Michael Cunningham

Here are the moments that our fairy tales forgot or deliberately concealed, reimagined by one of the most gifted storytellers of his generation, the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Hours, and exquisitely illustrated by Yuko Shimizu. Rarely have our bedtime stories been this dark, this perverse, or this true. The Beast stands ahead of you in line at the convenience store, buying smokes and a Slim Jim, his devouring smile aimed at the cashier. A malformed little man with a knack for minor acts of wizardry goes to disastrous lengths to procure a child. A loutish and lazy Jack prefers living in his mother's basement to getting a job, until the day he trades a cow for a handful of magic beans. In A Wild Swan and Other Tales, the people and the talismans of lands far, far away - the mythic figures of our childhoods and the source of so much of our wonder - are transformed by Michael Cunningham into stories of sublime revelation

A vision appears in the sky above wintry New York and seems to exert an influence over two brothers, in this luminous, compassionate novel from the author of The Hours.Barrett Meeks, having lost love yet again, is walking through Central Park when he is inspired to look up; in the sky he sees a pale, translucent light that seems to regard him in a distinctly godlike way. Barrett doesnt believe in visionsor in Godbut he cant deny what hes seen.At the same time, in nearby Brooklyn, Tyler, Barretts older brother, a struggling musician, is trying to write a song for Beth, his wife-to-be, who is seriously ill. Tyler is determined to write a wedding song that will not be merely a sentimental ballad but an enduring expression of love.Barrett, haunted by the light, turns unexpectedly to religion, while Tyler grows increasingly convinced that only drugs can release his creative powers.Cunningham follows the Meeks brothers as each travels down a different path in his search for transcendence. In subtle, lucid prose, he demonstrates a profound empathy for his conflicted characters and a singular understanding of the human soul. Beautiful, unexpectedly comic and truly heartbreaking, The Snow Queen proves again that Cunningham is one of the great novelists of his generation.

Here are the moments that our fairy tales forgot or deliberately concealed, reimagined by one of the most gifted storytellers of his generation, the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Hours, and exquisitely illustrated by Yuko Shimizu. Rarely have our bedtime stories been this dark, this perverse, or this true. The Beast stands ahead of you in line at the convenience store, buying smokes and a Slim Jim, his devouring smile aimed at the cashier. A malformed little man with a knack for minor acts of wizardry goes to disastrous lengths to procure a child. A loutish and lazy Jack prefers living in his mother''s basement to getting a job, until the day he trades a cow for a handful of magic beans. In A Wild Swan and Other Tales, the people and the talismans of lands far, far away - the mythic figures of our childhoods and the source of so much of our wonder - are transformed by Michael Cunningham into stories of sublime revelation.

"Peter e Rebecca Harris: due quarantenni, nati e cresciuti a New York, al culmine delle loro carriere: gallerista lui, editor lei. Ricchi, con una figlia universitaria a Boston, pieni di amici, sono ammirati e invidiati da tutti: sembrano felici. Un giorno, pero, va a trovarli il fratello di Rebecca, molto piu giovane di lei: Ethan (detto in famiglia Mizzy, ""l''errore""). Il ragazzo e un bellissimo ventitreenne, con una storia di droga alle spalle, in cerca di una strada. Accanto a lui, Peter inizia a interrogarsi sull''arte, gli artisti, il lavoro, il successo - il suo mondo, insomma, che tanto faticosamente si e costruito - e, mentre la confusione aumenta, inizia anche a sentirsi sempre piu attratto da lui. L''autore di Le ore torna con un romanzo che e un viaggio nei bisogni e nei desideri piu profondi dell''uomo: qual e il posto dell''amore nelle nostre vite? e la bellezza quanto puo contare nella nostra esistenza? "

A daring, deeply affecting third novel by the author of "A Home at the End of the World "and "Flesh and Blood." In "The Hours," Michael Cunningham, widely praised as one of the most gifted writers of his generation, draws inventively on the life and work of Virginia Woolf to tell the story of a group of contemporary characters struggling with the conflicting claims of love and inheritance, hope and despair. The narrative of Woolf's last days before her suicide early in World War II counterpoints the fictional stories of Samuel, a famous poet whose life has been shadowed by his talented and troubled mother, and his lifelong friend Clarissa, who strives to forge a balanced and rewarding life in spite of the demands of friends, lovers, and family. Passionate, profound, and deeply moving, this is Cunningham's most remarkable achievement to date.

