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John Henry O'Hara (January 31, 1905 – April 11, 1970) was one of America's most prolific writers of short stories, credited with helping to invent The New Yorker magazine short story style. [1] He became a best-selling novelist before the age of 30 with Appointment in Samarra and BUtterfield 8.
In “No Mistakes” (1938)—an especially brilliant and brittle specimen from Selected Short Stories of John O’Hara—the author ingeniously illustrates the strains imposed by differing backgrounds on a happily married couple. The Catholic protagonist, called only McDonald, persuades his Protestant wife, Jean, to accompany him to the ...
John O’Hara (born Jan. 31, 1905, Pottsville, Pa., U.S.—died April 11, 1970, Princeton, N.J.) was an American novelist and short-story writer whose fiction stands as a social history of upwardly mobile Americans from the 1920s through the 1940s.
Aug 19, 2013 · Born in 1905 in Pennsylvania coal country, the son of a small-town doctor, John O’Hara leapt to prominence with his first novel, Appointment in Samarra (1934), about the downfall of a car...
Feb 20, 2024 · John O’Hara’s contribution as an American novelist is profound and enduring, shaping the landscape of American literature in the twentieth century. Through his keen observations of society and his masterful portrayal of human nature, O’Hara crafted a body of work that remains relevant and compelling to this day.
Dec 27, 2018 · John O’Hara, “Joey on the Cake Line”. “O’Hara understood better than any other American writer how class can both reveal and shape character, how profound the superficial can be, and how clothes can truly make the man.”.
Apr 20, 1970 · It is much like the homes of the wealthy, whose manners and mores John O’Hara chronicled over the past four decades with a keen ear and a sharp eye. There last week, O’Hara died of a heart ...
