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The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers Of 1961
This is a list of adult fiction books that topped ''The New York Times'' Fiction Best Seller list in 1961. The most popular titles of the year were ''Hawaii'' by ''James Michener'', '' The Agony and the Ecstasy'', by Irving Stone and ''Franny and Zooey'' by J.D. Salinger with respectively 12, 27 and 10 weeks at the top. ''Hawaii'' had previously dominated the 1960 list, and ''Franney and Zooey'' continued into 1962 at the top of the list for a total run of 26 weeks. The only other book to top the list in 1961 was '' The Last of the Just'' by André Schwarz-Bart. That book, a multi-generational saga translated from the French, spent 18 weeks slowly rising to the top, and spent 4 weeks there before being toppled by ''The Agony and the Ecstasy''. It continued among the top 15 best sellers for another 20 weeks. John Bear, ''The #1 New York Times Best Seller: intriguing facts about the 484 books that have been #1 New York Times bestsellers since the first list, 50 years ago'', Berke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiction
Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying individuals, events, or places that are imaginary, or in ways that are imaginary. Fictional portrayals are thus inconsistent with history, fact, or plausibility. In a traditional narrow sense, "fiction" refers to written narratives in prose often referring specifically to novels, novellas, and short stories. More broadly, however, fiction encompasses imaginary narratives expressed in any medium, including not just writings but also live theatrical performances, films, television programs, radio dramas, comics, role-playing games, and video games. Definition Typically, the fictionality of a work is publicly marketed and so the audience expects the work to deviate in some ways from the real world rather than presenting, for instance, only factually accurate portrayals or characters who are actual people. Because fiction is generally understood to not fully adhere to the real world, the themes and con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers
This is a list of lists by year of ''The New York Times'' fiction best sellers. ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list was first published without fanfare on October 12, 1931.''The New York Times''. October 12, 1931. p. 19. It consisted of five fiction and four nonfiction for the New York City region only. The following month the list was expanded to eight cities, with a separate list for each city. By the early 1940s, fourteen cities were included. This list of lists only cover the New York list before 1942. A national list was created April 9, 1942, in ''The New York Times Book Review'' (Sundays) as a supplement to the regular paper's city lists (Monday edition). The national list ranked by weighting how many times the book appeared in each city list. A few years later, the city lists were eliminated leaving only the national rankings, which was compiled according to "reports from leading booksellers in 22 cities," a system which remains, although the specifics have chang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hawaii (novel)
''Hawaii'' is a novel by James A. Michener published in 1959, the year that Hawaii became the 50th U.S. state. It has been translated into 32 languages. The historical correctness of the novel is high, although the narrative about the early Polynesian inhabitants is based more on folklore than anthropological and archaeological sources. It is written in episodic format, like many of Michener's works, and narrates the stories of the original Hawaiians who sailed to the islands from Bora Bora, the early American missionaries and merchants, and the Chinese and Japanese immigrants who traveled to work and seek their fortunes in Hawaii. The story begins with the formation of the islands themselves millions of years ago and ends in the mid-1950s. Each section explores the experiences of different groups of arrivals. Development For Hawaiian history, Michener researched at the Hawaiian-Mission Historical Library and consulted experts on island history, volcanoes, botany, pineapple ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Michener
James Albert Michener ( or ; February 3, 1907 – October 16, 1997) was an American writer. He wrote more than 40 books, most of which were long, fictional family sagas covering the lives of many generations in particular geographic locales and incorporating detailed history. Many of his works were bestsellers and were chosen by the Book of the Month Club; he was known for the meticulous research that went into his books. Michener's books include ''Tales of the South Pacific'', for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1948; ''Hawaii''; ''The Drifters''; ''Centennial''; ''The Source''; '' The Fires of Spring''; ''Chesapeake''; ''Caribbean''; '' Caravans''; ''Alaska''; ''Texas''; ''Space''; ''Poland''; and '' The Bridges at Toko-ri''. His non-fiction works include ''Iberia'', about his travels in Spain and Portugal; his memoir, '' The World Is My Home''; and ''Sports in America''. '' Return to Paradise'' combines fictional short stories with Michener's factual descriptio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Agony And The Ecstasy (novel)
''The Agony and the Ecstasy'' (1961) is a biographical novel of Michelangelo Buonarroti written by American author Irving Stone. Stone lived in Italy for years visiting many of the locations in Rome and Florence, worked in marble quarries, and apprenticed himself to a marble sculptor. A primary source for the novel is Michelangelo's correspondence, all 495 letters of which Stone had translated from Italian by Charles Speroni and published in 1962 as ''I, Michelangelo, Sculptor''. Stone also collaborated with Canadian sculptor Stanley Lewis, who researched Michelangelo's carving technique and tools. The Italian government lauded Stone with several honorary awards for his cultural achievements highlighting Italian history. Stone wrote a dozen biographical novels, but this one and ''Lust for Life'' (1934) are best known, in large part because both had major Hollywood film adaptations. Part of the 1961 novel was adapted to film in '' The Agony and the Ecstasy'' (1965), starring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irving Stone
