Thomas Tryon Ordine dei libri (cronologico)

Třináctiletí Niles a Holland jsou nerozlučná dvojčata; jsou na sebe opravdu hodně napojení, ale čtenář si spíš vzpomene na Jekylla a Hydea: zatímco Niles je hodný kluk schopný soucitu s nemocnou maminkou a vlastně i s ostatními, Holland je škodolibý darebák, který vše shazuje a ironizuje. Početná rodina se ve třicátých letech sjíždí do venkovského městečka v Connecticutu na pohřeb tragicky zesnulého otce a Holland všem tetičkám, dalším příbuzným i sousedům škodí, jak se dá – občas v jeho přítomnosti nepřežije nějaké zvíře nebo snad i člověk a očividně se vše, co s ním souvisí, vymyká z rukou. Není ale vyloučeno, že je to vlastně úplně jinak… Autor mistrovsky buduje atmosféru žhavého léta na poklidném venkově, která však postupně houstne. A je také stále zřejmější, že dětské hry a prázdniny mohou mít k nevinnosti až nekonečně daleko.

Ned Constantine and his family abandon hectic New York for a tranquil New England village where they unknowingly become part of the secret Harvest Home ritual.

Lehrling eines bösen Unbekannten. Es geschieht vor dem Metropolitan Museum in New York City. Als Michael Hawke, ein ehrgeiziger junger Straßenkünstler, die Menge mit seiner gewohnten Kombination aus Pantomime und Zaubertricks unterhält, wird er plötzlich von einem seltsamen alten Mann angezogen, der eine Macht besitzt, die über Tricks hinausgeht. Von diesem Moment an ändert sich Michaels ganzes Leben. Auf der Suche nach dem Fremden, der ihm seinen ersten echten Geschmack von Magie gegeben hat, wird Michael immer tiefer in das Netz der Geheimnisse des Zauberers verwickelt und letztendlich in eine Falle, aus der es kein wirkliches Entkommen gibt. Zwischen der Liebe zu seiner Freundin Emily und der Forderung von Max, dem Zauberer, sich mit Leib und Seele dem Studium der mystischen Künste zu widmen, ist Michael gezwungen, die schwierigste Darbietung seines Lebens zu vollbringen. Nur indem er auf jede Reserve seines Geistes und Willens zurückgreift, kann er hoffen, Emily vor der dunkelsten Form von Magie – der Nachtmagie – zu retten, die sie beide umhüllt.

In this spellbinding novel of idyllic childhoods torn apart by the blossoming terror of child pitted against child, Tryon spins a tale of the hidden horrors that lurk behind children's innocence, and an inevitable explosion of evil.

In Hollywood, a cynical writer recalls five faded beauties of the silver screen. Charlie Caine has been to too many Hollywood funerals. The studio system is long gone, and its stars—some forgotten, some preserved for display on a late-night show—are beginning to pass on, as well. Only a few turn out for the final performance of Babe Austrian, a peroxide-blond beauty whose red-hot talkies changed the way America thought about sex. As he gazes into her coffin, Caine remembers Babe as she was: a dynamite beauty with secrets that could have burned Hollywood to the ground. In Babe and four other interlocking novellas, Caine recalls the leading ladies of long-lost Hollywood: Belinda, whose daughter was as cruel as she was lovely; Claire, who would do anything to stay in the public eye; April, fragile, beautiful, and mad; and Maude, Hollywood’s most respected matron, whose happy marriage had a lie at its heart. Charlie Caine knows where cinema’s bodies are buried, and he’s anxious to start digging.

Thomas Tryon brings to breathtaking life the Golden Age of Hollywood and the great golden people who became the crowned heads of this kingdom of stars. FEDORA: Her enigma unriddled—the greatest, the most exquisite, the longest-reigning Hollywood star of them all. Now she has made an incredible comeback, her glorious face strangely untouched by time.... LORNA: She zoomed from high school cheerleader to sex goddess. Now after many men, many jobs, and much trouble, she has come to a remote Mexican resort to find herself.... BOBBITT: He was a star at ten. Now he's in his thirties and as winsome as ever. But today the Bobbitt movies are forgotten. And Bobbitt himself—does he exist at all? WILLIE: For decades a worldwide symbol of elegance and wit. Now he is alone in his showplace Hollywood villa—his precious "Bee" dead—morning the past. Then suddenly, viciously, with a knock on the door, the future breaks in....

Ein raffiniert angelegter Roman, in dem Nostalgie und Grauen eine erregende Verbindung eingehen.

L'altro che è in noi, Hyde o Frankenstein, fino a che punto è veramente altro da noi? "Io è un altro" ha affermato Rimbaud; quanti non potrebbero mormorare le stesse parole? Nella vita di Niles e Holland Perry, due gemelli che vivono in un villaggio del Connecticut negli anni Trenta, l'ombra dell'altro si fa inquietante, scatenando una serie di incidenti inspiegabili: il padre, un cugino, la madre e una vicina muoiono o vivono in agonia, e infine la nipote appena nata scompare in circostanze macabre. Nonostante ciò, l'esistenza sembra immutata; i giochi dei ragazzi sono pieni di innocente fantasia, e la vita familiare scorre tra tradizioni e ricordi. Dopo ogni dramma, la famiglia si aggrappa alle sue radici, seppellendo l'ombra dell'altro. Tuttavia, l'incubo diventa realtà, il macabro si fa quotidiano, e la poesia si trasforma in allucinazione. Mentre la famiglia cerca di mantenere vive le tradizioni, la rivelazione finale si fa insostenibile e distruttrice. Alla fine di questo straordinario romanzo di Thomas Tryon, il lettore si confronta con interrogativi inquietanti che vanno oltre la complessità dei gemelli Perry, toccando l'essenza della multiforme natura umana.