Bøger af Richard Ford

A masterful novel set in 1960s Montana

Targeted at both travellers and 'readers at home', Richard Ford's 1845 account of Spanish history, topography and culture combines the rigour of a gazetteer with the humour and pace of a private travel diary. Volume 1 leads the reader from Cadiz in Andalucia to Granada and on to Catalonia.

I bogen, Looking Writing Reading Looking, går 26 internationale forfattere i dialog med kunstværker fra Louisianas Samling. Forfatterne åbner vores øjne for værkerne med deres særlige, poetiske blik. Igennem en bred vifte af litterære genrer som digt, essay, erindringer og noter viser bogens bidrag, hvor forskelligt man kan opleve kunst. Forfatterne er her læsere af kunstværket – og herfra kan vi selv læse videre. I kunsten og i litteraturen. Bogens bidragsydere er Georgi Gospodinov, Colm Tóibín, Claudia Rankine, Richard Ford, Peter Laugesen, Chris Kraus, Sjón, Anne Carson, Roxane Gay, CAConrad, Mariana Enriquez, Hiromi Itō, Delphine de Vigan, Domenico Starnone, Yoko Tawada, Jacques Roubaud, Gunnhild Øyehaug, Eileen Myles, Tomas Espedal, Christian Kracht, Guadalupe Nettel, Anne Waldman, Matias Faldbakken, Chigozie Obioma, Péter Nádas og Tahar Ben Jelloun. I bogen omtales blandt andet værker af Francis Bacon, Asger Jorn, Henry Heerup, Alicja Kwade og mange andre.

Med udgivelsen i smukke, tidssvarende paperbacks gøres bøgerne om Frank Bascombe, en af amerikansk litteraturs mest ikoniske skikkelser, igen tilgængelige for det danske publikum, samtidig med at Richard Ford gæster landet.Med sin usikre ungdom bag sig og midt i en overraskende problemfri karriere som ejendomsmægler har Frank Bascombe besluttet, at han befinder sig i "den permanente fase". Men i efterdønningerne af et præsidentvalg, hvor stemmesedlerne fra Florida skal tælles om, og med udsigt til en Thanksgiving med den alt andet end samlede familie funderer Frank en del over bekymringer, allermest sine egne - hans prostatakræft, hans kærlighedsliv, som endnu engang er i opbrud, og tabet af hans første søn, der er lige så smerteligt nærværende som dengang for tyve år siden i Sportsjournalisten. En rørende og mesterlig odyssé igennem et USA på randen af enorme forandringer - og ned gennem den sammensatte bevidsthed hos en af landets mest uimodståelige litterære inkarnationer.Tredje bind i Bascombe-trilogien

Med udgivelsen i smukke, tidssvarende paperbacks gøres bøgerne om Frank Bascombe, en af amerikansk litteraturs mest ikoniske skikkelser, igen tilgængelige for det danske publikum, samtidig med at Richard Ford gæster landet.‘Sportsjournalisten’ er en storslået roman, som sendte Ford op på den amerikanske forfatterstjernehimmel og gjorde Frank Bascombe til et talerør for flere generationer. Som sportsjournalist ernærer Frank sig ved at studere andre mennesker - mest mænd - som lever i deres egen verden. Den livsform ser Frank selv som et mål. Men i en alder af otteogtredive lider han af en uhelbredelig trang til at drømme, et uroligt hjerte og det nylige tab af sin karriere, sin søn og sit ægteskab. Denne påske, hvor Frank igen møder sin eks-kone ved deres søns grav, er Frank dog i særlig grad ved siden af sig selv.Første bind i Bascombe-serien

A new stunning epic fantasy for readers of Brandon Sanderson, Michael J. Sullivan and Brian Staveley.

This is a curated and comprehensive collection of the most important works covering matters related to national security, diplomacy, defense, war, strategy, and tactics. The collection spans centuries of thought and experience, and includes the latest analysis of international threats, both conventional and asymmetric. It also includes riveting first person accounts of historic battles and wars.Some of the books in this Series are reproductions of historical works preserved by some of the leading libraries in the world. As with any reproduction of a historical artifact, some of these books contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. We believe these books are essential to this collection and the study of war, and have therefore brought them back into print, despite these imperfections.We hope you enjoy the unmatched breadth and depth of this collection, from the historical to the just-published works.

A collection of stories about work which chronicles how Americans are employed, how they find work and leave it, refuse it or scorn it, how it defines, fascinates, frustrates and ennobles us. It includes stories that encompass a range of literary styles, and the writers represent a range of ages, ethnic backgrounds, and geographical locations.

A trilogy of novels - "The Sportswriter", "Independence Day", and "The Lay of the Land" - that charts the life and times of one of the most beloved and enduring characters in modern fiction.

An illicit visit to the Grand Canyon reveals a vastness even more profound; an exacting career woman celebrates Christmas with her adamantly post-nuclear family; a couple weekending in Maine try to recapture the ardour that has disappeared, both gradually and suddenly, from their lives; and more.

Ranges from the northern plains of Montana to the streets of Paris and the suburbs of Chicago. The tragedies that stalk the characters are unfolded with an indelible wit and clarity.

Mines literary gold from the wind-scrubbed landscape of the American West - and from the guarded hopes and gnawing loneliness of the people who live there. This is a story collection about ordinary women, men and children.

The setting is Oaxaca, Mexico, where Harry Quinn has come to free his girlfriend's brother, Sonny, from jail and furthermore get him away from the suavely sadistic drug dealer who suspects Sonny of having cheated him. This is a novel of menace and eroticism.

Robard Hewes has driven across the country in search of a woman named Buena who, twelve years ago, infused him with a feeling that has now turned into obsession. Sam Newel has travelled from Chicago seeking the missing piece of himself. They both find themselves on an uncharted hunting island in the Mississippi owned by an old man named Lamb.

New edition of the Granta Book of the American Short Story, expanding Richard Ford's original choice to include stories that he regretted overlooking first time around as well as many by a generation of writers, among them Sherman Alexie, Junot Diaz, Deborah Eisenberg, Nell Freudenberg, Matt Klam, Jhumpa Lahiri and Z. Z. Packer.