Alan Furst
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Furst received a B.A. from Oberlin College in 1962 and an M.A. from Penn State in 1967. Before becoming a full-time novelist, Furst worked in advertising and wrote magazine articles, most notably for Esquire, and as a columnist for the International Herald Tribune His early novels (1976-1983) visa mer achieved limited success. However, the 1988 publication of Night Soldiers inspired by a 1984 trip to Eastern Europe on assignment for Esquire revitalized his career. It was the first of his highly original novels about espionage in Europe before and during the Second World War. Born in New York on February 20, 1941, he lived for long periods in France, especially Paris where he was awarded a Fulbright teaching fellowship. In 2011, the Tulsa Library Trust in Tulsa, Oklahoma selected Furst to receive its Helmerich Award, a literary prize given annually to honor a distinguished author's body of work He also made The New York Times Best Seller List in 2012 with his title The Mission to Paris and Midnight in Europe in 2014. Furst again made the New York Times Bestseller in 2016 with his novel a Hero of France. (Publisher Provided) Alan Furst is an American author of spy novels. He was born in New York City on February 20, 1941, and was raised on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Furst received a B.A. from Oberlin College in 1962 and an M.A. from Penn State in 1967. His novels are set just prior to and during the Second World War. Titles include: Night Soldiers, Kingdom of Shadows (which won the 2001 Hammett Prize), Blood of Victory, Spies of the Balkans and Mission to Paris. In 2011, the Tulsa Library Trust in Tulsa, Oklahoma, selected Furst to receive its Helmerich Award, a literary prize given annually to honor a distinguished author's body of work. Furst made The New York Times Best Seller List in 2012 with his title The Mission to Paris and Midnight in Europe in 2014. Furst again made the New York Times Bestseller in 2016 with his novel A Hero of France. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
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Classic Spy Novels 3-Book Bundle: Night Soldiers, The World at Night, Kingdom of Shadows (2012) 7 exemplar
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Writers on Writing, 2: More Collected Essays from the New York Times (2003) — Bidragsgivare — 183 exemplar
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- 1941-02-20
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- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Land (för karta)
- USA
- Födelseort
- New York, New York, USA
- Bostadsorter
- Paris, France
- Utbildning
- Horace Mann School, New York, New York, USA
Pennsylvania State University
Columbia University
Oberlin College - Yrken
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- #1 Alan Furst, b. 1941 - Night Soldiers
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Question about Alan Furst's "Night Soldiers" books i Crime, Thriller & Mystery (januari 2017)
Alan Furst, author of The Spies of Warsaw (July 27-August 7) i Author Chat (augusti 2009)
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The World at Night: A Novel av Alan Furst
I wasn't in love with this - maybe it was a little too subtle for my tastes in spy fiction. The setting of occupied Paris was very convincingly evoked, but it isn't a setting in which I'm desperately interested, so I don't feel like I'm the target audience. But it felt believable and was well-crafted. I would pick others by Furst off a shelf, but would not actively seek them out.
Intricately woven plot but the pace was rather plodding and there were too many details. By the end of the book, you can hardly recall Khristo's meandering journey that took him to the U.S. And if you like clarity, you won't have it (or maybe Furst explains but I didn't catch it). Somebody seemed to be tracking Khristo all the time, wherever he went, he could be found. I know it's either NKVD or his BF825 brotherhood but isn't that creepy?
This was closer to a 3.5 star for me. Parts of this book I really liked but others were tough. There were large sections of the book that I felt were an information dump. Here is the world my characters live in. It made the pacing tough and I never fully connected with the characters because of it. Having said that, this is the first book. I liked the writing enough to continue in the series and see if the Furst gets better at delivering the history (which I do love) more integrated and smoother into the story.
One thing I will say is that it reminded me how much I like spy novels. I read them a lot as a kid and have strayed away from them as an adult. It might be time to read a few more of them.… (mer)
One thing I will say is that it reminded me how much I like spy novels. I read them a lot as a kid and have strayed away from them as an adult. It might be time to read a few more of them.… (mer)
Alan Furst is an accomplished writer in the war/spy genre, and I have always had a good time reading his books. This one is very good.
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