The Dictator And The Hammock
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The Dictator And The Hammock
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Author : Daniel Pennac
language : en
Publisher: Random House UK
Release Date : 2006
The Dictator And The Hammock written by Daniel Pennac and has been published by Random House UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Fiction categories.
Manuel Pereira da Ponte Martins, beloved dictator of the state of Teresina in Brazil, develops agoraphobia the day a fortune-teller predicts he will die being torn limb from limb by an angry mob. His life becomes unbearable and he decides to hire a double to stand in while he set off to enjoy himself in the fleshpots of Europe. A few years later, the barber-turned-dictator also grows tired of running the country and employs the same trick as his predecessor to leave for Hollywood. On the boat there, he introduces himself as Charlie Chaplin. But everyone is convinced that he is none other than Rudolph Valentino disguised as Chaplin. When he arrives in New York, both the real actors are waiting for him. Back in Teresina, the doubles follow one another, fooling the people with ease. When Pereira comes back, he is astonished to discover that his stand-in doesn t look anything like him and reacts in a way that can only precipitate his meeting with fate."
The Life Of Graham Greene Volume Three
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Author : Norman Sherry
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2016-05-26
The Life Of Graham Greene Volume Three written by Norman Sherry and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-26 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The much-anticipated third and final volume of Norman Sherry's biography follows the tireless wanderings of Graham Greene, the writer's final forays into the fulminating trouble spots of the world which beckoned as sirens all his days. From the perils of Batista's Cuba, the privations of the Belgian Congo and the tumult of Haiti, Nicaragua and Panama, to his confrontation with the French mafia, his travels in Spain and, finally, his quiet death in Switzerland at the age of eighty-six. The rigour and attention to detail that gained praise for the first two volumes remains undiminished as Sherry retraces Greene's footsteps, criss-crossing the globe to visit the places that inspired Greene's novels and meeting the people who provided the models for some of literature's most memorable characters: the whiskey priest; the honorary consul; the zany aunt. Never losing sight of the very real religious, emotional and political struggles that made up Greene's complicated personality - his constantly questioned but never abandoned Catholicism, his two long-term affairs with married women, his determination to stand up for the victims of injustice - Sherry illuminates Greene's mind, methods and motivation with an unswervingly critical, yet always compassionate eye. With exclusive access to Greene's letters, journals and dream-diaries, Norman Sherry has written a monumental tribute to one of the greatest of English writers. The three volumes of The Life of Graham Greene will remain the standard work on Greene for decades to come.
Tyrant Banderas
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Author : Ramon del Valle-Inclan
language : en
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Release Date : 2012-08-14
Tyrant Banderas written by Ramon del Valle-Inclan and has been published by New York Review of Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-14 with Fiction categories.
An NYRB Classics Original The first great twentieth-century novel of dictatorship, and the avowed inspiration for García Márquez’s The Autumn of the Patriarch and Roa Bastos’s I, the Supreme, Tyrant Banderas is a dark and dazzling portrayal of a mythical Latin American republic in the grip of a monster. Ramón del Valle-Inclán, one of the masters of Spanish modernism, combines the splintered points of view of a cubist painting with the campy excesses of 19th-century serial fiction to paint an astonishing picture of a ruthless tyrant facing armed revolt. It is the Day of the Dead, and revolution has broken out, creating mayhem from Baby Roach’s Cathouse to the Harris Circus to the deep jungle of Tico Maipú. Tyrant Banderas steps forth, assuring all that he is in favor of freedom of assembly and democratic opposition. Meanwhile, his secret police lock up, torture, and execute students and Indian peasants in a sinister castle by the sea where even the sharks have tired of a diet of revolutionary flesh. Then the opposition strikes back. They besiege the dictator’s citadel, hoping to bring justice to a downtrodden, starving populace. Peter Bush’s new translation of Valle-Inclán’s seminal novel, the first into English since 1929, reveals a writer whose tragic sense of humor is as memorably grotesque and disturbing as Goya’s in his The Disasters of War.
Alejo Carpentier
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Author : Donald Leslie Shaw
language : en
Publisher: Boston : Twayne Publishers
Release Date : 1985
Alejo Carpentier written by Donald Leslie Shaw and has been published by Boston : Twayne Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Literary Criticism categories.