Irving Stone (born Tennenbaum, July 14, 1903 – August 26, 1989) was an American writer, chiefly known for his biographical novels of noted artists, politicians, and intellectuals. Among the best known are '' Lust for Life'' (1934), about the life of Vincent van Gogh, and '' The Agony and the Ecstasy'' (1961), about Michelangelo. Biography Born Irving Tennenbaum in San Francisco, he was seven when his parents divorced. By the time he was a senior in high school, his mother had remarried. He legally changed his last name to "Stone", his stepfather's surname. Stone said his mother instilled a passion for reading in him. From then on, he believed that education was the only way to succeed in life. In 1923, Stone received his bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley. After receiving his M.A. there, he worked as a teaching assistant in English. He met his first wife, Lona Mosk (1905–1965), who was a student at the university. On money provided by her fathe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franny And Zooey
''Franny ''and'' Zooey'' is a book by American author J. D. Salinger which comprises his short story "Franny" and novella ''Zooey'' . The two works were published together as a book in 1961, having originally appeared in ''The New Yorker'' in 1955 and 1957 respectively. The book focuses on siblings Franny and Zooey, the two youngest members of the Glass family, which was a frequent focus of Salinger's writings. "Franny" tells the story of Franny Glass, Zooey's sister, undergraduate at a small liberal arts college, probably Wellesley College. The story takes place in an unnamed college town during Franny's weekend visit to her boyfriend Lane. Disenchanted with the selfishness and inauthenticity she perceives all around her, she aims to escape it through spiritual means. ''Zooey'' is set shortly after "Franny" in the Glass family apartment in New York City's Upper East Side. While actor Zooey's younger sister Franny suffers a spiritual and existential breakdown in their parents' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers Of 1960
This is a list of adult fiction books that topped ''The New York Times'' Fiction Best Seller list in 1960. See also * 1960 in literature * ''Publishers Weekly'' list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1960s References {{DEFAULTSORT:New York Times Fiction Best Sellers of 1960, The 1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Jan ... . 1960 in the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers Of 1962
This is a list of adult fiction books that topped ''The New York Times'' Fiction Best Seller list in 1962. Four books topped the list that year, the longest on top being ''Ship of Fools'' by Katherine Anne Porter, which spent exactly half the year there - from April 29 to November 11, its last week at the top - though it continued in the top 15 best sellers for another 20 weeks. ''Franny and Zooey'' by J.D. Salinger started the year at the top of the list carrying over from 1961, where it entered the top spot on October 25. In all Salinger's book spent 25 continuous weeks in the top spot. The list was interrupted at the end of the year by the 1962–63 New York City newspaper strike which lasted 114 days and had a profound impact on the newspaper industry in New York. References {{DISPLAYTITLE:''The New York Times'' Fiction Best Sellers of 1962 1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Of The Just
''The Last of the Just'' is a post-war novel by André Schwarz-Bart originally published in French (as ''Le Dernier des justes'') in 1959. It was published in an English translation by Stephen Becker in 1960. It was Schwarz-Bart's first book and won the Prix Goncourt, France's highest literary prize. The author was the son of a Polish Jewish family murdered by the Nazis and he based the story on the massacre in York. The story follows the "Just Men" of the Levy family over eight centuries. Each Just Man is a Lamed Vav, one of the thirty-six righteous souls whose existence justifies the purpose of humankind to God. Each "bear the world's pains... beginning with the execution of an ancestor in 12th-century York, England... culminat ngin the story of a schoolboy, Ernie, the last... executed at Auschwitz." It has been described as an enduring classic that reminds "how easily torn is the precious fabric of civilization, and how destructive are the consequences of dumb hatred-wheth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Schwarz-Bart
André Schwarz-Bart (May 23, 1928, Metz, Moselle - September 30, 2006, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe) was a French novelist of Polish-Jewish origins. He was awarded the 1967 Jerusalem Prize. Biography Schwarz-Bart's parents moved to France in 1924, a few years before he was born. His first language was Yiddish and he learned to speak French on the street and in public school. In 1941 his parents were deported to Auschwitz. Soon after, Schwarz-Bart, still a young teen, joined the Resistance. It was his experiences as a Jew during the war that later prompted him to write his major work, chronicling Jewish history through the eyes of a wounded survivor. He spent his final years in Guadeloupe, with his wife, the novelist Simone Schwarz-Bart, whose parents were natives of the island. The two co-wrote the book ''Un plat de porc aux bananes vertes'' (1967). It is also suggested that his wife collaborated with him on ''A Woman Named Solitude''. The two were awarded the Prix Carbet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bear (educator)
John Bjorn Bear is an American businessman in the distance education industry. He is also a writer of creative reference works. Early life and education Bear attended Reed College in Oregon (class of 1959), and holds bachelor's and master's degrees from University of California, Berkeley (1959 and 1960, respectively) and a doctorate from Michigan State University (1966). Career He is the author of ''Bears' Guide to Earning Degrees by Distance Learning,'' whose 16th edition was published in 2006. He is also co-author of the first two editions (of five total) of the book now called ''Walston's Guide to Christian Distance Learning''. He has been engaged by the FBI in its investigations of diploma mills for some twenty years. In the past, Bear was involved with several unaccredited start-up distance learning institutions, including Columbia Pacific University, Fairfax University, and Greenwich University. He describes the nature of these affiliations in ''Bears' Guide to Earning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
