Resultados para "Old Bugs" en Literatura y ficción

"Old Bugs" is a short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, probably written shortly before July 1919. It was first published in the Arkham House book The Shuttered Room and Other Pieces (1959).

With the onset of Prohibition, the Sheehan Billiard Room in Chicago became a sordid haunt for hard drinkers. A certain Old Bugs, a mature man corroded by vices but capable of showing, at long intervals, the typical sensitivity of educated people works as a kitchen cleaner. When the young Alfred Trever, initiated by his friend Pete Schultz on the way of drinking, arrives at the Sheehan's tavern, Old Bugs will try to convince him not to make the same mistake as he did.

Old Bugs ist eine parodistische Kurzgeschichte von H. P. Lovecraft, die erstmals 1959 veröffentlicht worden ist. Sie handelt von einem mysteriösen Säufer namens Old Bugs. Im Mittelpunkt der Erzählung steht ein Säufer namens "Old Bugs" im Jahr 1950, der in einer Kneipe Chicagos als Putzkraft arbeitet. Wer er wirklich ist und was er in seinem früheren Leben gewesen war, weiß man nicht. Aus seinem alten Leben hat er nur noch das Foto einer edel aussehenden Frau, über die er jedoch nicht reden möchte.

"Old Bugs" is a short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, probably written shortly before July 1919. It was first published in the Arkham House book The Shuttered Room and Other Pieces (1959) With the onset of Prohibition, the Sheehan Billiard Room in Chicago became a sordid haunt for hard drinkers. A certain Old Bugs, a mature man corroded by vices but capable of showing, at long intervals, the typical sensitivity of educated people works as a kitchen cleaner.

With the onset of Prohibition, the Sheehan Billiard Room in Chicago became a sordid haunt for hard drinkers. A certain Old Bugs, a mature man corroded by vices but capable of showing, at long intervals, the typical sensitivity of educated people works as a kitchen cleaner. When the young Alfred Trever, initiated by his friend Pete Schultz on the way of drinking, arrives at the Sheehan's tavern, Old Bugs will try to convince him not to make the same mistake as he did.