Hazzard, Shirley 1931-2016
Overview
| Works: | 112 works in 579 publications in 9 languages and 16,762 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Fiction Psychological fiction Historical fiction Biographies History Short stories Romance fiction Essays War fiction Domestic fiction |
| Roles: | Author, Translator, Creator, Author of introduction, Correspondent |
| Classifications: | PR9619.3.H369, 823.914 |
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Most widely held works about
Shirley Hazzard
- Greene on Capri : a memoir by Shirley Hazzard( Book )
- Shirley Hazzard : new critical essays( )
- Michelle de Kretser on Shirley Hazzard : writers on writers by Michelle De Kretser( )
- Shirley Hazzard : literary expatriate and cosmopolitan humanist by Brigitta Olubas( Book )
- On Shirley Hazzard by Michelle De Kretser( Book )
- Contemporary literary criticism. Volume 218 by Jeffrey W Hunter( )
- The transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard( Book )
- Literary lives : the world of Francis Steegmuller & Shirley Hazzard by New York Society Library( Book )
- Through the looking glass : terrestrial and psychological oppositions in the expatriate condition in Shirley Hazzard's The transit of Venus by Karen Brooks( Book )
- Romantic ideas in the fiction of Shirley Hazzard by Dennis Howard Danvers( Book )
- The restoration of humanism : Shirley Hazzard's fiction by Denise Faithfull Domingo( )
- "Movement of meaning" : the novels of Shirley Hazzard by Sara Brigitta Olubas( )
- The transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard : notes by Betty Moore( Book )
- The great fire by Shirley Hazzard : notes by Gillian Bouras( Book )
- Three contemporary women novelists Hazzard, Ozick, and Redmon( Book )
- Interview with Shirley Hazzard, writer by Shirley Hazzard( Recording )
- The golden thread : the search for love and truth in Shirley Hazzard's writings by Kathleen M Twidale( Book )
- Conversation with Shirley Hazzard by Shirley Hazzard( Recording )
- Odysseus unbound and Penelope unstable : contemporary Australian expatriate women writers by Karen Brooks( )
- Letter, New York, N.Y. to John Beston by Shirley Hazzard( )
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Most widely held works by
Shirley Hazzard
The great fire by
Shirley Hazzard(
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85 editions published between 2003 and 2019 in 10 languages and held by 2,847 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In war-torn Asia and stricken Europe, men and women, still young but veterans of harsh experience, must reinvent their lives and expectations, and learn, from their past, to dream again. Some will fulfill their destinies, others will falter. At the center of the story, a brave and brilliant soldier find that survival and worldly achievement are not enough. His counterpart, a young girl living in occupied Japan and tending her dying brother, falls in love, and in the process discovers herself
85 editions published between 2003 and 2019 in 10 languages and held by 2,847 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In war-torn Asia and stricken Europe, men and women, still young but veterans of harsh experience, must reinvent their lives and expectations, and learn, from their past, to dream again. Some will fulfill their destinies, others will falter. At the center of the story, a brave and brilliant soldier find that survival and worldly achievement are not enough. His counterpart, a young girl living in occupied Japan and tending her dying brother, falls in love, and in the process discovers herself
The transit of Venus by
Shirley Hazzard(
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81 editions published between 1980 and 2021 in 5 languages and held by 2,143 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Follows the story of two beautiful orphaned sisters newly arrived in England from Australia
81 editions published between 1980 and 2021 in 5 languages and held by 2,143 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Follows the story of two beautiful orphaned sisters newly arrived in England from Australia
The ancient shore : dispatches from Naples by
Shirley Hazzard(
)
12 editions published between 2008 and 2009 in English and held by 1,792 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Born in Australia, Shirley Hazzard first moved to Naples as a young woman in the 1950s to take up a job with the United Nations. It was the beginning of a long love affair. Battered by World War II, Naples would remain for decades one of the most violent and impoverished places in Italy, but in its passion, vivacity, and beauty, the city still justified the loving words written about it by Goethe, Byron, and others over the centuries. Here are the best of Hazzard's writings on Naples, along with a New Yorker essay by her late husband, Francis Steegmuller. For the pair, the Naples of Pliny, Gibbon, and Auden is constantly alive to them: "The ghosts of this region are too many, and too vital, to sadden us," Hazzard writes. "Rather, they create a company, ironic and benign, to which we ourselves may ultimately hope to belong."--Publisher description
