Jason Berry
Auteur de Render Unto Rome: The Secret Life of Money in the Catholic Church
A propos de l'auteur
Jason Berry achieved renown for Lead Us Not into Temptation, a milestone work on the Catholic Church crisis. His award-winning film, Vows of Silences, on the Vatican and the Maciel scandal, has been broadcast in several European countries. A recipient of Guggenheim and Alicia Patterson fellowships, afficher plus he is also a novelist and playwright. He lives in New Orleans. afficher moins
Œuvres de Jason Berry
Lead us not into temptation : Catholic priests and the sexual abuse of children (1992) 67 exemplaires
The Horrors in War 1 exemplaire
The Electric Soul 1 exemplaire
Jungle Horror 1 exemplaire
Chasing Legends 1 exemplaire
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Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1949
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieux de résidence
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- Études
- Georgetown University (1971)
- Prix et distinctions
- Alicia Patterson Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowship
Membres
Critiques
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 17
- Aussi par
- 2
- Membres
- 353
- Popularité
- #67,814
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 5
- ISBN
- 38
- Langues
- 2
Jason Berry's history of New Orleans covers a period of more than three hundred years, from the city's founding through to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Berry's approach is to devote each chapter to a notable New Orleans citizen and, by telling their stories and those of their times, give an overview of the complicated threads of New Orleans's development. Invaders, pirates, slaves, Spanish and French colonists, creoles, native Americans, politicians, religious leaders, musicians and artists are profiled by Berry. In the process he takes us through the city's founding, the colonial era, the Louisiana Purchase, the Civil War, the emergence of jazz and the Mardi Gras tradition right up to the present day destruction of the city in the hurricane, and its subsequent rebirth.
Berry manages to capture what makes New Orleans unique: a blend of French, Spanish, African and Native American influences that gave rise to cultural innovations that have conquered the world, as have some of its foremost artists and musicians. Berry's optimism about the city's resurgence suggests that he believes that this culture will once again triumph.… (plus d'informations)