O aclamado romance de Michael Cunningham que deu origem ao filme estrelado por Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman e Julianne Moore.Em 1923, nos arredores de Londres, Virginia Woolf escreve Mrs. Dalloway enquanto tenta encontrar a tranquilidade em meio aos sintomas de um transtorno mental. A angustia tambem e constante na vida da dona de casa Laura Brown, que vive num suburbio de Los Angeles em 1949 e se esforça para desempenhar o papel de esposa e me da melhor maneira possivel. Ja na Manhattan do fim dos anos 1990, a editora Clarissa Vaughan organiza uma festa para o amigo Richard, que tem aids em estagio avançado e acaba de ganhar um premio literario.Neste romance extraordinario que lhe rendeu o Pulitzer de 1999, Michael Cunningham explora a vida dessas tres mulheres a primeira real, as outras duas ficticias unidas pelo no pertencimento e pelo desejo de encontrar profundidade nas experiencias mais comuns.

"Fairy tales for our times from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours A poisoned apple and a monkey's paw with the power to change fate; a girl whose extraordinarily long hair causes catastrophe; a man with one human arm and one swan's wing; and a house deep in the forest, constructed of gumdrops and gingerbread, vanilla frosting and boiled sugar. In A Wild Swan and Other Tales, the people and the talismans of lands far, far away--the mythic figures of our childhoods and the source of so much of our wonder--are transformed by Michael Cunningham into stories of sublime revelation. Here are the moments that our fairy tales forgot or deliberately concealed: the years after a spell is broken, the rapturous instant of a miracle unexpectedly realized, or the fate of a prince only half cured of a curse. The Beast stands ahead of you in line at the convenience store, buying smokes and a Slim Jim, his devouring smile aimed at the cashier. A malformed little man with a knack for minor acts of wizardry goes to disastrous lengths to procure a child. A loutish and lazy Jack prefers living in his mother's basement to getting a job, until the day he trades a cow for a handful of magic beans. Reimagined by one of the most gifted storytellers of his generation, and exquisitely illustrated by Yuko Shimizu, rarely have our bedtime stories been this dark, this perverse, or this true"--

A darkly luminous new novel from the Pulitzer Prizewinning author of The HoursMichael Cunninghams luminous novel begins with a vision. Its November 2004. Barrett Meeks, having lost love yet again, is walking through Central Park when he is inspired to look up at the sky; there he sees a pale, translucent light that seems to regard him in a distinctly godlike way. Barrett doesnt believe in visionsor in Godbut he cant deny what hes seen.At the same time, in the not-quite-gentrified Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, Tyler, Barretts older brother, a struggling musician, is tryingand failingto write a wedding song for Beth, his wife-to-be, who is seriously ill. Tyler is determined to write a song that will be not merely a sentimental ballad but an enduring expression of love.Barrett, haunted by the light, turns unexpectedly to religion. Tyler grows increasingly convinced that only drugs can release his creative powers. Beth tries to face mortality with as much courage as she can summon.Cunningham follows the Meeks brothers as each travels down a different path in his search for transcendence. In subtle, lucid prose, he demonstrates a profound empathy for his conflicted characters and a singular understanding of what lies at the core of the human soul.The Snow Queen, beautiful and heartbreaking, comic and tragic, proves again that Cunningham is one of the great novelists of his generation.

From the author of THE HOURS 'Luminously written ...page-turningly enjoyable, this is a profound novel about love from a highly regarded, Pulitzer-winning novelist' Sunday Times Walking through Central Park, Barrett Meeks sees a translucent light in the sky that regards him in a distinctly godlike way. Barrett doesn't believe in visions - or in God - but he can't deny what he's seen. In nearby Brooklyn, Tyler, Barrett's older brother, is trying - and failing - to write a wedding song for Beth, his wife-to-be, who is seriously ill. Barrett turns unexpectedly to religion, while Tyler grows convinced that only drugs can release his creative powers. The Snow Queen, beautiful and heartbreaking, comic and tragic, proves again that Cunningham is one of the great novelists of his generation.