12 editions published between 2008 and 2009 in English and held by 1,792 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Born in Australia, Shirley Hazzard first moved to Naples as a young woman in the 1950s to take up a job with the United Nations. It was the beginning of a long love affair. Battered by World War II, Naples would remain for decades one of the most violent and impoverished places in Italy, but in its passion, vivacity, and beauty, the city still justified the loving words written about it by Goethe, Byron, and others over the centuries. Here are the best of Hazzard's writings on Naples, along with a New Yorker essay by her late husband, Francis Steegmuller. For the pair, the Naples of Pliny, Gibbon, and Auden is constantly alive to them: "The ghosts of this region are too many, and too vital, to sadden us," Hazzard writes. "Rather, they create a company, ironic and benign, to which we ourselves may ultimately hope to belong."--Publisher description
We need silence to find out what we think : selected essays by
Shirley Hazzard(
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13 editions published between 2016 and 2018 in English and held by 1,340 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Spanning the 1960s to the 2000s, these nonfiction writings showcase Shirley Hazzard's extensive thinking on global politics, international relations, the history and fraught present of Western literary culture, and postwar life in Europe and Asia. They add essential clarity to the themes that dominate her award-winning fiction and expand the intellectual registers in which her writings work. Hazzard writes about her employment at the United Nations and the institution's manifold failings. She shares her personal experience with the aftermath of the HIroshima atomic bombing and the nature of life in late-1940s Hong Kong. She speaks to the decline of the hero as a public figure in Western literature and affirms the ongoing power of fiction to console, inspire, and direct human life, despite - or maybe because of - the world's disheartening realities. Cementing Hazzard's place as one of the twentieth century's sharpest and most versatile thinkers, this collection also encapsulates for readers the critical events defining postwar letters, thought, and politcs. -- from dust jacket
13 editions published between 2016 and 2018 in English and held by 1,340 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Spanning the 1960s to the 2000s, these nonfiction writings showcase Shirley Hazzard's extensive thinking on global politics, international relations, the history and fraught present of Western literary culture, and postwar life in Europe and Asia. They add essential clarity to the themes that dominate her award-winning fiction and expand the intellectual registers in which her writings work. Hazzard writes about her employment at the United Nations and the institution's manifold failings. She shares her personal experience with the aftermath of the HIroshima atomic bombing and the nature of life in late-1940s Hong Kong. She speaks to the decline of the hero as a public figure in Western literature and affirms the ongoing power of fiction to console, inspire, and direct human life, despite - or maybe because of - the world's disheartening realities. Cementing Hazzard's place as one of the twentieth century's sharpest and most versatile thinkers, this collection also encapsulates for readers the critical events defining postwar letters, thought, and politcs. -- from dust jacket
The bay of noon; a novel by
Shirley Hazzard(
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58 editions published between 1960 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 1,167 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A young Englishwoman working in Naples, Jenny comes to Italy fleeing a history that threatened to undo her. Alone in the fabulously ruined city, she idly follows up a letter of introduction from an acquaintance and so changes her life forever. Through the letter, she meets Giocanda, a beautiful and gifted writer, and Gianni, a famous Roman film director and Giocanda's lover. At work she encounters Justin, a Scotsman whose inscrutability Jenny finds mysteriously attractive. As she becomes increasingly involved in the lives of these three, she discovers that the past--and the patterns of a lifetime--are not easily discarded. -- Amazon.com
58 editions published between 1960 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 1,167 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A young Englishwoman working in Naples, Jenny comes to Italy fleeing a history that threatened to undo her. Alone in the fabulously ruined city, she idly follows up a letter of introduction from an acquaintance and so changes her life forever. Through the letter, she meets Giocanda, a beautiful and gifted writer, and Gianni, a famous Roman film director and Giocanda's lover. At work she encounters Justin, a Scotsman whose inscrutability Jenny finds mysteriously attractive. As she becomes increasingly involved in the lives of these three, she discovers that the past--and the patterns of a lifetime--are not easily discarded. -- Amazon.com
