Cada una de las historias que componen Las puertas del Edén está construida sobre una idea que roza el absurdo. El mundo de la mafia, de los detectives privados, de los vengadores solitarios y de la tradicion judia conforman el escenario sobre el que se mueven unos personajes de tan dudoso proceder como incierto destino.
It is 1967 and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him since she has fallen in love with one of his more pompous colleagues. His domestic woes accumulate: his unemployable brother Arthury is sleeping on the couch, his son Danny is shirking Hebrew school, and his daughter is filching money from his wallet in order to save up for a nose job. Also, a graduate student seems to be trying to bribe him for a passing grade while at the same time threatening to sue him for defamation, thus putting in jeopardy Larrys chances for tenure at the university. As if all this wasnt enough, he is tormented by the sight of his beautiful next door neighbor sunbathing nude. Larrys search for some kind of equilibrium is conveyed with the kind of humor, imagination and verbal wit that have made the work of Ethan and Joel Coen so distinctive. .
The Big Lebowski begins with a case of mistaken identity which escalates when Jeffrey Lebowski - alias The Dude - attempts to seek recompense for the despoilation of his ratty-ass little rug, and then finds himself entangled in a kidnapping caper as a bagman - a situation that goes from bad to worse due to the interference of his hapless bowling partners. In The Big Lebowski the Coen brothers have taken on the preoccupations of Raymond Chandler, but have given them a postmodern spin, while at the same time leaving Philip Marlowes ethos intact as The Dude wanders thorugh the fractured world of nineties LA trying to do the right thing. Like the award-winning Fargo, The Big Lebowski is suffused with a droll humour and a verbal felicity that is as delightful as it is startling.
Hail,Caesar! is the story of Eddie Mannix, tireless pursuer of the interests of fictional Capitol Pictures, circa 1951. He is the ultimate studio fixer and---since the studio is his world---the ultimate earthly one. There is no star scandal he cannot cover up, no studio misstep he cannot repair, no sin he cannot make right. His powers are tested, though, when production on the studios most expensive picture ever---biblical epic Hail,Caesar!---is halted by the kidnapping of its star. The kidnappers are a mysterious gaggle seeking not just ransom but the destruction of everything Eddie Mannix lives for, and everything he lives by. . .
A double edition containing the screenplays for the movies HONEY DONT! and DRIVE-AWAY DYKES.HONEY DONT! No man can HAVE her . . . No woman can HOLD her . . . And no one better PISS HER OFF!DRIVE-AWAY DYKES Their love cant be named - and cant be stopped! Strap in! Strap on! Dive in! Read on!An F&F double: two Fabers, two authors, two stories - too much! Faber brings you a Honey ODonahue Mystery PLUS a sizzling story of love on the run.
