Ergebnis für "August" in Kulturell & regional

The first authoritative biography of August Wilson, the most important and successful American playwright of the late 20th century, by a theater critic who knew him. August Wilson wrote a series of ten plays celebrating African American life in the 20th century, one play for each decade. No...

A courageous and intimate memoir, The Education of Augie Merasty is the story of a child who faced the dark heart of humanity, let loose by the cruel policies of a bigoted nation. A retired fisherman and trapper who sometimes lived rough on the streets, Augie Merasty was one of an estimated 150,000 First Nations, Inuit, and Metis children who were taken from their families and sent to government-funded, church-run schools, where they were subjected to a policy of aggressive assimilation.

Sisson tem um ponto de vista singular sobre os biografados – o de um contemporâneo deles! Esse frescor, por si só, justifica sua leitura nos dias de hoje dessas biografias. De "Barão de Mauá", destaca-se a vertiginosa ascensão como empresário, cujo exemplo atualíssimo é ter fundando o Banco do Brasil. De "Eusébio de Queirós", é de se notar seu vigoroso combate ao crime num Rio de Janeiro assolado por ladrões e falsários.