Recently, generative linguists have been concentrating on underlying principles of grammar rather than dealing with the connection between surface data and base structure. This book is an attempt to establish that connection by writing a grammar of the German and Dutch sentence. Moreover, it stresses the value of the Topological Fields Theory as a «prefiguration» of later transformational analyses.
In questo sconvolgente romanzo, Eggers racconta la storia della guerra civile in Sudan attraverso gli occhi di Valentino Achak Deng, un giovanissimo profugo che ora vive negli Stati Uniti. Seguiamo così la sua storia mentre, ancora bambino, si trova costretto a fuggire dal suo villaggio, dopo l'ennesima strage, e si incammina insieme a migliaia di altri orfani alla volta dell'Etiopia, dove per un po' sarà al sicuro. Le traversie di Valentino, che sono davvero di sapore biblico, lo portano in contatto con soldati governativi, miliziani allo stato brado, ribelli, mine antiuomo, iene, leoni, malattie, fame, sete e privazioni di ogni sorta - ma anche con una serie di storie tanto struggenti quanto inattese. Alla fine Valentino arriverà in salvo in Kenia e da lì giungerà negli Usa, luogo da cui racconta la sua vicenda. In queste pagine scritte con grandissima partecipazione umana e con sorprendente humour, vengono messi in luce la natura atrocemente stupida e genocida dei conflitti in Sudan, l'esperienza sofferta e precaria dei profughi, i sogni infranti del popolo Dinka e la terribile sfida che una persona deve affrontare quando tutto il mondo intorno a lui va letteralmente in pezzi. La limpida prosa di Eggers da a Valentino una voce unica, affascinante e sobria capace di rendere il suo racconto ora straziante, ora divertente, ora inquietante, ora poetico. Il risultato è una narrazione terribile della tragedia sudanese, ma anche un'emblematica saga della modernità.
"A vibrant, intimate, hypnotic portrait of one woman's life, from an important new writer. Tess Lohan is the kind of woman that we meet and fail to notice every day. A single mother. A nurse. A quiet woman, who nonetheless feels things acutely--a woman with tumultuous emotions and few people to share them with. Academy Street is Mary Costello's luminous portrait of a whole life. It follows Tess from her girlhood in western Ireland through her relocation to America and her life there, concluding with a moving reencounter with her Irish family after forty years of exile. The novel has a hypnotic pull and a steadily mounting emotional force. It speaks of disappointments but also of great joy. It shows how the signal events of the last half century affect the course of a life lived in New York City. Anne Enright has said that Costello's first collection of stories, The China Factory, "has the feel of work that refused to be abandoned; of stories that were written for the sake of getting something important right. Her writing has the kind of urgency that the great problems demand" (The Guardian). Academy Street is driven by this same urgency. In sentence after sentence it captures the rhythm and intensity of inner life"--
Harry has always envied his younger brother George - a high-flying TV executive with two kids, a beautiful home and a covetable wife - but Harry also knows that George is a dangerous man with a murderous temper. When an adulterous kiss at Thanksgiving prompts a chain of unexpected events, George finally loses control, and the result is an act so shocking that the brothers are hurled into entirely new lives, ones in which they must both seek absolution. ~from the back cover
Exploring the intricacies of family secrets, this novel delves into the hidden past that shapes the lives of its characters. The narrative unfolds around a family's concealed history, revealing how these secrets influence relationships and personal identities. With a blend of emotional depth and compelling storytelling, the author invites readers to reflect on the impact of the past on the present, making for a poignant and thought-provoking read.