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Appointment in Samarra ist der 1934 erschienene Erstlingsroman des amerikanischen Schriftstellers John O’Hara. Eine erste deutsche Übersetzung durch Karin von Schab erschien 1950 unter dem Titel Treffpunkt in Samara im Hamburger Krüger Verlag; 2007 brachte der Münchner Verlag C. H. Beck eine Neuübersetzung von Klaus Modick ...
I was astonished to see him in Bagdad, for I had an appointment with him tonight in Samarra. There is a brief Study Guide for this narrative. But you should not take it up until you have reread this little story a few times.
Appointment in Samarra, published in 1934, is the first novel by American writer John O'Hara (1905–1970). It concerns the self-destruction of the fictional character Julian English, a wealthy car dealer who was once a member of the social elite of Gibbsville (O'Hara's fictionalized version of Pottsville, Pennsylvania ).
In his short version of the Mesopotamian folk tale "Appointment in Samarra", W. Somerset Maugham etches a perfect tale of fatal destiny. In Baghdad, a merchant sends his servant...
The metaphor of "Having an appointment in Samarra", signifying death, is a literary reference to an ancient Babylonian myth recorded in the Babylonian Talmud and transcribed by W. Somerset Maugham, in which Death narrates a man's futile attempt to escape him by fleeing from Baghdad to Samarra.
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Appointment in Samarra ist der 1934 erschienene Erstlingsroman des amerikanischen Schriftstellers John O’Hara. Eine erste deutsche Übersetzung durch Karin von Schab erschien 1950 unter dem Titel Treffpunkt in Samara im Hamburger Krüger Verlag; 2007 brachte der Münchner Verlag C. H. Beck eine Neuübersetzung von Klaus Modick unter dem Titel ...
