Bücher von Richard Wall

In sixth-century Constantinople, seat of the Eastern Roman Empire, fans of the centuries-old Blue and Green chariot racing teams are at the volatile apex of their post-race rioting. Gaius Galen Licinius, a former Green gang leader now building a respectable life, is extorted by an anonymous client to resurrect his street-fighting past as "Wilder" to marshal a new team of ruffians that can turn a fanatical mob against specific properties. As Constantinople slides into chaos, Gaius Galen gains depth navigating challenges and embracing responsibility in order to save his followers and his loved ones threatened by his client. He reacts deftly, even influencing some of the action and tumultuous events that turn the city's obsession with sports affiliation into outright revolt. Gaius takes readers into the heart of the action and its underlying causes. Blue Green's character-driven story also delves into social issues like religious conflict over the true nature of Christ as paganism wanes, sexual mores, slavery, and the third-gender world of the eunuch Chrysanthos, a pivotal figure in Gaius' life whom his father sent him to at age 10 intending his son to become a eunuch. The colorful cast supporting Gaius, a funny and observant hero, includes his steadfast slave and friend Tedius, his spirited girlfriend and reforming prostitute Messalina, mad monk Brother Zazo, jovial charioteer Scorpus, and loyal fighters Lukos, the Hun Atakam, Estrilda and Jacob the Jew.

Eleftheria - griechisch Freiheit oder als weiblicher Vorname die Freie: So nennt der oberösterreichische Schriftsteller und bildende Künstler Richard Wall seine jüngste Sammlung von Haiku und Renga, entstanden während und nach Wanderungendurch eine seiner Lieblingslandschaften, der Insel Kreta. Dass dabei keine Postkartenidyllen entstanden sind, verdankt sich dem wachen politischen Geist des Autors, der genau hinsieht, Veränderungen bei Land und Leuten wahrnimmt und mit sparsamstem Wortmaterial ein Maximum an Beobachtung und Reflexion erreicht. Dazu kommen Zeichnungen, die mit ihrem zarten Strich - ganz im Sinne der japanischen Malerdichter - viel Freiraum lassen für das Vervollständigen und Weiterdenken des Gesehenen. Nicht nur für Haiku-Liebhaber ein Lese- und Schaugenuss!mein gesicht, das binnicht ich, oben im karst, beimwacholder vielleichtin einer leeredie sich nährt von wind und licht:da leb ich vielleichtLYRIK

Richard Wall schreibt Literatur, in die das Spektrum menschlicher Erfahrung einfließt. Erlebtes, Gedanken und Beobachtungen führen immer wieder ins Historische, wie im Text über die Kriegsgefangenschaft seines Vaters in Mariupol, in der Reflexion über einige Briefe von Bruce Chatwin oder wie in seinen Aufzeichnungen über Wanderungen auf Kreta, in Marokko und der Mani.In essayistischen Porträts nähert er sich dem Leben und Werk von Künstlern und Außenseitern wie Herbert Achternbusch, Bohumil Hrabal, Alois Reiter und Jesse Thor. In seinen poetischen Betrachtungen ist Landschaft nicht nur Natur, sondern stets ein von Menschen geformter und geprägter Lebensraum.Richard Wall, schreibt Lyrik, Prosa und Texte zu Bildender Kunst. Buchveröffentlichungen u.a. über Klemens Brosch und Ludwig Wittgenstein. Zuletzt: Gehen. Prosa, Stadtlichter Presse, Wanzendorf bei Hamburg 2019; Streumond und Nebelfeuer. Gedichte, Löcker Verlag, Wien 2019; Am Äußersten. Irlands Westen, Wildleser Verlag, Erlangen 2020; Das Jahr der Ratte. Ein pandämonisches Diarium, Löcker Verlag, Wien 2021.

Is it possible to commit murder from beyond the grave?Sing Sing Prison, 1962. Joseph Hickey is executed for a series of gruesome murders. But what should be the end of the nightmare is only the beginning.John Henry thought that by quitting his job as prison chaplain he could start a new life, but instead he finds himself pulled back again and again as the murders continue.Can John Henry stop the endless cycle of torment and solve the mystery before it is too late? Near Death is the second chilling novel from Richard Wall, author of the acclaimed Amazon #1 bestseller, Fat Man Blues. With troubled heroes and a terrifyingly unstoppable villain clashing in authentic 1960s America, Near Death is a book you will not be able to put down.

A new recruit to the post office, finds himself working on Derby Station. What he finds there amazes him. He joins an array of weird and wonderful characters. Boozer and Gambler George responds to any criticism by saying - your not effing up my social life, claims that it is not his social life, it is his job fall on deaf ears.The Ghost Squad are often mentioned but never seen. A manager normally in charge is continually told to stop barking like a twat, get your fags out, and get those pissed up prats out of the pub.When George is arrested for drinking on duty he refuses to piss in the bottle or blow in the bag and the police beat a hasty retreat after being accused of postman prejudice.In the main office postmen are dying of overwork! And the "Sun" are investigating while calling the head postmaster - The butcher of Derby.A "Sun" back disguised as a postman, infiltrates a union meeting, is discovered stripped naked and thrown out into the street. He claims he was kidnapped by three beautiful women, robbed, raped and called a male chauvinist pig.The "Sun" loose interest in the head postmaster and concentrate instead on the indignities allegedly heaped on their reporter. Across the country police stations are besieged by legions of men claiming they have suffered similar ordeals. A battle involving post office management, the union, and British rail events rapidly progress from the strange to the down right bizarre.

The family forms of historic Europe have been fascinating in their variety. Their importance for the historical development of our continent would be difficult to exaggerate; for our relationship with the peoples of the other continents of the world as well. This book is an attempt to recover the different familial systems and compare them with one another. The studies range from Russia, Poland, Hungary and Austria to Scandinavia, Flanders and Britain. All the influences which have affected the character and composition of European households are taken into account. The analysis covers their function as productive work groups, in the procreation and bringing up of children, and in the support of the elderly, and their relationship with the wider society and its norms along with its political organization, central and local. Claims that inheritance customs and inheritance practice and the occupation of the household head exerted a powerful influence on the size and composition of households are subjected to rigorous and systematic investigation.