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Joe Gould (writer) Joseph Ferdinand Gould (12 September 1889 – 18 August 1957) [1] was an American eccentric, also known as Professor Seagull. Often homeless, he claimed to be the author of the longest book ever written, An Oral History of the Contemporary World, also known as An Oral History of Our Time or Meo Tempore.
Sep 26, 2000 · The action takes place in New York City in the 1940s, Joe Gould died in 1957, and Joe Mitchell wrote the book “Joe Gould’s Secret” in 1964 to reveal the secret. I lived in New York in the 1940s and redd the book when it first came out. I found the book better than the movie, for the following reason:
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Dec 7, 1999 · Joe Gould's Secret. Paperback – December 7, 1999. by Joseph Mitchell (Author) 4.1 149 ratings. See all formats and editions. Joseph Mitchell was a legendary New Yorker writer and the author of the national bestseller Up in the Old Hotel, in which these two pieces appeared. What Joseph Mitchell wrote about, principally, was New York.
Jul 20, 2015 · “Joe Gould’s Secret” is a defense of invention. Mitchell took something that wasn’t beautiful, the sorry fate of a broken man, and made it beautiful—a fable about art.
Aug 17, 2007 · The relationship between Mitchell and Gould became the subject of a 2000 film, “Joe Gould’s Secret,” starring Stanley Tucci and Ian Holm. (In a review, Stephen Holden wrote that the movie “settles for being an atmospheric scenes-in-the-life biography of someone’s most unforgettable character.
"Joe Gould's Secret" is the true story of two men, one of whom would tell the other's story: famed The New Yorker writer Joseph Mitchell and New York bohemian Joe Gould. Signed in.
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Apr 7, 2000 · Filmmaker Stanley Tucci takes viewers into the poignant and sometimes humorous world of New York City in the 1940s. This is the true story of two men, one of whom would tell the other's story: famed "The New Yorker" writer Joseph Mitchell and New York bohemian Joe Gould. [USA Films]
