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J. F. Federspiel (1931–2007)

Auteur de Ballad of Typhoid Mary

21+ oeuvres 175 utilisateurs 3 critiques

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Œuvres de J. F. Federspiel

Ballad of Typhoid Mary (1982) 78 exemplaires
Geographie der Lust (1989) 32 exemplaires
Alligator Mike (2007) 11 exemplaires
Böses Wahn und Müll (1983) 7 exemplaires
L'uomo che portava felicità (1996) 7 exemplaires
Eine Halbtagsstelle in Pompeji (1993) 5 exemplaires
Die Märchentante (1986) 5 exemplaires
Massaker im Mond (1997) 4 exemplaires
Orangen vor ihrem Fenster (1961) 3 exemplaires
Orangen und Tode (1985) 3 exemplaires
Kilroy: Stimmen aus der Subway (1988) 2 exemplaires
Mal was andres (1974) 2 exemplaires
Le arance e la morte 1 exemplaire

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Fiction, Volume 6, Number 1 — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire

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Nom canonique
Federspiel, J. F.
Nom légal
Federspiel, Jürg
Date de naissance
1931-06-28
Date de décès
2007-01-12
Lieu de sépulture
Wolfgottesacker, Basel, Basel-Stadt, Schweiz
Sexe
male
Nationalité
Switzerland
Lieu de naissance
Kemptthal, Zürich, Schweiz
Lieu du décès
Basel, Basel-Stadt, Schweiz
Cause du décès
suicide
Professions
Schriftsteller

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a presentazione e le recensioni di La ballata di Typhoid Mary, opera di Jurg Federspiel edita da Marcos Y Marcos. Questo libro narra la vita e la morte di una stupenda creatura, Mary Mallon alias Typhoid Mary, che per tutta la vita ebbe un'unica passione e un unico desiderio: cucinare.Mary era arrivata a New York nel 1868, a bordo di una nave di emigrati europei falcidiati durante la traversata da una violenta epidemia di tifo, ma riguardo alla mitica cuoca che avrebbe diffuso la malattia rimangono solo le poche notizie pubblicate su alcune riviste mediche di quarant'anni fa.Sullo sfondo della narrazione l'America degli immigrati, l'America delle grandi differenze sociali, dell'estrema povertà e della ricchezza sfacciata.Una storia di quarantacinque episodi drammatici ma ricchi di humour, come le strofe di una ballata, movimentata e affascinante.… (plus d'informations)
 
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kikka62 | 2 autres critiques | Feb 4, 2020 |
What an interesting book! While it is a fictionalized account of the events of Mary's life after she landed in New York, I come away from the book having learned quite a few things.
 
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pussreboots | 2 autres critiques | Sep 13, 2014 |
This was an interesting and quick read. I actually felt sorry for Mary in the beginning because she honestly seemed to be ignorant about the fact that she was causing so many deaths. Toward the end I wasn't so sure of her ignorance about the fact that she was killing people. I might be interested in reading more about Mary after reading this book.

While I found Mary's story to be interesting, the alternating story about the narrator was a bit boring. Thankfully, his parts of the story were short. I kept thinking that his story would be connected to Mary's in some way later in the book, but this never happened -- unless I misses something.… (plus d'informations)
 
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ladybug74 | 2 autres critiques | Jun 26, 2009 |

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Œuvres
21
Aussi par
1
Membres
175
Popularité
#122,547
Évaluation
½ 3.6
Critiques
3
ISBN
38
Langues
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