priče su zabavne, humoristične, glavni likovi su često kriminalci i negativci, a narativna tehnika kojom se poslužio William Sidney Portier ili O. Henry je ta da vas tek u zadnjoj rečenici ili odlomku ili nasmije ili vas iznenadi.
Kratka priča je sama po sebi dosta nezahvalna forma pisanja, gdje nema mjesta ni vremena za likove, mjesta, zaplete i slično u tih nekoliko par stranica koliko ih čitatelj može isčitati.
No ove priče su zabavne, humoristične, glavni likovi su često kriminalci i negativci, a narativna tehnika kojom se poslužio William Sidney Portier ili O. Henry je ta da vas tek u zadnjoj rečenici ili odlomku ili nasmije ili vas iznenadi.
October 10, 2020
Priče koje je pregazilo vrijeme.
September 21, 2021
...vrlo, vrlo zgodno.
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