Casablanca

Author : Edgar Brau
Publisher : MSU Press
ISBN 13 : 1628954272
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Casablanca and Other Stories written by Edgar Brau and published by MSU Press. This book was released on 2020-08-20 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edgar Brau, one of the most exciting South American writers to emerge in the past twenty years, debuts his first English-language collection with the publication of Casablanca and Other Stories. The fiction of Edgar Brau draws not only upon the rich literary heritage of his native Argentina but also upon the body of work that has now rightly been formed into a South American canon, embracing those such as Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriel García Marquez, and Isabelle Allende. He brings a unique perspective to his narratives—narratives forged in the political and social upheaval that has been modern South America. Employing a fantasy-like aspect that goes beyond magical realism, his work is reminiscent of Edgar Allan Poe in his use of atmosphere as an additional character. These short stories signal a new era, much as the publication of Jorge Luis Borges’ Labyrinths in 1962 heralded a coming-of-age for his generation. Translated by Donald A. Yates, Andrea Labinger, and Joanne M. Yates, this collection includes stories from two of Edgar Brau’s collections—El poema y otras historias and Tres cuentos—to bring to a fresh audience the very best new work of a major Argentinean author.

Author : Meredith Hindley
Publisher : PublicAffairs
ISBN 13 : 1610394062
Total Pages : 693 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Destination Casablanca written by Meredith Hindley and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 693 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This rollicking and panoramic history of Casablanca during the Second World War sheds light on the city as a key hub for European and American powers, and a place where spies, soldiers, and political agents exchanged secrets and vied for control. In November 1942, as a part of Operation Torch, 33,000 American soldiers sailed undetected across the Atlantic and stormed the beaches of French Morocco. Seventy-four hours later, the Americans controlled the country and one of the most valuable wartime ports: Casablanca. In the years preceding, Casablanca had evolved from an exotic travel destination to a key military target after France's surrender to Germany. Jewish refugees from Europe poured in, hoping to obtain visas and passage to the United States and beyond. Nazi agents and collaborators infiltrated the city in search of power and loyalty. The resistance was not far behind, as shopkeepers, celebrities, former French Foreign Legionnaires, and disgruntled bureaucrats formed a network of Allied spies. But once in American hands, Casablanca became a crucial logistical hub in the fight against Germany -- and the site of Roosevelt and Churchill's demand for "unconditional surrender." Rife with rogue soldiers, power grabs, and diplomatic intrigue, Destination Casablanca is the riveting and untold story of this glamorous city--memorialized in the classic film that was rush-released in 1942 to capitalize on the drama that was unfolding in North Africa at the heart of World War II.

Author : Noah Isenberg
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393243133
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book We'll Always Have Casablanca: The Legend and Afterlife of Hollywood's Most Beloved Film written by Noah Isenberg and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2017-02-14 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Los Angeles Times bestseller A New York Times Book Review “Editor’s Choice” Selection “Even the die-hardest Casablanca fan will find in this delightful book new ways to love the movie they were certain they could never love more.” —Sam Wasson, best-selling author of Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M. Casablanca is “not one movie,” Umberto Eco once quipped; “it is ‘movies.’” Film historian Noah Isenberg’s We’ll Always Have Casablanca offers a rich account of the film’s origins, the myths and realities behind its production, and the reasons it remains so revered today, over seventy-five years after its premiere.

Author : Harlan Lebo
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0671769812
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Casablanca: Behind the Scenes written by Harlan Lebo and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1992-10 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interviews, behind-the-scenes details, photographs, correspondences, and notes provide an overview of the production of the motion picture "Casablanca." Includes cast list, credits, and reviews.

Author : Frank Miller
Publisher : Virgin Books Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781852274115
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Casablanca written by Frank Miller and published by Virgin Books Limited. This book was released on 1992 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Casablanca is second only to Gone With the Wind as an enduring film classic, and everyone who has ever seen it agrees that the magic it generates is unique. With Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Sidney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre and Claude Rains starring, the film is a favourite of both film buffs and general viewers.

