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Thomas Berger

    20 luglio 1924 – 13 luglio 2014

    Thomas Berger è stato un prolifico romanziere americano la cui opera si è confrontata e sovvertita magistralmente con numerosi generi letterari. Nel corso della sua carriera, ha esplorato la narrativa poliziesca, la fantascienza, le narrazioni utopiche e reinterpretato miti e leggende classiche con un tocco stilistico unico. Sebbene il suo acuto ingegno e il suo umorismo spesso tagliente abbiano portato molti a etichettarlo come satirico, Berger stesso ha rifiutato tali classificazioni. Le sue esplorazioni approfondiscono diverse forme narrative, offrendo ai lettori un'esperienza letteraria distintiva e spesso sorprendente.

    Thomas Berger
    Neighbors
    The Return of Little Big Man
    Crafts Through the Year
    Arthur Rex : a legendary novel
    The Gnome Craft Book
    Little Big Man
    • The story of Jack Crabbe, raised by both a white man and a Cheyenne chief. As a Cheyenne, Jack ate dog, had four wives and saw his people butchered by General Custer's soldiers. As a white man, he participated in the slaughter of the buffalo and tangled with Wyatt Earp.

      Little Big Man
      4,3
    • The Gnome Craft Book

      • 96pagine
      • 4 ore di lettura

      Gnome crafts offer a wealth of possibilities for activities with children. This books shows how to make gnomes out of walnuts, twigs, wool and paper and other media.

      The Gnome Craft Book
      4,0
    • Arthur Rex : a legendary novel

      • 540pagine
      • 19 ore di lettura

      Reinterpreting and expanding upon the Arthurian legend, the author begins to inject his own personality into the narrative, which constitutes a salute to the Age of Chivalry

      Arthur Rex : a legendary novel
      3,5
    • Crafts Through the Year

      • 176pagine
      • 7 ore di lettura

      Step-by-step instructions for making a range of toys and decorations to help children engage with festivals and seasons of the year.

      Crafts Through the Year
      3,7
    • The sequel to LITTLE BIG MAN the memoirs of 111 year old Jack Crabb. Crabb's death cut short the tale of how he was the last survivor of Custer's Last Stand. The sequel tells the story of how Crabb faked his death to get out of his publishing contract, and completes the story of his life.

      The Return of Little Big Man
      3,9
    • Neighbors

      • 275pagine
      • 10 ore di lettura

      Suburban regular guy Earl Keese confronts the yawning pit of chaos in the persons of Harry and Ramona, a younger couple who have just moved into the only other house on their dead-end street. Literally overnight, Earl's painstakingly controlled world is turned upside down. Soon he is engaged in guerilla warfare with his new neighbors, who seem to threaten the very fabric of his carefully constructed reality.

      Neighbors
      3,6
    • Abenteuer einer künstlichen Frau Ellery Pierce, Techniker bei einer Firma zur Herstellung animatronischer Geschöpfe, hat kein Glück mit dem weiblichen Geschlecht. Also beschließt er, sich seine Traumfrau einfach selbst zu bauen – und das Ergebnis kann sich sehen lassen. Roboterdame Phyllis ist die perfekte Ehefrau, intelligent und wunderschön. Zum Unmut ihres Schöpfers entwickelt sie jedoch schnell eigene Pläne und verlässt Ellery, um in Hollywood Karriere zu machen. Schon bald fasst sie einen ehrgeizigen Entschluss: Sie will die erste Präsidentin der USA werden.

      Abenteuer einer künstlichen Frau
      3,0