Short story theories by
Charles E May(
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1 edition published in 1976 in English and held by 1,021 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of essays by twenty short-story writers and critics, ranging from Poe to Gordimer, offers theoretical analyses of and approaches to the short story, considered as a distinct and significant genre
1 edition published in 1976 in English and held by 1,021 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of essays by twenty short-story writers and critics, ranging from Poe to Gordimer, offers theoretical analyses of and approaches to the short story, considered as a distinct and significant genre
The great fire by
Shirley Hazzard(
)
25 editions published between 2003 and 2014 in English and held by 943 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In war-torn Asia and stricken Europe, men and women, still young but veterans of harsh experience, must reinvent their lives and expectations, and learn, from their past, to dream again. Some will fulfill their destinies, others will falter. At the center of the story, a brave and brilliant soldier find that survival and worldly achievement are not enough. His counterpart, a young girl living in occupied Japan and tending her dying brother, falls in love, and in the process discovers herself
25 editions published between 2003 and 2014 in English and held by 943 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In war-torn Asia and stricken Europe, men and women, still young but veterans of harsh experience, must reinvent their lives and expectations, and learn, from their past, to dream again. Some will fulfill their destinies, others will falter. At the center of the story, a brave and brilliant soldier find that survival and worldly achievement are not enough. His counterpart, a young girl living in occupied Japan and tending her dying brother, falls in love, and in the process discovers herself
The evening of the holiday by
Shirley Hazzard(
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32 editions published between 1960 and 2006 in 4 languages and held by 883 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
During a summer holiday in Italy, a reluctant English woman experiences a love affair with a married man
32 editions published between 1960 and 2006 in 4 languages and held by 883 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
During a summer holiday in Italy, a reluctant English woman experiences a love affair with a married man
Defeat of an ideal; a study of the self-destruction of the United Nations by
Shirley Hazzard(
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24 editions published in 1973 in English and held by 795 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A history of the United Nations Organization centered on the increasingly paralyzed, the hitherto unapprised, international secretariat. -- Amazon.com
24 editions published in 1973 in English and held by 795 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A history of the United Nations Organization centered on the increasingly paralyzed, the hitherto unapprised, international secretariat. -- Amazon.com
Countenance of truth : the United Nations and the Waldheim case by
Shirley Hazzard(
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12 editions published between 1990 and 1991 in English and held by 728 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
12 editions published between 1990 and 1991 in English and held by 728 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
People in glass houses : portraits from organization life by
Shirley Hazzard(
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32 editions published between 1967 and 2006 in 3 languages and held by 681 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Only those who keep their wit and affections about them will survive the mass conditioning of the Organization, where confusion solemnly rules and conformity is king. As in our world itself, humanity prevails in the courage, love, and laughter of singular spirits--of men and women for whom life is an adventure no Organization can quell, and whose souls remain their own
32 editions published between 1967 and 2006 in 3 languages and held by 681 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Only those who keep their wit and affections about them will survive the mass conditioning of the Organization, where confusion solemnly rules and conformity is king. As in our world itself, humanity prevails in the courage, love, and laughter of singular spirits--of men and women for whom life is an adventure no Organization can quell, and whose souls remain their own
Cliffs of fall, and other stories by
Shirley Hazzard(
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19 editions published between 1963 and 2011 in English and held by 499 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