Author : Aljean Harmetz
Publisher : Hyperion Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Round Up the Usual Suspects written by Aljean Harmetz and published by Hyperion Books. This book was released on 1992-11-26 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inside look at the making of Casablanca offers fresh insights into and revelations about the people, the period, and the countless details that all had a hand in shaping the quintessential movie-lover's movie.

Author : Susan Ossman
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520914317
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Picturing Casablanca written by Susan Ossman and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-09-01 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Picturing Casablanca, Susan Ossman probes the shape and texture of mass images in Casablanca, from posters, films, and videotapes to elections, staged political spectacles, and changing rituals. In a fluid style that blends ethnographic narrative, cultural reportage, and the author's firsthand experiences, Ossman sketches a radically new vision of Casablanca as a place where social practices, traditions, and structures of power are in flux. Ossman guides the reader through the labyrinthine byways of the city, where state bureaucracy and state power, the media and its portrayal of the outside world, and people's everyday lives are all on view. She demonstrates how images not only reflect but inform and alter daily experience. In the Arab League Park, teenagers use fashion and flirting to attract potential mates, defying traditional rules of conduct. Wedding ceremonies are transformed by the ubiquitous video camera, which becomes the event's most important spectator. Political leaders are molded by the state's adept manipulation of visual media. From Madonna videos and the TV's transformation of social time, to changing gender roles and new ways of producing and disseminating information, the Morocco that Ossman reveals is a telling commentary on the consequences of colonial planning, the influence of modern media, and the rituals of power and representation enacted by the state.

Author : Jean-Louis Cohen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Casablanca written by Jean-Louis Cohen and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Casablanca is a city of international renown, not least because of its urban structures and features. Celebrated by colonial writers, filmed by Hollywood, magnet for Europeans and Moroccans, Casablanca is above all an exceptional collection of urban spaces, houses, and gardens. While it is true that Casablanca developed as a port city well before the introduction of the French in 1907, it unquestionably ranks among the most significant urban creations of the twentieth century, attracting remarkable teams of architects and planners. Their commissions came from clients who were interested in innovation and modernization, thereby fostering the emergence of Casablanca as a laboratory for legislative, technological, and visual experimentation. Having studied the city for ten years, Jean-Louis Cohen and Monique Eleb trace, from the late nineteenth century to the early 1960s, the rebirth of a once-forgotten port and its metamorphosis into a teeming metropolis that is an amalgam of Mediterranean culture from Tunisia, Algeria, Spain, and Italy. The extensive presentation of the significant buildings of this hybrid city -- where, alongside the French, Muslim and Jewish Moroccan patrons commissioned provocative buildings -- is drawn from French and Moroccan archives, including hundreds of previously unpublished photographs. Cohen and Eleb focus as much on Casablanca's diverse social fabric as its urban spaces, chronicling the clients, inhabitants, and inventive architects who comprise the human component of an essential yet overlooked episode of modernism.

Author : Antonio Tabucchi
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780811209854
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Letter from Casablanca written by Antonio Tabucchi and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 1986 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William A Hoisington, Jr.
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781469654621
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Casablanca Connection written by William A Hoisington, Jr. and published by . This book was released on 2019-04 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Casablanca Connection examines France's colonial policy in Morocco from the Popular Front to the end of the Vichy regime in North Africa, relating it to overall French imperial policy and placing it in a European and world context. At the center of this study is General Charles Nogues, resident general of Morocco from 1936 to 1943, who, during this period, provided the protectorate with purpose, authority, direction, and continuity. Nogues restored the precepts of colonial rule established in Morocco twenty-four years earlier by Marshal Hubert Lyautey, France's most illustrious soldier-administrator. Nogues's accomplishments made Morocco stronger for France than it had been in a decade. This "French peace," however, was disturbed by the Spanish Civil War and World War II, and Nogues's well-intentioned but misguided decisions during this time ended his career amidst charges of collaboration and anti-Allied sentiment. Nevertheless, William A. Hoisington Jr. argues, Nogues had interpreted Lyautey's lessons with talent and originality. Originally published in 1984. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.