Francesca Zappia Libri

Nel mondo reale, Eliza Mirk è una ragazza timida, poco socievole e solitaria. Online, è Lady Constellation, autrice anonima di «Monstrous Sea», un webcomics adorato da milioni di followers in tutto il mondo. Eliza non si sente mai sola, la sua comunità digitale la fa sentire amata e parte di qualcosa di importante. Poi a scuola conosce Wallace, un ragazzo che non parla con nessuno ma decide di aprirsi proprio con lei, ed Eliza comprende che anche la vita offline vale la pena di essere vissuta. Ma quando accidentalmente la sua identità segreta di Lady Constellation viene svelata al mondo, tutte le sue certezze e i suoi punti fermi - online e offline - vanno in frantumi...

Reality, it turns out, is often not what you perceive it to be—sometimes, there really is someone out to get you. For fans of Silver Linings Playbook and Liar, this thought-provoking debut tells the story of Alex, a high school senior—and the ultimate unreliable narrator—unable to tell the difference between real life and delusion. Alex fights a daily battle to figure out what is real and what is not. Armed with a take-no-prisoners attitude, her camera, a Magic 8 Ball, and her only ally (her little sister), Alex wages a war against her schizophrenia, determined to stay sane long enough to get into college. She's pretty optimistic about her chances until she runs into Miles. Didn't she imagine him? Before she knows it, Alex is making friends, going to parties, falling in love, and experiencing all the usual rites of passage for teenagers. But Alex is used to being crazy. She's not prepared for normal. Can she trust herself? Can we trust her?

In chapters that alternate between the past and the present, Cat slowly recalls her life before she and her classmates were trapped inside School, where half of them are mutating, everyone is fearful, and self-destruction seems to be the only means of escape.

The villagers of Greymist Fair know that the woods are a dangerous and magical place, and that they should never set foot off the road. But when a young tailor discovers a body, her search for the culprit reveals even more strange and dark happenings around her town. From acclaimed author Francesca Zappia, Greymist Fair is a suspenseful and inventive murder-mystery infused with magic and inspired by the lesser-known fairytales of the Brothers Grimm. Two roads lead into a dark forest. They meet at Greymist Fair, the village hidden in the trees, a place kept alive by the families that never leave. The people of Greymist Fair know the woods are a dangerous and magical place, and to set foot off the road is to invite trouble. When Heike, the village's young tailor, discovers a body on the road, she goes looking for who is responsible. But her quest only leads to more strange happenings around Greymist Fair. Inspired by the original, bloody, lesser-known fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm, acclaimed author Francesca Zappia crafts an enthralling murder-mystery that will keep readers turning the pages. Told from multiple points of view, with each narrative building on the crime discovered by Heike, Greymist Fair examines the themes of childhood fears, growing into adult responsibilities, and finding a place to call home amid the trials of life and death. Features chapter decorations by the author throughout, as well as a map.

"Addamsville is full of ghosts. They haunt the old coal mine, take long walks along the lake, and spy from the storefronts. In Addamsville, ghosts and their stories are a way of life, attracting the visitors who keep this small town alive. But Zora knows that the ghosts are real and not some tourist trap. And she knows what else lies hidden in the darkness. Now Zora is being framed for a crime she didn't commit. With the supernatural running amok, she must track down the true culprit, clear her name, and protect her family and friends--her entire town--frome creatures set on destruction. But in a small town obsessed with ghosts, getting people to believe the truth might prove to be impossible."--Back cover

Flâneurs results from curatorial research carried out by independent curator Francesca Zappia within the plethoric collection of the Centre national des arts plastiques, which focused on the contested notions of copies, appropriations and quotations. Drawing on art and design objects from the nineteenth century to today, she shows how reproductions of artworks can be considered as objects with a cultural value of their own and be regarded in the same way as the originals. (Verlagshomepage)