Esther Roig Giménez Ordine dei libri

Before Isabelle I knew nothing of sex. Before Isabelle I knew nothing of freedom. Before Isabelle I knew nothing of life. Paris in the early Seventies. Sam, an American student, meets a woman in a bookshop. Isabelle is enigmatic, beautiful, older and, unlike Sam, experienced in love's many contradictions. Sam is instantly smitten but wary of the wedding ring on her finger. What begins as a regular arrangement in Isabelle's tiny Parisian apartment transforms into a true affair of the heart, and one which lasts for decades to come. Isabelle in the Afternoon is a novel that questions what we seek, what we find, what we settle for and shows how love, when not lived day in, day out, can become the passion of a lifetime.

Il profilo di Dante sulla copertina è il motore di un thriller intriso di elementi infernali, caratterizzato da ritmo incalzante, simbolismo acceso e complessità dei personaggi. Robert Langdon, studioso di simbologia e esperto di Dante, ha dedicato studi e corsi universitari a Harvard al poeta fiorentino e alla sua visione della sua epoca tormentata. A Firenze, Langdon si sente a casa, con il David, piazza della Signoria e il giardino di Boboli come sfondi familiari. Tuttavia, la situazione è cambiata drasticamente: si trova in un incubo. Svegliatosi in una stanza d'ospedale, stordito e ferito, con abiti insanguinati, ricorda a malapena il proprio nome e non comprende come sia arrivato a Firenze o chi abbia tentato di ucciderlo. I suoi inseguitori non sembrano intenzionati a fermarsi. Barcollante e con la mente invasa da apparizioni mostruose, Langdon deve fuggire, aiutato solo dalla giovane dottoressa Sienna Brooks, misteriosa come le persone e le situazioni intorno a lui. Inizia così una caccia all'uomo in cui alleanze inaspettate possono formarsi e nulla è come sembra.

The stunning continuation of the timeless classic The Phantom of the Opera. In The Phantom of Manhattan, acclaimed, bestselling suspense novelist Frederick Forsyth pens a magnificent work of historical fiction, rife with the insights and sounds of turn-of-the-century New York City, while continuing the dramatic saga which began with Gaston Leroux's brilliant novel The Phantom of the Opera... More than two decades have passed since Antoinette Giry, the mistress of the corps de ballet at the Paris Opera, rescued a hideously disfigured boy named Erik from a carnival and brought him to live in the labyrinthine cellars of the opera house. Soon thereafter, his intense, unrequited love for a beautiful chorus girl set in motion a tragic string of events, forcing him to flee Paris forever. Now, as she lies dying in a convent, Madam Giry tells the untold story of the Phantom and his clandestine journey to New York City to start anew, where he would become a wealthy entrepreneur and build the glorious Manhattan Opera House...all so he could see his beloved, now a famous diva, once again. But the outcome of her visit would prove even more devastating than before-- and yet, would allow the Phantom to know, for the first time in his brutal life, the true meaning of love...