Richard Harding Davis Bücher

Der US-amerikanische Schriftsteller, Journalist und Dramatiker Richard Harding Davis (1864 – 1916) ist für die deutsche Leserschaft eine echte Neuentdeckung. Sein Buch „Gallegher and other Stories“ war ein Bestseller, beschrieb doch hier ein junger Autor mit entwaffnender Frische die gesellschaftliche Wirklichkeit Amerikas um 1900, ohne sich auf düstere Sozialkritik zu beschränken. Der Autor wusste wovon er schrieb, als er die Gestalt des findigen Zeitungslaufburschen Gallegher erfand, der einen Mörder zur Strecke bringt, er kannte die Zeitungswelt von innen. Seine Stories erinnern oft an die Romane von Charles Dickens, lesen wir doch hier z. B. von kleinen Ganoven, die im Grunde gut sein wollen, aber durch die sozialen Missstände daran gehindert werden. Es ist ein schillerndes Panorama, das selbst die Not der armen Straßenkinder nicht ausspart. Elend und Armut treffen immer wieder auf edle Charaktere, die ihnen aufhelfen, und das Leben ist sicher hart, aber nicht hoffnungslos. Hans-Christian Oeser legt hier eine kongeniale Übersetzung vor, die dem Original an Frische nicht nachsteht.

Richard Harding Davis (1864–1916) schildert in seinen Geschichten authentische Lebensbilder seiner Zeit, in denen soziale Gegensätze deutlich werden. Die Erzählungen vereinen Ironie und Tiefgang, während Figuren wie Courtland VanBibber und Trevor ihre Fähigkeiten entdecken. Hans-Christian Oeser trifft den Dickens-ähnlichen Ton des Erzählers.

Inhalt:Peter Oldale: Das ProblemkindKit Reed: WinterRobert Bloch: Der FluchRichard Matheson: Die BeuteCelia Fremlin: Ruhige SpieleEdwin Charles Tubb: LuziferBrian Lumley: Davids WurmRobert Bloch: Die TierschauGary Brandner: Jeder Dämon hat seinen PreisGerald W. Page: Durst

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