Stefano Massini Livres

The novel in verse that inspired the sensational West End and Off-Broadway play, The Lehman Trilogy is the story of a family and a company that changed the world.

"How many times have words not been enough? How many complex feelings don't have a corresponding noun that properly describes them in the dictionary? How many times has a language left us like an archer without arrows in the labyrinth of our emotions? Award winning author Stefano Massini found himself feeling this way too often. With great surprise, he began to feel that the ancient rules of language were not a flowing palette of colors he could use to paint all things, but instead a limiting force robbing him of the freedom of expression. So, he returned to the wondrous mechanism that has fed our dictionaries from time immemorial. If a word was missing, he created one. Every chapter mentions a new word that comes from a story about a real person, from Louis XIV to an American gangster. The result is a flowing, beautifully-illustrated collection of linguistic origin stories wrought from the mind of an internationally renowned storytelling icon. In doing so, Massini effectively liberates the human capacity for using language creatively, and for embracing storytelling to fine tune our way of being in the world. If the language in the dictionary doesn't feel adequate to deal with reality here and now, he inspires readers to create new words that ring true"--

Questa incredibile storia inizia con un giovane immigrato ebreo tedesco che, sul molo di un porto americano, respira l'entusiasmo dello sbarco. Da questo piccolo seme germoglia una saga familiare ed economica capace di cambiare il mondo. Henry Lehman, soprannominato "Testa", si trasferisce nel profondo Sud degli Stati Uniti, dove apre un negozio di stoffe. Il cotone degli schiavi rappresenta il primo banco di prova per l'astuzia commerciale di Lehman Brothers, che si unisce ai suoi fratelli Emanuel e Mayer, detti "Braccio" e "Patata". I tre fratelli accumulano successi e insuccessi, attratti dal vortice di New York. Con il passare del tempo, il cotone lascia spazio a caffè, zucchero, carbone e all'industria ferroviaria in espansione. La narrazione si sposta su Philip Lehman e i suoi cugini, le cui vite compongono un mosaico di umanità varia e contraddittoria, in una corsa frenetica per tenere il passo con Wall Street. Gli anni di euforia culminano nel crollo del 1929, quando Bobbie Lehman, simbolo di un equilibrio precario, affronta un futuro incerto. L'autore crea un'opera monumentale che intreccia storia privata e universale, mescolando generi e forme narrative, offrendo una visione unica e innovativa del passato e del futuro.

Pour retrouver l'homme qu'elle aime, un écrivain maudit, Marguerite accepte de livrer son âme au diable. Version contemporaine du mythe de Faust, transposé à Moscou dans les années 1930, Le Maître et Marguerite est aussi l'une des histoires d'amour les plus émouvantes jamais écrites. Mikhail Boulgakov a travaillé à son roman durant douze ans, en pleine dictature stalinienne, conscient qu'il n'aurait aucune chance de le voir paraître de son vivant. Ecrit pour la liberté des artistes et contre le conformisme, cet objet d'admiration universelle fut publié un quart de siècle après la mort de celui qui est aujourd'hui considéré comme l'égal de Dostoïevski, Gogol ou Tchekhov. Cette édition s'accompagne d'un appareil critique et d'une introduction de la spécialiste de la littérature russe Marianne Gourg, qui a également révisé la traduction.

Stefano Massinis Geschichte der Lehman Brothers als Roman – „klug, elektrisierend und leichtfüßig“. New York Times Am 11. September 1844 setzt ein Jude aus Bayern seinen Fuß in das gelobte Land Amerika. Es ist Heyum Lehmann, der sich in Henry Lehman umbenennt und ein winziges Stoffgeschäft in Alabama eröffnet, wohin ihm seine Brüder folgen. Bald wächst der Familienbetrieb in schwindelerregende Höhen, vom Baumwollhandel über andere Investitionen bis zum Giganten an der Wall Street. 2008 bricht die amerikanische Bank „Lehman Brothers“ zusammen und läutet den Kollaps des Finanzmarktes ein. Stefano Massinis international gefeiertes Buch erzählt mit sprudelndem Witz und Brecht’scher Intensität eine schillernde Auswanderergeschichte und eine unheimliche Parabel über den Kapitalismus. Sinnlich, lehrreich und spannend zugleich.