O romance luminoso de Michael Cunningham começa com uma viso. Estamos em Novembro de 2004 e Barrett Meeks, tendo perdido um amor uma vez mais, atravessa o Central Park quando se sente impelido a olhar para o ceu. Ali, avista uma luz palida e translucida que parece olhar para ele de uma forma inequivocamente divina. Barrett no acredita em vises nem em Deus mas no pode negar o que viu e sentiu. Ao mesmo tempo, Tyler, o irmo mais velho de Barrett, musico em busca de inspiraço, tenta sem sucesso escrever uma canço de casamento para Beth, a sua noiva gravemente doente. Tyler esta determinado a escrever uma canço que no seja meramente uma balada sentimental, mas uma expresso duradoura de amor. Cunningham segue os irmos Meek nos seus diferentes percursos em busca da transcendencia. Numa prosa subtil e lucida, demonstra uma profunda empatia pelas personagens torturadas e uma compreenso singular daquilo que constitui o amago da alma humana. A Rainha da Neve, obra bela e comovente, comica e tragica, vem de novo provar que Michael Cunningham e um dos grandes romancistas da sua geraço.

Peter is forty-four, prosperous, childless, the owner of a big New York apartment, a player in the NY contemporary art dealing scene He has been married to Rebecca for close on twenty years Their marriage is sound, in the way marriages are Peter might even describe himself to be happy But when Mizzy, Rebeccas much younger brother, comes to stay, his world is turned upside down Returning to their New York flat after work one day, Peter sees the outline of Rebecca in the shower...

The whole course of one's life really can change in an instant. Peter is forty-four, prosperous, the owner of a big New York apartment, a player in the NY contemporary art dealing scene. He has been married to Rebecca for close on twenty years. Their marriage is sound, in the way marriages are. Peter might even describe himself to be happy. But when Mizzy, Rebecca's much younger brother, comes to stay, his world is turned upside down. Returning to their New York flat after work one day, Peter sees the outline of Rebecca in the shower. But when he opens the shower door, it is Mizzy he comes face to face with. From that moment on, Mizzy occupies all of Peter's thoughts. His fascination with him is erotic but not exactly sexual. Without ever really falling out of love with his wife, he tumbles into love with her brother, and is encouraged that way by the young man. With traces of the tensions that ripple through Death in Venice, this new novel from Michael Cunningham brilliantly examines the quest for unattainable, and temporal, beauty

"New York, oggi. Peter, quarantenne, mercante d''arte a Manhattan, ha tutto quello che un uomo potrebbe desiderare. Un lavoro che sta per dargli nuove opportunita, un bell''appartamento, una moglie affascinante, una figlia che e andata al college. Tutto. O forse no. Forse questo non puo essere tutto. Forse alla vita di Peter manca qualcosa, il senso di un movimento, un''aspirazione, una tensione. Un pericolo. E quando nell''appartamento che Peter divide con Rebecca arriva Ethan, il fratello minore di sua moglie, un''attrazione misteriosa e inquietante sembra mettere a rischio qualsiasi parvenza di stabilita. L''autore di ""Le Ore"" ritorna con un romanzo seducente e sensuale, dalla scrittura densa e coinvolgente, che conduce il lettore sulle tracce di una Bellezza che tutto puo salvare e tutto puo distruggere. "

"All''apice della Rivoluzione industriale Lucas e un dodicenne costretto a prendere il posto del fratello Simon nella fonderia in cui questi ha perso la vita. È un dodicenne speciale, dotato della capacita di sentire la voce delle macchine e decifrarne gli enigmatici messaggi. La seconda parte si svolge ai giorni nostri, quando Cat Martin, che ha perso il figlio Lucas, convince un aspirante kamikaze a non farsi esplodere e, lasciandosi alle spalle il compagno Simon, lo accompagna alla scoperta di una nuova vita. Nella terza parte si giunge in un futuro popolato da androidi e alieni, dove Simon, un mutante, riscopre il senso e il valore dell''umanita e delle sue passioni grazie alle poesie di Walt Whitman, all''amicizia e all''amore. "

Barrett Meeks, having lost love yet again, is walking through Central Park when he is inspired to look up; in the sky he sees a pale, translucent light that seems to regard him in a distinctly godlike way. Barrett doesnt believe in visions_or in God_but

Michael Cunningham's tale of three generations of an American family includes the patriarch, a Greek immigrant named Constantine Stassos; his Italian-American wife; beautiful Susan with her secret child; the brilliant gay son who defies his father; and the wild Zoe who makes a life with a transvestite friend.