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- Data di uscita: 14-11-2016
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Fairy tale retellings are one of my 'things,' so I had to pick this up when I came across it on the library shelf. I haven't read anything else by this Pulitzer Prize-winning author, so I can't compare this to his other writings. The stories collected here are very consistent in 'feel' throughout. Ea Leggi tutto
Έχω που λέτε μια αδυναμία. Δεν ξέρω πότε το κατάλαβα πρώτη φορά, ούτε πως μου συνέβη. Δεν έχω κάνει κάτι ιδιαίτερο για να θρέψω αυτή μου την αδυναμία, είναι η αλήθεια. Δεν ασχολούμαι ιδιαίτερα με αυτήν, απλά υπάρχει στο πίσω μέρος του μυαλού μου. Αλλά μου αρέσει να μαθαίνω για βιβλία που αφορούν την Leggi tutto
“Lentamente il principe si volta offrendole un sorriso lascivo e bestiale; un sorriso predatore e famelico. Nonostante l’avvenenza, qualcosa nel suo volto non quadra. Gli occhi restano selvatici. La bocca sembra ancora adatta a squarciare la gola di un cervo. Potrebbe quasi essere il fratello più Leggi tutto
This is one of the most enjoyable collection of short stories I've read since Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories . If anything, the characters here where written with more impact and depth. Carter is a master at ambiance, but Cunningham mastered character creation in short form here Leggi tutto
Michael Cunningham is the author of The Hours , a book inspired by Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway which won him the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, and was later adapted into a successful movie. I have never read the book nor seen the film, though I really enjoyed the musical score by Philip Glass, which Leggi tutto
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