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Bruce Duffy

    9 giugno 1951 – 10 febbraio 2022

    Bruce Duffy ha trovato la sua vocazione di scrittore nella tragica morte della madre durante l'infanzia. I suoi romanzi esplorano spesso temi oscuri e destini umani complessi, caratterizzati da uno stile ambizioso e un'immersione profonda nella psicologia dei personaggi. Ispirato dalle proprie esperienze di vita e da viaggi estesi, il lavoro di Duffy offre una prospettiva unica sulla condizione umana. La sua opera iniziale è stata acclamata per la sua eccezionale ambizione, segnalandolo come una voce letteraria significativa.

    Bruce Duffy
    Eine kleine Dosis Freiheit
    Neštěstí bývalo mým bohem: Román o prokletém životě Arthura Rimbauda
    Symptom ve službě
    Disaster Was My God
    The World As I Found It
    The Presidents Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity
    • Over the years that followed-and to this day-the presidents relied on, misunderstood, sabotaged, and formed alliances with one another that changed history. The world's most exclusive fraternity is a complicated place: its members are bound forever because they sat in the Oval Office and know its secrets, yet they are immortal rivals for history's favour. Some presidents needed their predecessors to keep their secrets; others needed them to disappear. Truman enlisted Hoover to help him save Europe; Kennedy turned to Ike on Cuba; Nixon sought Johnson's advice on getting re-elected, but then tried to blackmail him; Ford and Carter couldn't stand each other until they saw what they had in common; Reagan and Clinton relied on Nixon as an emissary to Russia; Bush put Clinton and his father to work and they became like father and son; and Obama and Clinton became quiet rivals for the same crown. ThePresidents Clubwill change the way we think about the presidency, for the club itself is an instrument of presidential power.

      The Presidents Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity
    • THE WORLD AS I FOUND IT centers around Ludwig Wittgenstein, one of the most powerfully magnetic philosophers of our time--brilliant, tortured, mercurial, forging his own solitary path while leaving a permanent mark on all around him.

      The World As I Found It
    • Disaster Was My God

      A Novel of the Outlaw Life of Arthur Rimbaud

      • 384pagine
      • 14 ore di lettura

      The life of Arthur Rimbaud is marked by dramatic transformation and passionate relationships, particularly his affair with the married poet Paul Verlaine. Emerging as a literary sensation in 1871, Rimbaud's journey took him from a rural background to becoming a trader and arms dealer in Ethiopia. His vibrant yet tumultuous existence was cut short by illness, leading to his return to France and untimely death at thirty-seven. Rimbaud's legacy is defined by his revolutionary voice and the intensity of his experiences.

      Disaster Was My God
    • Symptom ve službě

      • 220pagine
      • 8 ore di lettura

      Kniha vychází z metody rodinných konstelací a její největší část je věnována záznamu seminářů konaných formou modelových konstelací na různé zdravotní obtíže – symptomy.

      Symptom ve službě
    • Román o prokletém životě Arthura Rimbauda. Životopisný román Neštěstí bývalo mým bohem je další knihou světově proslulého autora Bruce Duffyho, který si získal uznání již svou prvotinou Svět, jak jsem ho viděl, věnovanou životu významného filozofa dvacátého století Ludwiga Wittgensteina. Tentokrát se Duffy zaměřil na neméně známého francouzské básníka Arthura Rimbauda, jenž svou tvorbou dodnes fascinuje celý literární svět a svým rebelským životem plným nečekaných zvratů oslovuje laickou veřejnost, která má jinak k poezii prokletých básníků jen vlažný vztah.

      Neštěstí bývalo mým bohem: Román o prokletém životě Arthura Rimbauda
    • Maryland, Anfang der 60er Jahre: Der zwölfjährige Frank Dougherty lebt mit seinen Eltern in einem Vorort von Washington und führt inmitten der ländlichen Idylle ein sorgloses Leben. Bis seine Mutter stirbt und sein Vater Trost und Beistand bei der blonden Heidi sucht, einem wahren Alptraum von Schwiegermutter. Immer öfter dreht Frank dem häuslichen Drama den Rücken zu und verbringt die Zeit mit seinen beiden neuen Freunden, Alvy und Sheppy. Und als Alvy eines Tages beschließt, seine Schwester Charlene im fernen Süden zu besuchen, sind Frank und Sheppy mit von der Partie. In einem geklauten Auto macht sich das Trio auf den Weg - auf und davon aus der Welt ihrer Kindheit.

      Eine kleine Dosis Freiheit