Miguel Temprano García Libri

Alla fine della propria carriera di scrittore, Ernest Hemingway rimedita i temi fondamentali di tutta la sua opera nella cornice simbolica di un'epica individuale. Infatti, è nella disperata caccia a un enorme pesce spada dei Caraibi, nella lotta, quasi letteralmente a mani nude, contro gli squali che un pezzo alla volta gli strappano la preda, lasciandogli solo il simbolo della vittoria e dalla maledizione sconfitta, che il vecchio Santiago stabilisce, forse per la prima volta, una vera fratellanza con le forze incontenibili della natura e, soprattutto, trova dentro di sé il segno e la presenza del proprio coraggio, la giustificazione di tutta una vita.

“It’s never the disasters you see coming that finally come to pass—it’s the ones you don’t expect at all,” says Julia, in this spellbinding novel of catastrophe and survival by a superb new writer. Luminous, suspenseful, unforgettable, The Age of Miracles tells the haunting and beautiful story of Julia and her family as they struggle to live in a time of extraordinary change. On an ordinary Saturday in a California suburb, Julia awakens to discover that something has happened to the rotation of the earth. The days and nights are growing longer and longer; gravity is affected; the birds, the tides, human behavior, and cosmic rhythms are thrown into disarray. In a world that seems filled with danger and loss, Julia also must face surprising developments in herself, and in her personal world: divisions widening between her parents; strange behavior by her friends; the pain and vulnerability of first love; a growing sense of isolation; and a surprising, rebellious new strength. With crystalline prose and the indelible magic of a born storyteller, Karen Thompson Walker paints a breathtaking portrait of people finding ways to go on in an ever-evolving world.