An inventive, hypnotic novel about friendship and family, love and war, madness and beauty, and, above all, "birdness." Wharton crafts an unforgettable tale--one that suggests another notion of sanity in a world that is manifestly insane.
William Wharton Libri
William Wharton, pseudonimo di Albert William Du Aime, divenne famoso per il suo romanzo d'esordio Birdy, anch'esso adattato con successo cinematografico. Le sue opere spesso approfondiscono la psicologia dei personaggi, le loro esperienze traumatiche e la ricerca di significato, attingendo ampiamente dalla sua stessa vita, inclusi traumi bellici e perdite personali. Lo stile di Wharton è caratterizzato da profondità psicologica e onestà cruda, offrendo ai lettori un intenso sguardo nella psiche umana. I suoi romanzi, di natura frequentemente semi-autobiografica, risuonano con temi di isolamento, memoria e resilienza dello spirito umano.







Set in the Ardennes Forest on Christmas Eve 1944, Sergeant Will Knott and five other GIs are ordered close to the German lines to establish an observation post in an abandoned chateau. Here they play at being soldiers in what seems to be complete isolation. That is, until the Germans begin revealing their whereabouts and leaving signs of their presence: a scarecrow, equipment the squad had dropped on a retreat from a reconnaissance mission and, strangest of all, a small fir tree hung with fruit, candles, and cardboard stars. Suddenly, Knott and the others must unravel these mysteries, learning as they do about themselves, about one another, and about the "enemy," until A Midnight Clear reaches its unexpected climax, one of the most shattering in the literature of war.
Pride
- 287pagine
- 11 ore di lettura
During the Depression, a 10-year-old boy befriends a carnival stuntman and his lion cub and learns about the meaning of family, loyalty, love, and survival.
'Tato' to wzruszająca saga rodzinna, ukazująca codzienne życie trzech pokoleń przeciętnych Amerykanów, osnuta na kanwie przeżyć pisarza. Bohater powieści, wyrwany z najbliższego otoczenia i rodziny, ulega głębokiemu przeobrażeniu wewnętrznemu w kontakcie z wielkomiejskim światem zmiennych norm moralnych i gwałtownego rozwoju techniki. Zderzenie tych dwóch tak całkowicie odmiennych światów sprawia, że bohater na nowo odkrywa dawne wartości, które okazują się najtrwalsze: miłość do ojca, przyjaźń i wierność samemu sobie.
Nachdem er Familie und Karriere aufgegeben hat, erlebt ein amerikanischer Manager mittleren Alters in Paris eine ungewöhnliche und ernsthafte Liebesgeschichte.
Spóźnieni kochankowie
- 334pagine
- 12 ore di lettura
Μπερντ. Ο ανθρωπος πουλι
- 253pagine
- 9 ore di lettura



