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The gallery / John Horne Burns ; introduction by Paul Fussell.

Title
The gallery / John Horne Burns ; introduction by Paul Fussell.
Author
Burns, John Horne, 1916-1953
Publication
New York : New York Review Books, 2004.

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Description
xi, 342 p.; 21 cm.
Summary
"John Horne Burns brought The Gallery back from World War II, and on publication in 1947 it became a critically-acclaimed bestseller. However, Burns's early death at the age of 36 led to the subsequent neglect of this searching book, which captures the shock the war dealt to the preconceptions and ideals of the victorious Americans. Set in occupied Naples in 1944, The Gallery takes its name from the Galleria Umberto, a bombed-out arcade where everybody in town comes together in pursuit of food, drink, sex, money, and oblivion. A daring and enduring novel, one of the first to look directly at gay life in the military. The Gallery poignantly conveys the mixed feelings of the men and women who fought the war that made America a superpower"--Publisher's description.
Series Statement
New York Review Books classics
Uniform Title
New York Review Books classics
Subject
  • 1939-1947
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Naples > Fiction
  • Americans > Italy > Fiction
  • Soldiers > Fiction
  • Gay men > Fiction
  • Italy > History > Allied occupation, 1943-1947 > Fiction
  • Naples (Italy) > Fiction
Genre/Form
  • Autobiographical fiction.
  • War stories
  • Fiction
  • History
  • Fictional autobiographies
  • Autobiographical fiction
Note
  • Originally published: New York : New York Review Books, c1947.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Floorplan of THE GALLERY -- First Portrait: Entrance -- First Portrait: The Trench foot of Michael Patrick -- FIRST PROMENADE: (Casablanca) -- SECOND PORTRAIT: Louella -- SECOND PROMENADE: (Fedhala) -- THIRD PORTRAIT: Hal -- THIRD PROMENADE: (Casablanca-Algiers) -- FOURTH Portrait: Father Donovan and Chaplain Bascom -- FOURTH PROMENADE: (Algiers) -- FIFTH PORTRAIT: Momma -- FIFTH PROMENADE: (Algiers) -- SIXTH PORTRAIT: The Leaf -- SIXTH PROMENADE: (Naples) -- SEVENTH PORTRAIT: Giulia -- SEVENTH PROMENADE: (Naples) -- EIGHTH PORTRAIT: Queen Penicillin -- EIGHTH PROMENADE: (Naples) -- NINTH PORTRAIT: Moe -- Exit
ISBN
1590170806 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2004000089
OCLC
  • 54006945
  • SCSB-10778801
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library