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High Sierra - Buchbeschreibung, Ausstattung und ISBN

High Sierra gehört zur Kategorie Sachbuch und stammt von W. R. Burnett - eine Kombination, die den Titel sowohl fachlich als auch bibliografisch interessant macht. High Sierra wird in der Beschreibung wie folgt charakterisiert: The tormented and exhausted man at the center of W.R. Burnett's High Sierra is a notorious criminal whom the newspapers call "Mad Dog" Roy Earle. Earle is every bit the criminal the newspapers depict, but he is a complicated soul who is the tragic hero of the novel -- a horribly flawed man, a violent criminal who still retains a bit of a conscience but never gets a decent break.As in most of Burnett's novels, High Sierra ostensibly describes a carefully plotted crime that is undermined by human nature. More interesting and important, perhaps, is its study of Roy Earle, who hardly seems the "Mad Dog" he is made out to be in the press. Pardoned from prison, he idealizes his childhood as he wearily makes his way across the California desert to meet up with two hoods named Red and Babe. Earle is dismayed to find they have with them a tough and brazen woman named Marie, though he begins to warm to her crude charm. He has been moved by the plight of a physically impaired woman he meets, Velma Goodhue, and he resolves to help her -- imagining, somehow, that she will be his. After a holdup he plans with Red, Babe and Marie (who has now fallen in love with him), Earle takes money to Velma for an operation to repair her clubfoot. But the holdup has disastrous results. Red and Babe are killed, and Roy goes on the lam with Marie. They have nowhere to turn and even Velma deserts him. Earle sends Marie away, to meet him eventually in a mountain pass in the High Sierras -- a rendezvous high in the sky that will not take place as planned.Much happens plotwise in High Sierra but it is Roy Earle who holds our interest. As remorseless as the book is -- the concluding chapter consists a few lacerating paragraphs of post-mortem chitchat from the police -- it makes Earle a rich and deeply compelling man, without sentimentalizing him at all. Reading High Sierra is close to the experience of reading James M. Cain, Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett, a tough, bleak and unforgiving narrative that works a dark and elusive magic

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Mit der Sprache Deutsch lässt sich High Sierra auch im internationalen oder mehrsprachigen Kontext präzise filtern. Auch das Veröffentlichungsdatum 1984 macht High Sierra für zeitlich eingegrenzte Suchen besonders interessant. Wer Literatur aus dem Bereich Sachbuch sucht, findet in High Sierra einen gut klassifizierbaren Titel. Gerade wer nach Werken von W. R. Burnett sucht, sollte High Sierra näher betrachten.

Thematische Einordnung von High Sierra

Wer wissen möchte, worauf High Sierra inhaltlich abzielt, findet in dieser Zusammenfassung einen ersten Ansatzpunkt: The tormented and exhausted man at the center of W.R. Burnett's High Sierra is a notorious criminal whom the newspapers call "Mad Dog" Roy Earle. Earle is every bit the criminal the newspapers depict, but he is a complicated soul who is the tragic hero of the novel -- a horribly flawed man, a violent criminal who still retains a bit of a conscience but never gets a decent break.As in most of Burnett's novels, High Sierra ostensibly describes a carefully plotted crime that is undermined by human nature. More interesting and important, perhaps, is its study of Roy Earle, who hardly seems the "Mad Dog" he is made out to be in the press. Pardoned from prison, he idealizes his childhood as he wearily makes his way across the California desert to meet up with two hoods named Red and Babe. Earle is dismayed to find they have with them a tough and brazen woman named Marie, though he begins to warm to her crude charm. He has been moved by the plight of a physically impaired woman he meets, Velma Goodhue, and he resolves to help her -- imagining, somehow, that she will be his. After a holdup he plans with Red, Babe and Marie (who has now fallen in love with him), Earle takes money to Velma for an operation to repair her clubfoot. But the holdup has disastrous results. Red and Babe are killed, and Roy goes on the lam with Marie. They have nowhere to turn and even Velma deserts him. Earle sends Marie away, to meet him eventually in a mountain pass in the High Sierras -- a rendezvous high in the sky that will not take place as planned.Much happens plotwise in High Sierra but it is Roy Earle who holds our interest. As remorseless as the book is -- the concluding chapter consists a few lacerating paragraphs of post-mortem chitchat from the police -- it makes Earle a rich and deeply compelling man, without sentimentalizing him at all. Reading High Sierra is close to the experience of reading James M. Cain, Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett, a tough, bleak and unforgiving narrative that works a dark and elusive magic Über die Schlagwörter Fiction, Fiction, general, Fiction, action & adventure, Classic Literature, Mystery lässt sich High Sierra auch in größeren Beständen gezielt auffinden.

ISBN, Revision und weitere Referenzdaten

Auch externe Referenzen sind vorhanden: Die Work-ID lautet OL6336959W, die zugehörigen Editions-IDs sind OL37766304M.

Bibliografische Eckdaten dieser Ausgabe

1. Schlagwörter: Fiction, Fiction, general, Fiction, action & adventure, Classic Literature, Mystery
2. Ausgabeform: pocket
3. Externe Work-Referenz: OL6336959W
4. Verfasst von: W. R. Burnett
5. Erscheinungsdatum: 1984
6. Internationale Standardbuchnummer (ISBN-10): 3257212089
7. Externe Editionsreferenzen: OL37766304M
8. Publiziert bei: Diogenes
9. Thematische Hauptkategorie: Sachbuch
10. Titel: High Sierra
11. Kurzbeschreibung: The tormented and exhausted man at the center of W.R. Burnett's High Sierra is a notorious criminal whom the newspapers call "Mad Dog" Roy Earle. Earle is every bit the criminal the newspapers depict, but he is a complicated soul who is the tragic hero of the novel -- a horribly flawed man, a violent criminal who still retains a bit of a conscience but never gets a decent break.As in most of Burnett's novels, High Sierra ostensibly describes a carefully plotted crime that is undermined by human nature. More interesting and important, perhaps, is its study of Roy Earle, who hardly seems the "Mad Dog" he is made out to be in the press. Pardoned from prison, he idealizes his childhood as he wearily makes his way across the California desert to meet up with two hoods named Red and Babe. Earle is dismayed to find they have with them a tough and brazen woman named Marie, though he begins to warm to her crude charm. He has been moved by the plight of a physically impaired woman he meets, Velma Goodhue, and he resolves to help her -- imagining, somehow, that she will be his. After a holdup he plans with Red, Babe and Marie (who has now fallen in love with him), Earle takes money to Velma for an operation to repair her clubfoot. But the holdup has disastrous results. Red and Babe are killed, and Roy goes on the lam with Marie. They have nowhere to turn and even Velma deserts him. Earle sends Marie away, to meet him eventually in a mountain pass in the High Sierras -- a rendezvous high in the sky that will not take place as planned.Much happens plotwise in High Sierra but it is Roy Earle who holds our interest. As remorseless as the book is -- the concluding chapter consists a few lacerating paragraphs of post-mortem chitchat from the police -- it makes Earle a rich and deeply compelling man, without sentimentalizing him at all. Reading High Sierra is close to the experience of reading James M. Cain, Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett, a tough, bleak and unforgiving narrative that works a dark and elusive magic
12. Verfügbare Sprache dieser Ausgabe: Deutsch

Warum sich High Sierra gut einordnen lässt

High Sierra profitiert für die Auffindbarkeit besonders von der Verbindung zwischen W. R. Burnett, Sachbuch und den Tags Fiction, Fiction, general, Fiction, action & adventure, Classic Literature, Mystery, weil dadurch eine starke semantische Einordnung entsteht.

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