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Four novels of the 1930s

Already a frequent contributor of well-crafted stories to The New Yorker when he turned to the larger canvas of the novel, John OHara wrote with unusual acuity about the power of status and class in American life. His reputation as a novelist rests largely on four extraordinary books published from...

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Main Author: O'Hara, John, 1905-1970 (Author)
Other Authors: Goldleaf, Steven (Editor), O'Hara, John, 1905-1970.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Library of America : Distributed to the trade in the U.S. by Penguin Random House, [2018]
Series: Library of America ; 313.
Subjects:
Self-destructive behavior > Fiction.
Ethnic relations > Fiction.
Suicide victims > Fiction.
Married people > Fiction.
Young men > Fiction.
Young women > Fiction.
Poor women > Fiction.
Mistresses > Fiction.
Epistolary fiction, American.
Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) > Illinois > Chicago > Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) > Fiction.
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) > Fiction.
Chicago (Ill.) > Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Summary: Already a frequent contributor of well-crafted stories to The New Yorker when he turned to the larger canvas of the novel, John OHara wrote with unusual acuity about the power of status and class in American life. His reputation as a novelist rests largely on four extraordinary books published from 1934 to 1940. These early novels, like those of his contemporaries Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald, dramatize the longings and dashed hopes of a generation seduced and betrayed by the glittering temptations of the modern age.
Physical Description: ix, 665 pages ; 21 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9781598536003
1598536001
Author Notes: John O'Hara (1905-1970) was born and raised in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, a small city that became the setting for many of his novels and stories. As a young man he moved to New York City, where he began a long, fruitful, and often contentious relationship with The New Yorker , publishing more stories there than any other writer. His many novels include Appointment in Samarra (1934), Butterfield 8 (1935), and Ten North Frederick (1955); Pal Joey (1940) was adapted into a successful and often revived musical.

Steven Goldleaf , editor, is the author of John O'Hara- A Study of the Short Fiction and editor of John O'Hara- The New York Stories . He is Professor of English at Pace University.

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