From the author of The Great Fire, a collection of stories about love and acceptance, expectations and disappointment Shirley Hazzard's stories are sharp, sensitive portrayals of moments of crisis. Whether they are set in the Italian countryside or suburban Connecticut, the stories deal with real people and real problems. In the title piece, a young widow is surprised and ashamed by her lack of grief for her husband. In "A Place in the Country," a young woman has a passionate, guilty affair with her cousin's husband. In "Harold," a gawky, lonely young man finds acceptance and respect through his poetry. Moving and evocative, these ten stories are written with subtlety, humor, and a keen understanding of the relationships between men and women
19 editions published between 1963 and 2011 in English and held by 499 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
From the author of The Great Fire, a collection of stories about love and acceptance, expectations and disappointment Shirley Hazzard's stories are sharp, sensitive portrayals of moments of crisis. Whether they are set in the Italian countryside or suburban Connecticut, the stories deal with real people and real problems. In the title piece, a young widow is surprised and ashamed by her lack of grief for her husband. In "A Place in the Country," a young woman has a passionate, guilty affair with her cousin's husband. In "Harold," a gawky, lonely young man finds acceptance and respect through his poetry. Moving and evocative, these ten stories are written with subtlety, humor, and a keen understanding of the relationships between men and women
Collected stories by
Shirley Hazzard(
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3 editions published in 2020 in English and held by 156 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Including twenty-eight works of short fiction in all, Shirley Hazzard's Collected Stories is a work of staggering breadth and talent. Taken together, Hazzard's short stories are masterworks in telescoping focus, "at once surgical and symphonic" (The New Yorker), ranging from quotidian struggles between beauty and pragmatism to satirical sendups of international bureaucracy, from the Italian countryside to suburban Connecticut."--Provided by publisher
3 editions published in 2020 in English and held by 156 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Including twenty-eight works of short fiction in all, Shirley Hazzard's Collected Stories is a work of staggering breadth and talent. Taken together, Hazzard's short stories are masterworks in telescoping focus, "at once surgical and symphonic" (The New Yorker), ranging from quotidian struggles between beauty and pragmatism to satirical sendups of international bureaucracy, from the Italian countryside to suburban Connecticut."--Provided by publisher
Cliffs of fall by
Shirley Hazzard(
Book
)
16 editions published between 1963 and 2007 in English and held by 92 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Whether set in the Italian countryside or suburban Connecticut, these short stories are sharp, sensitive portrayals of moments in crisis. In the title piece, a young widow is surprised and ashamed by her lack of grief for her husband. In 'Harold", a gawky, lonely young man finds acceptance and respect through his poetry
16 editions published between 1963 and 2007 in English and held by 92 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Whether set in the Italian countryside or suburban Connecticut, these short stories are sharp, sensitive portrayals of moments in crisis. In the title piece, a young widow is surprised and ashamed by her lack of grief for her husband. In 'Harold", a gawky, lonely young man finds acceptance and respect through his poetry
City of secrets : photographs of Naples by
Jed Fielding(
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2 editions published in 1997 in English and held by 90 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 1997 in English and held by 90 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Coming of age in Australia by
Shirley Hazzard(
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4 editions published between 1984 and 1987 in English and Undetermined and held by 68 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Shirley Hazzard compares the relative cultural ignorance of Australia in the 1940's, with the modern worldwide search for identity. In her introduction she states: " ... These talks are an appeal to Australia to consider and value the entire context of civilized human endeavour, so that their own rich patrimony may take its place there, and ripen, and fulfil its destiny."
4 editions published between 1984 and 1987 in English and Undetermined and held by 68 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Shirley Hazzard compares the relative cultural ignorance of Australia in the 1940's, with the modern worldwide search for identity. In her introduction she states: " ... These talks are an appeal to Australia to consider and value the entire context of civilized human endeavour, so that their own rich patrimony may take its place there, and ripen, and fulfil its destiny."
