William E. Barrett (1900–1986)
Författare till The Lilies of the Field
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Verk av William E. Barrett
Sky fighters of World War I; the stories of ten top aces and the heroic struggle for command of the air (1961) 3 exemplar
Aller Menschen Ebenbild / Die Steppenreiter / Halic, der Draufgänger / Ein Falke für die Königin (1973) — Författare — 3 exemplar
The Tattooed Cobra 2 exemplar
Een man is een man 1 exemplar
Mord utan lik : Detektivroman 1 exemplar
The Wine and the Music, Waiting for Willa, Incredible Island, and, Duel in the Snow (Reader's Digest Condensed… (1970) 1 exemplar
Señor Payroll 1 exemplar
The First War Plans: Abridged Edition 1 exemplar
Associerade verk
Reader's Digest Best Sellers: Death Committee | Three Daughters of Madame Liang | Once Upon an Island | The Wine and… (1970) 18 exemplar
Readers Digest Condensed Books 1974 2 exemplar
Best-in-Books: Dream of Mansions / Castle Dor / Lilies of the Field / Me and the Liberal Arts / Ripley, the Modern… — Bidragsgivare — 2 exemplar
Reader's Digest: Black Camels of Qashran / The Wine and the Music / Marnie / Torregreca — Bidragsgivare — 1 exemplar
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Allmänna fakta
- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Barrett, William Edmund
- Födelsedag
- 1900-11-16
- Avled
- 1986-09-15
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Land (för karta)
- USA
- Födelseort
- New York, New York, USA
- Bostadsorter
- New York, New York, USA (birth)
Denver, Colorado, USA - Utbildning
- Manhattan College
- Yrken
- author
- Organisationer
- PEN
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Statistik
- Verk
- 30
- Även av
- 22
- Medlemmar
- 1,344
- Popularitet
- #19,149
- Betyg
- 3.7
- Recensioner
- 23
- ISBN
- 48
- Språk
- 3
"So, a story is told and there are always readers who want to know what happened ultimately to the people involved. Readers will seldom accept the fact that if a story has any value or meaning, the fate of individuals is of little importance. Readers want to KNOW. One tries to oblige."
Well, yes, I am one of those readers. Barrett gives us a couple of sentences per character to tell us a little more of what they went on to do. It wasn't much, but I guess it was enough. I just feel like Barrett could have done so much more with this story. It's a good one, just not fleshed out very well. I can't say I wasted my time though, because it only took a little over an hour to read. Plus, I got to visit with an old friend, Homer Smith, again.… (mer)