Michael Cunningham Libri

Solo la letteratura può restituire un senso alle nostre vite confuse e sghembe. Anzi, la letteratura è il solo specchio dentro cui la vita, riflettendosi, giunge per un momento a dire se stessa. È l'idea centrale di questo romanzo. Tre donne lo abitano. La prima è una donna famosa, una scrittrice famosa: Virginia Woolf, ritratta a un passo dal suicidio, nel 1941, e poi, a ritroso nel tempo, mentre gioca col dèmone della sua scrittura. Le altre due sono donne che abitano luoghi e tempi diversi. Clarissa Vaughan, un editor newyorkese di oggi e Laura Brown, una casalinga californiana dell'immediato dopoguerra.

Peter e Rebecca Harris: due quarantenni, nati e cresciuti a New York, al culmine delle loro carriere: gallerista lui, editor lei. Ricchi, con una figlia universitaria a Boston, pieni di amici, sono ammirati e invidiati da tutti: sembrano felici. Un giorno, però, va a trovarli il fratello di Rebecca, molto più giovane di lei: Ethan (detto in famiglia Mizzy, “l’errore”). Il ragazzo è un bellissimo ventitreenne, con una storia di droga alle spalle, in cerca di una strada. Accanto a lui, Peter inizia a interrogarsi sull’arte, gli artisti, il lavoro, il successo – il suo mondo, insomma, che tanto faticosamente si è costruito – e, mentre la confusione aumenta, inizia anche a sentirsi sempre più attratto da lui. L’autore di “Le ore” torna con un romanzo che è un viaggio nei bisogni e nei desideri più profondi dell’uomo: qual è il posto dell’amore nelle nostre vite? e la Bellezza quanto può contare nella nostra esistenza?

Jonathan e Bobby: sono amici inseparabili e poi confidenti e amanti nel corso di un’appassionata e difficile adolescenza a Cleveland, Ohio. La vita, la maturità e il capriccio del destino li separano, per poi farli incontrare a New York solo anni più tardi. Jonathan ora vive con una donna, Clare, la sua amica più cara, la sua compagna più vera. Bobby si trasferisce a casa dei due e, quando comincia una relazione con la ragazza, gli equilibri sentimentali e psicologici dei tre ne vengono lentamente ma inesorabilmente sconvolti. Romando d’esordio dell’autore di Le ore e Carne e sangue, Una casa alla fine del mondo racconta le incertezze dell’amore e la ricerca di un nuovo equilibrio in un mondo che si sforza di non crollare sotto il peso delle convezioni che si sfaldano. Romantico, ribelle, spregiudicato, è stato pubblicato in sedici paesi, e ha fatto conoscere al mondo il talento letterario di Michael Cunningham

From Michael Cunningham, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours, comes the acclaimed novel of two boyhood friends A Home at the End of the World, now a feature film starring Colin Farrell and Dallas Roberts Jonathan. There's Jonathan, lonely, introspective, and unsure of himself; and Bobby, hip, dark, and inarticulate. In New York after college, Bobby moves in with Jonathan and his roommate, Clare, a veteran of the city's erotic wars. Bobby and Clare fall in love, scuttling the plans of Jonathan, who is gay, to father Clare's child. Then, when Clare and Bobby have a baby, the three move to a small house upstate to raise "their" child together and, with an odd friend, Alice, create a new kind of family. A Home at the End of the World masterfully depicts the charged, fragile relationships of urban life today.

An acclaimed photographer and award-winning journalist provide an intimate look at black women who would rather attend church naked than hatless.For countless black women, a church hat, flamboyant as it may be, is no mere fashion accessory; it's a cherished African American custom, one observed with boundless passion.A woman's hat speaks long before its wearer utters a word. It's what Deirdre Guion calls "hattitude... there's a little more strut in your carriage when you wear a nice hat. There's something special about you." If a hat says a lot about a person, it says even more about a people—the customs they observe, the symbols they prize, and the fashions they fancy.Photographer Michael Cunningham beautifully captures the self-expressions of women of all ages—from young glamorous women to serene but stylish grandmothers. Award-winning journalist Craig Marberry provides an intimate look at the women and their lives. Together they've captured a captivating custom, this wearing of church hats, a peculiar convergence of faith and fashion that keeps the Sabbath both holy and glamorous.

Richard Phibbs, renowned for his celebrity portraits, presents "Chasing Beauty," a collection of images from 1997–2009 that challenges the notion of subjective beauty. Collaborating with Alfredo Paredes, Phibbs relinquished control to create a captivating juxtaposition of photographs, showcasing beauty in both natural and human forms.

An extraordinary travel guide to Provincetown, a small town at the tip of Cape Cod, known as the first landing of the Pilgrims and a haven for outsiders and visionaries. Michael Cunningham, enchanted by the town's charm, invites readers to explore his favorite place amidst sand and sea.

A daring, deeply affecting third novel by the author of A Home at the End of the World and Flesh and Blood. In The Hours, Michael Cunningham, widely praised as one of the most gifted writers of his generation, draws inventively on the life and work of Virginia Woolf to tell the story of a group of contemporary characters struggling with the conflicting claims of love and inheritance, hope and despair. The narrative of Woolf's last days before her suicide early in World War II counterpoints the fictional stories of Samuel, a famous poet whose life has been shadowed by his talented and troubled mother, and his lifelong friend Clarissa, who strives to forge a balanced and rewarding life in spite of the demands of friends, lovers, and family. Passionate, profound, and deeply moving, this is Cunningham's most remarkable achievement to date.

Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize and Pen Faulkner prize. Made into an Oscar-winning film, 'The Hours' is a daring and deeply affecting novel inspired by the life and work of Virginia Woolf. In 1920s London, Virginia Woolf is fighting against her rebellious spirit as she attempts to make a start on her new novel. A young wife and mother, broiling in a suburb of 1940s Los Angeles, yearns to escape and read her precious copy of 'Mrs Dalloway'. And Clarissa Vaughan steps out of her smart Greenwich village apartment in 1990s New York to buy flowers for a party she is hosting for a dying friend. Moving effortlessly across the decades and between England and America, this exquisite novel intertwines the stories of three unforgettable women.

From the bestselling author of The Hours and Specimen Days comes a generous, masterfully crafted novel with all the power of a Greek tragedy. The epic tale of an American family, Flesh and Blood follows three generations of the Stassos clan as it is transformed by ambition, love, and history. Constantine Stassos, a Greek immigrant, marries Mary Cuccio, an Italian-American girl, and they have three children, each fated to a complex life. Susan is oppressed by her beauty and her father's affections; Billy is brilliant, and gay; Zoe is a wild, heedless visionary. As the years pass, their lives unfold in ways that compel them--and their parents--to meet ever greater challenges.