Fabulous Monsters
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Author : Alberto Manguel
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2019-09-24
Fabulous Monsters written by Alberto Manguel and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-24 with Literary Criticism categories.
An original look at how literary characters can transcend their books to guide our lives, by one of the world's most eminent bibliophiles Alberto Manguel, in a style both charming and erudite, examines how literary characters live with us from childhood on. Throughout the years, they change their identities and emerge from behind their stories to teach us about the complexities of love, loss, and the world itself. Manguel's favorite characters include Jim from Huckleberry Finn, Phoebe from The Catcher in the Rye, Job and Jonah from the Bible, Little Red Riding Hood and Captain Nemo, Hamlet’s mother, and Dr. Frankenstein’s maligned Monster. Sharing his unique powers as a reader, Manguel encourages us to establish our own literary relationships. An intimate preface and Manguel’s own “doodles” complete this delightful and magical book.
Montreal 2010 Facing Multiplicity Psyche Nature Culture
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Author : Pramila Bennett
language : en
Publisher: Daimon
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Montreal 2010 Facing Multiplicity Psyche Nature Culture written by Pramila Bennett and has been published by Daimon this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Psychology categories.
Jungian analysts from all over the world gathered in Montreal from August 22 to 27, 2010. The 11 plenary presentations and the 100 break-out sessions attest to the complex dynamics and dilemmas facing the community in present-day culture. The Pre-Congress Workshop on Movement as Active Imagination papers are also recorded. There is a foreword by Tom Kelly with the opening address of Joe Cambray and the farewell address of Hester Solomon. The plenary presentations are printed in this volume. From the Contents: Jacques Languirand: From Einstein’s God to the God of the Amerindians John Hill: One Home, Many Homes: Translating Heritages of Containment Denise Ramos: Cultural Complex and the Elaboration of Trauma from Slavery Christian Roesler: A Revision of Jung’s Theory of Archetypes in light of Contemporary Research: Neurosciences, Genetics and Cultural Theory - A Reformulation Margaret Wilkinson, Ruth Lanius: Working with Multiplicity. Jung, Trauma, Neurobiology and the Healing Process: a Clinical Perspective Beverley Zabriskie: Emotion: The Essential Force in Nature, Psyche and Culture Guy Corneau: Cancer: Facing Multiplicity within Oneself Marta Tibaldi: Clouds in the Sky Still Allow a Glimpse of the Moon: Cancer Resilience and Creativity Astrid Berg, Tristan Troudart, Tawiq Salman: What could be Jungian About Human Rights Work? Bou-Yong Rhi: Like Lao Zi’s Stream of Water: Implications for Therapeutic Attitudes Linda Carter, Jean Knox, Marcus West, Joseph McFadden: The Alchemy of Attachment: Trauma, Fragmentation and Transformation in the Analytic Relationship Sonu Shamdasani, Nancy Furlotti, Judith Harris & John Peck: Jung after The Red Book
The Book Review Digest
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
The Book Review Digest written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Bibliography categories.
Four Years In Paraguay
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Author : John Parish Robertson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1838
Four Years In Paraguay written by John Parish Robertson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1838 with Paraguay categories.
Dictatorul I Hamacul
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Author : Daniel Pennac
language : ro
Publisher: Elefant Online
Release Date : 2016-06-14
Dictatorul I Hamacul written by Daniel Pennac and has been published by Elefant Online this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-14 with Fiction categories.
Într-o Brazilie pietrificată în cutume paternaliste, un dictator petrecăreț își năimește o sosie și pleacă pe Riviera franceză să-și toace banii. Sosia își tocmește o altă sosie care, sedusă aproape patologic de magia cinematografului, se dă drept Charlie Chaplin. Lumea o ia însă drept Rudolph Valentino, a cărui dublură devine în studiourile hollywoodiene. Dictatorul și hamacul e ca un joc de matrioști în care fiecare personaj ascunde un altul și se ascunde în altcineva, o meditație despre identitate și înstrăinare de sine.
New Statesman
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
New Statesman written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Electronic journals categories.