Wu Ming Livres

An historical epic of exodus and return, torn loyalties and desperate battles that spans the Atlantic, from the forests of America's northeast to the underworld of eighteenth-century London.

When a fire rips through the Venetian Arsenal in 1569, the enigmatic Emanuele De Zante, spy-catcher and secret agent, is betrayed by his lover, imprisoned, and accused of treason. Given the chance to escape, he embarks on a trans-European odyssey that will test his loyalty and force him to question even his own identity. Through a series of deadly political games leading all the way to the Sultan’s palace in Constantinople, De Zante and his companions spiral headfirst toward a conflict in which the great empires of the Republic of Venice and the Ottomans threaten the very foundations of civilization.

In Hollywood, some members of Her Majesty's Secret Service have a dangerous mission for the supremely elegant actor Cary Grant. And in Bologna, Pierre Capponi, a lovelorn young barman, is about to embark on a painful odyssey in search of his missing father, one that will end up taking him half-way around the world.

Three thirty-year-old friends reunite in Beijing after nearly 10 years apart. They used to be free-wheeling rock-and-rollers without a care in the world, but now, after tasting their own variation of freedom in new China, they are tormented by how unforgiving and unglamorous life had become. Nothing at all like the fame and fortune they dreamed about as kids. After comparing stories of disappointment over beers, they are reminded of how much youth they've lost when a group of kids torments them into a brawl. Re-energized by the encounter, they decide to reform the band and this time take over the world. But reality gets in the way when one of them finds out his family is going to be evicted along with their whole neighborhood due to shady government zoning. Putting their dreams aside to fight for their rightful property, they find themselves in a violent uprising pitting neighborhood residents against police and bulldozers... And when the heat gets turned up high enough, fuses are bound to be lit... A story of youthful dreams clashing with the reality of adulthood, set against the backdrop of modern China.

"A collection of works by celebrated Chinese artist Lu Ming, who is widely recognized as the leading representative of Chinese realist comics. Few artists are as complete as Lu Ming. Known for his hyper-realistic comics and his universe inspired by both medieval (Chinese and European) and music (he is also a professional guitarist and drummer), this collection is a look at his paintings, advertising illustrations (for which he won a Palme d'or at the Cannes Lion festival in 2008), storyboard and conceptual design work for feature films (including the legendary Tsui Hark's Flying Sabers), and his sculptures (including the monumental "Desert Grade" presented at the Burning Man festival in Nevada)."-- Amazon

Building bridges between Asian and Western philosophies, Kuang-ming Wu provides a novel approach to the "self-other" issue, casting it in terms of togetherness. On the "Logic" of Togetherness is a natural sequel to On Chinese Body Thinking (Brill, 1997). It is an essay on a cultural hermeneutics of togetherness, and of the homo-ecological community of differences, cultural and otherwise. "Togetherness" is the concrete primal "that" by which we explain and analyze concrete things and an intrinsic interactive principle of integrity, growth, reflection, and behavior. In five sections, this book describes cultural, personal, argumentative, religious and philosophical situations of togetherness, thus providing an imaginative examination of its varieties.

Tamika sa ocitne na rozhraní dvoch svetov. Jedným z nich je kolónia Európanov, v ktorej sa narodila a vyrastala pod dohľadom svojho staršieho brata. Jej život sa zmení po tom, čo sa vďaka svojmu talentu ocitne za hranicami neznámej Číny, ktorá sa delí na štát Liao a štát Song. V kolónii viedlabezstarostný život, zatiaľ čo v Číne musela bojovať, aby zachránila seba a svojho brata. Na tejto životnej ceste, kde zažila krutosť a chamtivosť ľudí, o to väčšmi pocíti silu priateľstva a lásky. Spoločne so svojimi priateľmi hľadajú spravodlivosť pre obyčajných ľudí oboch štátov.

1794. Parigi ha solo notti senza luna. Marat, Robespierre e Saint- Just sono morti, ma c'è chi giura di averli visti all'ospedale di Bicêtre. Un uomo in maschera si aggira sui tetti: è l'Ammazzaincredibili, eroe dei quartieri popolari, difensore della plebe rivoluzionaria, ieri temuta e oggi umiliata, schiacciata da un nuovo potere. Dicono che sia un italiano. Orde di uomini bizzarri riempiono le strade, scritte enigmatiche compaiono sui muri e una forza invisibile condiziona i destini, in città e nei remoti boschi dell'Alvernia. Qualcuno la chiama "fluido", qualcun altro Volontà. Guarda, figliolo: un giorno tutta questa controrivoluzione sarà tua. Ma è meglio cominciare dall'inizio. Anzi: dal giorno in cui Luigi Capeto incontrò Madama Ghigliottina. -- From publisher's website

"Revolución, ciencia ficción, alienígenas, experimentos científicos y arte proletario: los Wu Ming se adentran en el universo soviético. n 1907, en Tiflis, Georgia, un revolucionario bolchevique llamado Leonid Voloch asalta un carruaje postal protegido por cosacos y huye en un tren con la ayuda de un camarada georgiano. Saltan del tren en marcha y el georgiano lo conduce a través de un bosque hasta una extraña esfera transparente, de no menos de ocho metros de altura y con varias presencias en su interior, que se abre para recibirlos. En ese momento el georgiano se desabrocha el cuello de la casaca, desliza los dedos de ambas manos y se quita la máscara que hacía la función de cara, incluidos el pelo oscuro y el bigote. Asoma entonces un ser alienígena de facciones vagamente humanas... Muchos años después, la supuesta hija de Leonid, que es además una supuesta alienígena, busca a su padre para llevarlo de regreso al planeta Nacun. Para ello visita en el Moscú ya revolucionario a Alexandr Bodgánov, un personaje real que parece salido de una novela: médico, economista, filósofo, fundador e ideólogo del movimiento artístico proletario llamado Proletkult, escritor de ciencia ficción y director de un centro de transfusiones pionero en la curación de enfermedades nerviosas (y acaso en la búsqueda de la eterna juventud). Y así, en este pastiche de realismo socialista y ciencia ficción (también socialista), aparecen revolucionarios exiliados en Capri, policías secretos, civilizaciones interplanetarias organizadas en perfectas sociedades comunistas, El capital y un hito de la ciencia ficción socialista titulado --cómo no-- Estrella roja, Lenin y Stalin... Y, con todos estos elementos, el colectivo Wu Ming crea un endiablado y apetitoso artefacto literario que juega con los géneros y explora la relación entre delirios revolucionarios y mentales; entre locuras humanas y políticas; entre ensoñaciones, ideales y fantasías (políticas y literarias); entre realidad y ficción." -- Amazon.com