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ISBN: 9788855638302
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : it
Pages : 200

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ISBN: 9788855636513
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Languages : it
Pages : 200

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Author: Mia Lecomte
Publisher: Essential Translations
ISBN: 9781550713718
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Most contemporary poets wear their cultural and artistic influences on their sleeve. Picking up a book in an English language bookstore, it is easy to see where the poet is coming from, either geographically, or culturally (ironic and formal; confessional and free etc). This may seem reductive until you read a book like the one you have in your hands. Put simply, Mia Lecomte is a quietly dazzling poet on her own terms. She is fed by multiple cultures, she is widely read, but her writing is unique and absolutely genuine. You won't have read anything like this.

Author: Maurizio Godorecci
Publisher: Legas / Gaetano Cipolla
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 92

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Author: Ann Beattie
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307790754
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289

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This is the story of a love-smitten Charles; his friend Sam, the Phi Beta Kappa and former coat salesman; and Charles' mother, who spends a lot of time in the bathtub feeling depressed.

Author: Joseph Conrad
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 228

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Author: Giuseppe Pitrè
Publisher:
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Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 372

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Author: Adrian Tomine
Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly
ISBN: 1770464298
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 127

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Killing and Dying is a stunning showcase of the possibilities of the graphic novel medium and a wry exploration of loss, creative ambition, identity, and family dynamics. With this work, Adrian Tomine (Shortcomings, Scenes from an Impending Marriage) reaffirms his place not only as one of the most significant creators of contemporary comics but as one of the great voices of modern American literature. His gift for capturing emotion and intellect resonates here: the weight of love and its absence, the pride and disappointment of family, the anxiety and hopefulness of being alive in the twenty-first century. "Amber Sweet" shows the disastrous impact of mistaken identity in a hyper-connected world; "A Brief History of the Art Form Known as Hortisculpture" details the invention and destruction of a vital new art form in short comic strips; "Translated, from the Japanese" is a lush, full-color display of storytelling through still images; the title story, "Killing and Dying", centers on parenthood, mortality, and stand-up comedy. In six interconnected, darkly funny stories, Tomine forms a quietly moving portrait of contemporary life. Tomine is a master of the small gesture, equally deft at signaling emotion via a subtle change of expression or writ large across landscapes illustrated in full color. Killing and Dying is a fraught, realist masterpiece.

Author: Johnna Adams
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
ISBN: 0822229676
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 50

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Over the course of a parent/teacher conference, a grieving mother and an emotionally overwhelmed primary school teacher have a fraught conversation about the tragic suicide of the mother's son, Gidion. Gidion may have been bullied severely—or he may have been an abuser. As his story is slowly uncovered, the women try to reconstruct a satisfying explanation for Gidion's act and come to terms with excruciating feelings of culpability.

Author: Paolo Santangelo
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004123601
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 632

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A pionering inquiry on the role, perception and representation of emotional sphere in traditional Chinese culture provides a fascinating contribution on a key anthropological problem, in order to understand not only pre-modern private history, but also contemporary Chinese society. The importance of this work goes beyond Chinese studies.