James T Farrell Books In Order

Studs Lonigan Books In Order

  1. Young Lonigan (1932)
  2. Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan (1934)
  3. Judgment Day (1935)

Danny O’Neill pentalogy Books In Order

  1. A World I Never Made (1936)
  2. No Star Is Lost (1938)
  3. Father and Son (1940)
  4. My Days of Anger (1943)
  5. The Face of Time (1953)

Novels

  1. Bernard Clare (1946)
  2. The Road Between (1949)
  3. This Man and This Woman (1951)
  4. My Baseball Diary (1957)
  5. The Silence of History (1963)
  6. What Time Collects (1964)
  7. When Time Was Born (1966)
  8. New Years Eve, 1929 (1967)
  9. Lonely for the Future (1969)
  10. Invisible Swords (1971)
  11. The Dunne Family (1976)
  12. Olive and Mary Anne (1977)
  13. Sam Holman (1994)
  14. Dreaming Baseball (2007)

Collections

  1. Judith (1973)
  2. Eight Short, Short Stories and Sketches (1981)

Non fiction

  1. A Note on Literary Criticism (1936)
  2. Hearing Out (1997)

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James T Farrell Books Overview

Young Lonigan

In American classic in the vein of John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, this first book of James T. Farrell’s powerful Studs Lonigan trilogy covers five months of the young hero’s life in 1916, when he is sixteen years old. In this relentlessly naturalistic yet richly complex portrait, Studs is carried along by his swaggering and shortsighted companions, his narrow family, and his educational and religious background toward a fate that he resists yet cannot escape.

A World I Never Made

A sprawling tale of two families’ struggles with harsh urban realities

The first book in Farrell’s five volume series to be republished by the University of Illinois Press, A World I Never Made introduces three generations from two families, the working class O’Neills and the lower middle class O’Flahertys. The lives of the O’Neills in particular reflect the tragic consequences of poverty, as young Danny O’Neill’s parents unable to sustain their large family send him to live with his grandmother. Seen here at the age of seven, Danny is fraught with feelings of anxiety and dislocation as he learns the ins and outs of life on the street, confronting for the first time a world he never made.

No Star Is Lost

The second novel in Farrell’s pentalogy picks up where A World I Never Made left off in the ongoing saga of the O’Neill and O’Flaherty families. Continuing on the theme of poverty’s effect on children, we return to scenes of Danny O’Neill’s life in Chicago, where the schism between his life in public and his private experiences at home begins to create in him a tension and bewilderment suggestive of the problems he will face in his future.

Father and Son

The third book in James T. Farrell’s five volume series to be republished by the University of Illinois Press, Father and Son follows Danny O Neill through his struggle into young adulthood among the O Flaherty and O Neill families. Full of bewilderment and anxiety, Danny experiences high school, the death of his father, and his first full time job at the Express Company that employed his father. Fraught with failed attempts to communicate with his father and peers, Danny is burdened by his family s constant economic and emotional demands.

My Days of Anger

The fourth novel in James T. Farrell’s pentalogy chronicles Danny O Neill s coming of age. Recording his reactions to initiation into college life at the University of Chicago and the imminent death of his grandmother, one of his primary caretakers, Danny realizes the value of time and gains confidence in his writing abilities. As he works on his first novel, he prepares to leave his family, his Catholicism, and his neighborhood in Chicago behind for a new life as a writer in New York.

The Face of Time

The final book in James T. Farrell’s five volume series on the O’Neill O’Flaherty families, The Face of Time chronicles the slow and painful decline of Danny O’Neill’s grandfather Tom and aunt Louise whose deaths haunt A World I Never Made. Featuring the family’s experience with emigration from Ireland, The Face of Time brings the series full circle by evoking feelings of bewilderment, shame, and fear as the O’Neills embark on a new life in Chicago in the late nineteenth century.

My Baseball Diary

First published in 1957, My Baseball Diary chronicles James T. Farrell’s enduring passion for the game, from his earliest baseball memory at the age of six through his reminiscences of his first World Series game in 1917 to his later meetings with and recollections of Hall of Famers Ray Schalk, Eddie Collins, Red Faber, Ty Cobb, and Gabby Hartnett. 20080923

Dreaming Baseball

A new novel from the author of the Studs Lonigan trilogyMuch like author James T. Farrell, Mickey Donovan the main character in Dreaming Baseball grew up on the South Side of Chicago dreaming of becoming a star for the White Sox. Donovan’s childhood dream came true in 1919 when he made the team. Despite the fact that he spent most of his rookie season on the bench, it was truly a magical year until the Black Sox scandal turned it into a nightmare. James T. Farrell dreamed of one day playing second base for his hometown Chicago White Sox, but, failing that, he became one of America’s great novelists. Farrell loved the game of baseball with the same passion he brought to the celebrated Studs Lonigan trilogy. In the 1950s Farrell signed an agreement with A. S. Barnes to write two baseball books. The first book published from this deal was My Baseball Diary, in 1957, still considered one of the very best fan books on baseball. The second baseball book was to be a novel about the infamous 1919 Black Sox scandal. Though several draft’s of the novel were written, it remained unpublished until now. Editors Ron Briley, Margaret Davidson, and James Barbour worked with the various manuscript drafts to see Farrell’s vision to print as Dreaming Baseball. Farrell’s Donovan speaks, feels, and dreams for all baseball fans in this wonderfully rich novel about our favorite American pastime.’The heart of Farrell’s baseball novel is the story of a young boy who dreams of playing one day for his hometown team and lives that dream, only to see it ruined by the social realities and personal failure that often shadow the dreamer. For Farrell, baseball is where youthful dreams begin, but it’s also a test of character when the dream come true becomes a nightmare. In Dreaming Baseball, we learn if a love of baseball is strong enough to survive the game’s darkest betrayal.’ from the Foreword by Eliot Asinof, author of Eight Men Out.

A Note on Literary Criticism

In this text, Farrell challenges the leading radical literary critics of the 1930s, such as Michael Gold and Granville Hicks, reconsidering issues including the relative autonomy of literature from society and economics; the role of tradition in literary creation; the relation of literature to propaganda; and the nature of aesthetic value.

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