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The Black Swan (German: Die Betrogene: Erzählung) is a German novella written by Thomas Mann, first published in 1954. [1] A period work, it takes place in Düsseldorf , Germany, in the mid-1920s. Plot summary
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable is a 2007 book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, who is a former options trader. The book focuses on the extreme impact of rare and unpredictable outlier events—and the human tendency to find simplistic explanations for these events, retrospectively. Taleb calls this the Black Swan theory.
Black Swan is a 2010 American psychological horror film directed by Darren Aronofsky from a screenplay by Mark Heyman, John McLaughlin, and Andres Heinz, based on a story by Heinz. The film stars Natalie Portman in the lead role, with Vincent Cassel , Mila Kunis , Barbara Hershey , and Winona Ryder in supporting roles.
The case drew national attention, with some comparing Ashley Benefield to the protagonist of the 2010 film "Black Swan." Ex-ballerina convicted of killing husband gets 20 years in "Black Swan ...
The Black Swan (Sabatini novel), a 1932 pirate adventure novel by Rafael Sabatini; The Black Swan, a 1954 short book by Thomas Mann; The Black Swan, a 1975 novel by Rachel Cosgrove Payes; Black Swan, a 1987 novella by Christopher Hope; The Black Swan, a 1990 novel by Philippa Carr, the 16th book of her fiction series Daughters of England
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the author of best-selling book The Black Swan, correctly predicted the 2008 financial crash but said "gloomy" times ahead for the U.S. economy are far more easy to spot.
Related: 'Black Swan' Trial Verdict: Former Ballerina Ashley Benefield Guilty of Manslaughter in Death of Husband First-responders found Douglas on her bedroom floor, shot in the leg, with a ...
The case is known by the media as the "Black Swan murder", in reference of the 2010 film Black Swan, a story of a tortured artist whose quest for perfection leads to mental instability, [9] and since Ashley was a ballet dancer and former owner of a dance academy, that inspired the nickname.