Robert Nye Ordine dei libri (cronologico)

Shakespeare comes alive through the pen of a writer hailed by Peter Ackroyd as "one of our best living novelists." This rich and wonderful work is celebrated as the most original and provocative novel about the playwright since Anthony Burgess's classic. The story is narrated by Robert Reynolds, known as Pickleherring, who claims to have been an original member of Shakespeare's acting troupe and played iconic female roles. Now, in an attic above a brothel in Restoration England, Pickleherring, an elderly man, sits down to recount the life of his friend and mentor. Despite his age, he recalls every detail and aims to set the record straight using both firsthand and imaginative sources. Readers will uncover theories surrounding Shakespeare that have emerged over the centuries: Did he write his own plays? Who was the Dark Lady of the sonnets? Did he die a Catholic? What happened during his so-called lost years? What were his last words? Was he ever in love? Each chapter reveals a blend of speculation and fact, bringing us closer to the complex and vibrant man behind the legend. Robert Nye delivers a bawdy, language-rich exploration of the life and times of the greatest writer, showcasing how alive Shakespeare truly was.

Der preisgekrönte Autor von "Der späte Mr. Shakespeare" porträtiert den Bard, wie man ihn noch nie gesehen hat - durch die Augen seiner Frau, Anne Hathaway, die sieben Jahre nach seinem Tod an ihr Leben mit ihm zurückdenkt und Einblicke in Wills geheime Leben bietet.

Vietato per quasi trent’anni in tutti i paesi anglosassoni (dal 1934, quando uscì presso una piccola casa editrice parigina, al 1961, anno in cui ne fu liberalizzata la vendita negli Stati Uniti), Tropico del Cancro si è trascinato a lungo, troppo a lungo, la fama di libro prima di tutto “scandaloso”, adatto solo a lettori in cerca di sensazioni forti. In realtà è uno dei romanzi più innovativi e importanti dell’intero Novecento americano, che si avvale di una lingua originalissima nel suo porsi come radicalmente antiletteraria, e che visita con impressionante realismo gli ambienti e i personaggi della particolarissima migrazione intellettuale dagli States a Parigi, molto abbondante soprattutto nei tardi anni Venti.Rigorosamente autobiografico, il libro non si costruisce secondo un vero e proprio intreccio, ma si muove liberamente da un incontro all’altro, da una sbronza all’altra, da un amplesso all’altro, in un mondo popolato di giovani artisti senza un soldo, di piccoli truffatori, di prostitute, di debosciati e fannulloni di vario tipo: una bohème ormai molto poco romantica, che riflette innanzi tutto una cupa desolazione.

He comes out of the darkness, moving in on his victims in deadly silence. When he leaves, a trail of blood is all that remains. He is a monster, Grendel, and all who know of him live in fear. Hrothgar, the king of the Danes, knows something must be done to stop Grendel. But who will guard the great hall he has built, where so many men have lost their lives to the monster while keeping watch? Only one man dares to stand up to Grendel's fury --Beowulf.

In gezelschap van een vriend, twaalf meisjes en een aantal dieren trekt Dr. Faust over de Alpen naar Rome om te proberen zijn lot te keren.

In this raucous, rollicking romp, the most beloved comic figure in English literature tells his own unbuttoned story to set the record straight.