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Jay McInerney

    13 gennaio 1955

    Questo autore americano è celebrato per i suoi romanzi che esplorano le vite vibranti e le complessità del mondo moderno. La sua scrittura è caratterizzata da un'acuta intuizione della psiche umana, catturando l'urgenza e il dinamismo della società contemporanea. Oltre alla narrativa, scrive anche saggi acuti, esplorando temi di vino e stile di vita con una voce distintiva che fonde competenza e passione per l'esperienza sensoriale. Il suo lavoro offre ai lettori un'esplorazione avvincente di significato e piacere nell'esistenza frenetica di oggi.

    Jay McInerney
    Story of My Life
    Bright, Precious Days
    Model Behavior
    L'ultimo dei Savage
    Si spengono le luci
    Le mille luci di New York
    • This unforgettable New York story of glamour, sex, ambition, and heartbreak begins in the heady days before the financial crash. Russell and Corrine Calloway seem to be living the dream: a calendar filled with high-society parties; jobs they care about and enjoy; twin children, a boy and a girl whose birth was truly miraculous; a loft in TriBeCa and summers in the Hamptons. But beneath the glossy surfaces, things are simmering. Russell, editor-in-chief of a boutique publisher, has cultural clout but is on the edge financially, and feels compelled to pursue an audacious—and potentially ruinous—opportunity. Meanwhile, Corrine’s world is turned upside down when the man with whom she’d had an ill-fated affair in the wake of 9/11 suddenly reappears, and the Calloways find themselves tested more severely than they ever could have imagined. The third book in McInerney’s celebrated Calloway trilogy, Bright, Precious Days is an aching, extraordinary portrait of a marriage during a period of dizzying change.

      Bright, Precious Days2016
      3,4
    • Mój Nowy Jork

      Słynni Nowojorczycy opowiadają o swoim mieście

      • 256pagine
      • 9 ore di lettura
      Mój Nowy Jork2015
    • Another Planet

      New York Portraits 1976-1996

      • 320pagine
      • 12 ore di lettura

      "What came to mind when looking at Christophe von Hohenberg's book was... loved the scrapbook format and thought it was by far the best way to show photographs and the life of the photographer." Etheleen Staley - Staley-Wise Gallery The 1970s and 80s in New York were a dazzling age. Since the 1920s in Paris, the world had not seen such a cultural movement. Von Hohenberg lived and photographed this period, when the giants of fashion, art and society rubbed elbows with drag queens and addicts in clubs like the legendary Studio 54. This historic "time capsule" contains portraits of personalities like Allen Ginsberg, Julian Schnabel and Cornelia Guest, Robert F. Kennedy Junior and Britney Spears, to name just a few. Some are no longer with us, and some reign as icons of the century. With texts and handwritten letters from acclaimed American writers like Jay McInerney, Candace Bushnell, Anthony Haden-Guest, Michael Gross, and Bob Colacello

      Another Planet2014
    • A Hedonist in the Cellar

      Adventures in Wine

      • 272pagine
      • 10 ore di lettura

      Jay McInerney, internationally celebrated author of Bright Lights, Big City, turns his hand here to his lifelong love affair with wine. Peals of wisdom are offered on the subjects of the best wine for romantics, the parallels between Californian wines and floundering Hollywood stars, the choice of wine for the author's own debauched forty-eighth birthday party, the 'high-testosterone grape' that is Colin Farrell, absinthe, 'the wild green fairy', and what wine is best drunk with chocolate. At the same time McInerney is a genuine connoisseur, taking the reader on a tour through the wine regions of the world and imparting tried and tested advice on grapes and vintages, bouquets, noses and finishes.

      A Hedonist in the Cellar2007
    • The Good Life

      • 368pagine
      • 13 ore di lettura

      Ten years on from Brightness Falls, Russell Calloway is still a literary editor; his wife Corrine has sacrificed her career to watch anxiously over their children. Across town Luke McGavock, a wealthy ex-investment banker, is taking a sabbatical from moneymaking, struggling to reconnect with his socially resplendent wife Sasha and their angst-ridden teenage daughter, Ashley. These two Manhattan families are teetering on the brink of change when 9/11 happens. Through the lens of catastrophe, The Good Life explores that territory between hope and despair, love and loss, regret and fulfilment. This is Jay McInerney doing what he does best, presenting us with life in New York City, in all its moral complexity.

      The Good Life2006
      3,3
    • Bacchus and Me

      Adventures in the Wine Cellar

      • 304pagine
      • 11 ore di lettura

      With a unique blend of literary flair and insightful commentary, the best-selling novelist explores the world of wine through a collection of unconventional musings. This work appeals to both casual wine drinkers seeking recommendations and dedicated enthusiasts, offering a fresh perspective on wine and its culture. McInerney's command of language elevates the discussion, making it an engaging read for anyone interested in the nuances of wine appreciation.

      Bacchus and Me2002
      3,6
    • How it Ended

      • 196pagine
      • 7 ore di lettura

      A transsexual prostitute accidentally propositions his own father. A senator's serial infidelities leave him in hot water. And two young lovers spend Christmas together high on different drugs. This work aims to expose the dark underbelly of the American dream.

      How it Ended2001
      3,5
    • Marilyn a já

      • 87pagine
      • 4 ore di lettura

      Soubor sedmi půvabných, krátkých próz, které čtenáře zaujmou především kromobyčejnou pestrostí a neuvěřitelnou lehkostí, s jakou byly napsány. A to nezávisle na šíři volených prostředí, ve kterých se jednotlivé minipříběhy odehrávají, psychiatrickou léčebnou počínaje a Kubou konče.

      Marilyn a já2000
      3,0
    • Model Behavior

      A Novel and 7 Stories

      • 298pagine
      • 11 ore di lettura

      Then there's the sister with whom he shared a flamboyantly addled childhood, and who now matches her brilliance for theoretical abstraction with a compassion for world suffering so acute that her own well-being is imperiled.

      Model Behavior1998
      4,4
    • The Penguin Book of New American Voices

      • 304pagine
      • 11 ore di lettura

      This is an anthology of fiction, by those who began publishing in the 1990s. The authors include Terry McMillan, Mark Leyner, Jeffrey Eugenides, Paul Watkins, William Vollman, Darcey Steinke and Dorothy Alison.

      The Penguin Book of New American Voices1995
      3,2
    • Story of My Life

      • 188pagine
      • 7 ore di lettura

      In his breathlessly paced new novel Jay McInerney revisits the nocturnal New York of Bright Lights, Big City. Alison Poole, twenty going on 40,000, is a budding actress already fatally well versed in hopping the clubs, shopping Chanel falling in and out of lust, and abusing other people's credit cards. As Alison races toward emotional breakdown, McInerney gives us a hilarious yet oddly touching portrait of a postmodern Holly Golightly coming to terms with a world in which everything is permitted and nothing really matters.

      Story of My Life1988
      3,6
    • Ransom

      • 288pagine
      • 11 ore di lettura

      Here is Jay McInerney's acclaimed first novel, published to coincide with the release of the major motion picture and movie tie-in edition of Bright Lights, Big City. "Continually witty and tape-recorder accurate".

      Ransom1985
      3,3
    • È il romanzo d'esordio di Jay McInerney, con il quale è assurto al rango di icona della letteratura post-minimalista degli anni Ottanta. Il suo percorso letterario successivo testimonia l'evoluzione di uno scrittore che ha saputo creare un universo personale divertente e trasgressivo, dove fra eccessi, violenze, celebrità, sesso e droghe, si aggira inquieto e romantico lo spettro dell'amore.

      Le mille luci di New York1984
      3,8