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Victor LaValle

    3 febbraio 1972

    Victor LaValle è un maestro degli ibridi di genere, che scava nelle profondità oscure della psiche umana e nelle disuguaglianze sociali. Le sue narrazioni sono caratterizzate da una cruda onestà e un esame penetrante di temi come razza, classe e vulnerabilità, spesso ambientate in scenari inquietanti e soprannaturali. Lo stile di LaValle è intenso e accessibile, attirando i lettori in storie che sono tanto emotivamente risonanti quanto stimolanti. La sua opera esplora cosa significa essere umani in un mondo intriso di paura e incertezza.

    Victor LaValle
    The Devil in Silver
    The Changeling
    The sundial
    The Ballad of Black Tom
    Eve
    Victor LaValle's Destroyer
    • Sabretooth & The Exiles

      • 152pagine
      • 6 ore di lettura

      Sabretooth takes his destiny into his own clawed hands, after escaping the Krakoan pit in which he was imprisoned! The powers that be condemned Victor Creed to the pit for breaking the rules of Krakoa. But now he's free -- and ready to show the world you can't keep a bad man down -- even as his fellow Exiles from Krakoa speed along in hot pursuit! But will they find common ground with Sabretooth...or will their next encounter be their last? Victor LaValle and Leonard Kirk return for this unforgettable installment in the chronicles of one of Marveldom's most vicious mutants! COLLECTING: Sabretooth & The Exiles (2022) 1-5

      Sabretooth & The Exiles2024
      3,3
    • Eve: Children of the Moon

      • 144pagine
      • 6 ore di lettura

      The long-awaited return of the Afrofuturist, coming-of-age adventure, perfect for first-time fans!

      Eve: Children of the Moon2023
      3,4
    • Blue skies, empty land—and enough wide-open space to hide a horrifying secret. A woman with a past, a mysterious trunk, a town on the edge of nowhere, and an “absorbing, powerful” (BuzzFeed) new vision of the American West, from the award-winning author of The Changeling .Adelaide Henry carries an enormous steamer trunk with her wherever she goes. It’s locked at all times. Because when the trunk opens, people around Adelaide start to disappear.The year is 1915, and Adelaide is in trouble. Her secret sin killed her parents, forcing her to flee California in a hellfire rush and make her way to Montana as a homesteader. Dragging the trunk with her at every stop, she will become one of the “lone women” taking advantage of the government’s offer of free land for those who can tame it—except that Adelaide isn’t alone. And the secret she’s tried so desperately to lock away might be the only thing that will help her survive the harsh territory.Crafted by a modern master of magical suspense, Lone Women blends shimmering prose, an unforgettable cast of adventurers who find horror and sisterhood in a brutal landscape, and a portrait of early-twentieth-century America like you’ve never seen. And at its heart is the gripping story of a woman desperate to bury her past—or redeem it.

      Lone Women2023
      3,7
    • Sabretooth: The Adversary

      • 152pagine
      • 6 ore di lettura

      The island nation of Krakoa has ushered in a bright new era for mutantkind -- paradise after years of persecution. But even mutants must deal with monsters in their midst, and Victor Creed is perhaps the worst. One of the first acts of the Krakoan Quiet Council was to exile the savage Sabretooth to the pit beneath Krakoa, locked away in an endless darkness for his countless crimes against both mutants and humans. Now, you're about to find out what Sabretooth has been up to since he was banished...and it's not what you expect!

      Sabretooth: The Adversary2022
      3,5
    • Eve

      • 132pagine
      • 5 ore di lettura

      A young girl, Eve, raised in a virtual reality embarks on a deadly cross- country quest to save her father... and our dying planet.

      Eve2022
      3,9
    • Victor LaValle's Destroyer

      • 160pagine
      • 6 ore di lettura

      Originally published in single magazine form as VICTOR LaVALLE'S DESTROYER No. 1-6.--Indicia.

      Victor LaValle's Destroyer2018
      3,9
    • The Changeling

      • 448pagine
      • 16 ore di lettura

      "The wildly imaginative story of one man's thrilling odyssey through an enchanted world to find his wife, who has disappeared after having seemingly committed an unforgivable act of violence, from the award-winning author of The devil in silver and Big machine"-- Provided by publisher

      The Changeling2017
      3,8
    • In New York, Charles Thomas Tester hustles to support his family while navigating a world of magic and danger. After delivering an occult book to a sorceress, he unwittingly awakens dark forces threatening the city. This novella blends sorcery and social issues, showcasing LaValle's innovative approach to genre and ethnicity.

      The Ballad of Black Tom2016
      3,8
    • The sundial

      • 240pagine
      • 9 ore di lettura

      'From the sky and from the ground and from the sea there is danger; tell them in the house . . . ' Mrs Halloran has inherited the great Halloran house on the death of her son, much to the disgust of her daughter-in-law, the delight of her wicked granddaughter and the confusion of the rest of the household. But when the original owner - long dead - arrives to announce the world is ending and only the house and its occupants will be saved, they find themselves in a nightmare of strange marble statues, mysterious guests and the beautiful, unsettling Halloran sundial which seems to be at the centre of it all. Shirley Jackson blends sinister family politics and apocalyptic terror in a masterpiece of the macabre. 'A novel of gothic horror and shuddering suspense.' The New York Times With a Foreword by Victor LaValle

      The sundial2014
      3,8