Greene on Capri : a memoir by
Shirley Hazzard(
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23 editions published between 2000 and 2006 in 5 languages and held by 57 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"For millennia the cliffs of Capri have sheltered pleasure seekers and refugees alike, among them the emperors Augustus and Tiberius, Henry James, Rilke, Lenin, and hosts of artists, eccentrics, and outcasts. Here in the 1960s Graham Greene got to know Shirley Hazzard and her husband, the writer Francis Steegmuller; their friendship lasted until Greene's death in 1991. In Greene on Capri, Hazzard uses their ever-volatile intimacy as a prism through which to illuminate Greene's mercurial character, his work and talk, and the literary culture that long thrived on this ravishing island."--Jacket
23 editions published between 2000 and 2006 in 5 languages and held by 57 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"For millennia the cliffs of Capri have sheltered pleasure seekers and refugees alike, among them the emperors Augustus and Tiberius, Henry James, Rilke, Lenin, and hosts of artists, eccentrics, and outcasts. Here in the 1960s Graham Greene got to know Shirley Hazzard and her husband, the writer Francis Steegmuller; their friendship lasted until Greene's death in 1991. In Greene on Capri, Hazzard uses their ever-volatile intimacy as a prism through which to illuminate Greene's mercurial character, his work and talk, and the literary culture that long thrived on this ravishing island."--Jacket
The collected stories of Shirley Hazzard by
Shirley Hazzard(
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2 editions published between 2020 and 2021 in English and held by 42 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published between 2020 and 2021 in English and held by 42 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Die Maske der Wahrheit zur Ohnmacht der Vereinten Nationen by
Shirley Hazzard(
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1 edition published in 1991 in German and held by 33 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1991 in German and held by 33 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The transit of venus by
Shirley Hazzard(
Recording
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8 editions published between 1983 and 2010 in English and held by 17 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Caroline and Grace Bell, two beautiful orphan sisters eager to begin their lives in a new land, journey to England from Australia. What happens to these young women - seduction and abandonment, marriage and widowhood, love and betrayal - becomes as moving and wonderful and yet as predestined as the transits of the planets themselves. The Transit of Venus is a story of place: Sydney, London, New York, Stockholm; of time: from the fifties to the eighties; and above all, of women and men in their passage through the displacements and absurdities of modern life
8 editions published between 1983 and 2010 in English and held by 17 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Caroline and Grace Bell, two beautiful orphan sisters eager to begin their lives in a new land, journey to England from Australia. What happens to these young women - seduction and abandonment, marriage and widowhood, love and betrayal - becomes as moving and wonderful and yet as predestined as the transits of the planets themselves. The Transit of Venus is a story of place: Sydney, London, New York, Stockholm; of time: from the fifties to the eighties; and above all, of women and men in their passage through the displacements and absurdities of modern life
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American fiction Australia Australian fiction Australians British China--Hong Kong Civilization Employees England English fiction Essays Fiction--Authorship Fielding, Jed, Friendship Great Britain Greene, Graham, Hazzard, Shirley, Homes Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Intellectual life International agencies Interpersonal relations Italy Italy--Capri Island Italy--Naples Japan Manners and customs Man-woman relationships Novelists, English Novelists, English--Homes and haunts Organizational behavior Photography, Artistic Portrait photography Psychological fiction Psychological fiction, Japanese Reconstruction (1939-1951) Romance fiction Short stories Short stories, Australian Short story Sisters Social aspects Steegmuller, Francis, Travel United Nations United Nations.--Secretary-General United States Waldheim, Kurt Women authors, Australian Young women
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Hazzard Shirley
Hazzard, Shirley, 1931-
Shirley Hazzard Amerikaans romanschrijfster
Shirley Hazzard australialais-yhdysvaltalainen kirjailija
Shirley Hazzard ausztrál-amerikai író
Shirley Hazzard romancière australienne
Shirley Hazzard scrittrice australiana
Steegmuller, Shirley 1931-
Steegmuller, Shirley 1931-2016
הזרד, שירלי 1931-
شيرلى هازرد
شيرلي هازرد
शर्ली हाज़र्ड
シャーリー・ハザード
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English
(432)
German (19)
Italian (14)
French (12)
Spanish (5)
Dutch (3)
Chinese (2)
Portuguese (1)
Greek, Modern (1)
German (19)
Italian (14)
French (12)
Spanish (5)
Dutch (3)
Chinese (2)
Portuguese (1)
Greek, Modern (1)