|
Pure Slaughter Value
''Pure Slaughter Value'' (1997) is a collection of 13 short stories by Robert Bingham, which, alongside his novel ''Lightning on the Sun ''Lightning on the Sun'' (2000) is the only novel by Robert Bingham, published after his death in 1999. The novel relates how Asher, a "privileged young man", travels to Cambodia and wrestles with, amongst other things, drug addiction and trouble ...'' (published 2000), represents the only works he produced prior to his death in 1999. The stories are populated by "curiously unsympathetic" characters that are "jaded rich kids and yuppies strung out on familial malfeasance and their own immaturity, blocked from satisfaction in either work or love"; a Guardian review considered the stories to be "filled with hatred of the elitist world that spawned its author." The New York Times made note of Bingham's "acute observational powers and clean, reportorial prose." List of stories * "I'm Talking About Another House" * "This Is How A Woman Gets Hit" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pure Slaughter Value
''Pure Slaughter Value'' (1997) is a collection of 13 short stories by Robert Bingham, which, alongside his novel ''Lightning on the Sun ''Lightning on the Sun'' (2000) is the only novel by Robert Bingham, published after his death in 1999. The novel relates how Asher, a "privileged young man", travels to Cambodia and wrestles with, amongst other things, drug addiction and trouble ...'' (published 2000), represents the only works he produced prior to his death in 1999. The stories are populated by "curiously unsympathetic" characters that are "jaded rich kids and yuppies strung out on familial malfeasance and their own immaturity, blocked from satisfaction in either work or love"; a Guardian review considered the stories to be "filled with hatred of the elitist world that spawned its author." The New York Times made note of Bingham's "acute observational powers and clean, reportorial prose." List of stories * "I'm Talking About Another House" * "This Is How A Woman Gets Hit" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Bingham (writer)
Robert Worth Bingham IV (March 14, 1966 – November 28, 1999) was an American writer and a founding editor of the '' Open City Magazine''. Early life A member of a wealthy family from Louisville, Kentucky, his great-grandfather was the politician and newspaper publisher Robert Worth Bingham, and his grandfather, Barry Bingham, Sr., went into the family newspaper businesses as an editor and publisher. Bingham's father, Robert Worth Bingham III (known by his middle name), who also worked in the family business and was expected to take over, was killed aged 34 in a car accident while on vacation at Cape Cod in 1966, when his son was only three months old. Bingham graduated from Brown University in 1988. He then received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Columbia University. Career After graduating from Columbia, his fiction and non-fiction appeared in ''The New Yorker'', and he worked for two years as a reporter for the '' Cambodia Daily''. He wrote the short story collection ''Pur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lightning On The Sun
''Lightning on the Sun'' (2000) is the only novel by Robert Bingham, published after his death in 1999. The novel relates how Asher, a "privileged young man", travels to Cambodia and wrestles with, amongst other things, drug addiction and trouble with a loan shark. In the New York Times, Stacey D'Erasmo Stacey D'Erasmo (born 1961) is an American author and literary critic. Biography D'Erasmo was born in 1961 in New York City. She received a B.A. from Barnard College and an M.A. from New York University in English and American literature. From 19 ... highlighted Bingham's "wicked sense of humor" and stated that the book reaches its peak in quality when Bingham's writing is at its "most nihilistic, when he lets the devils play." In a review of the novel, Publishers Weekly commented that Bingham "might have become one of the strongest (writers) of his generation." The novel was partly inspired by Bingham's own time spent in Cambodia. References {{Reflist External links * https:// ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Short Story Collections
File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic (1997 film), Titanic'', the List of highest-grossing films, highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of the most observed comet, comets of the 20th century; Golden Bauhinia Square, where sovereignty of Hong Kong is Handover of Hong Kong, handed over from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China; the 1997 Central European flood kills 114 people in the Czech Republic, Poland, and Germany; Korean Air Flight 801 crashes during heavy rain on Guam, killing 229; Mars Pathfinder and Sojourner (rover), Sojourner land on Mars; flowers left outside Kensington Palace following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, in a car crash in Paris., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Titanic (1997 film) rect 200 0 400 200 Harry Potter rect 400 0 600 200 Comet Hale-Bopp rect 0 200 300 400 Death of Diana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
