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1956.




A TREE GROES IN BROOKLYN
by
Betty Smith

Prevela s engleskog:
Miica Simeonović

Dva osnovna stuba na kojima se zasniva vrednost ovog romana, i koji mu daju trajnu i optečovečansku vrednost, jeste realizam i humanost, kojima je delo, od prve do poslednje stranice, natopljeno. Po tematici, delo je realističko izborom svakodnevnih, običnih tema - ključnih nota i akorda simfonije života. Unutrašnja svetlost kojom je ozaren život porodice kelnera-pevača Džona Nolana, ne dolazi od nekog nameštenog, idealističkog reflektora kojim bi sam pisac hteo veštački da unese svetlo u sirotinjski dom velegradskih zabačenih najamnih kućerina, već emanira iz plemenitog i nesebičnog stava prema životu male Fransi Nolan i njene majke Keti.


Betty Smith (born Elisabeth Lillian Wehner; December 15, 1896 – January 17, 1972) was an American author. She is best known for her 1943 bestselling book A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.

Betty Smith
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Born
Elisabeth Lillian Wehner
December 15, 1896
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died
January 17, 1972 (aged 75)
Shelton, Connecticut, United States
Occupation
Writer
Education
University of Michigan
Notable works
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Betty Smith c. 1943
Early years

Theater and playwriting

Novelist Edit

In the late 1930s, Smith began to shift her attention from play writing to attempting a novel. Encouraged by her longtime friend, playwright Bob Finch, as well as her writing group, she turned her eye toward a milieu she was familiar: the tenements and streets of Brooklyn. In total, Smith wrote four published novels during her lifetime, three of which take Brooklyn as a setting. Her first novel, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, was published in 1943. The book became an immediate bestseller and catapulted Smith to fame. Four years later, in 1947, the novel Tomorrow Will Be Better appeared. It would be another 11 years before Maggie-Now, her third book, was published in 1958. Smith`s fourth and final novel, Joy in the Morning appeared in 1963.

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Edit
While living and working in Chapel Hill, Smith produced a novel with the working title of They Lived in Brooklyn. The work was rejected by several publishers before Harper and Brothers showed an interest in 1942. Working with Harper editors Smith substantially revised the novel, trimming characters, dialogue, and scenes, while selectively adding others. Finally, the book was accepted for publication and was released in 1943 with the title, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Smith later acknowledged the novel and its heroine Francie Nolan were largely based on her own life and experiences.[16] The novel is often categorized under the Bildungsroman literary genre.

In 1945, a film adaptation, directed by Elia Kazan, was released. In 1974, a second film adaptation was released. In the early 1950s, Smith teamed with George Abbott to write the book for the 1951 musical adaptation of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.

Tomorrow Will Be Better Edit
In 1947, Smith`s second book Tomorrow Will Be Better was published. Set in the tenements of 1920s Brooklyn, the novel presents a realistic portrayal of young adults who seek a brighter future. Published just four years after A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, the second book naturally drew critical comparisons to the first because both novels dealt with family life in Brooklyn and the struggle with poverty. Margy Shannon, the central character in `Tomorrow,` is from a poor family with a dominant mother. She meets and is courted by Frankie, a fellow Brooklynite, also contending with poverty. They strive to improve their lot, attempting to overcome the many personal and financial obstacles in their way.

Tomorrow was published to mixed reviews. It received a positive notice in The New York Times, which noted the work is noticeably different in spirit from Smith`s first book and praised Smith`s writing style as `remarkable for its unpretentiousness—an easy, tidy, direct kind of prose which calls no attention to itself.`[17] Other reviews, however, were less warm, often judging the novel as `gloomy.`

Maggie-Now Edit
Maggie-Now was published in 1958.

Joy in the Morning Edit
Joy in the Morning, Smith`s fourth, and last, novel appeared in 1963. The novel was adapted into the 1965 film of the same name.

Personal life

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