Alpes
- 124pages
- 5 heures de lecture
Thomas Berger Livres
20 juillet 1924 – 13 juillet 2014
Thomas Berger était un romancier américain prolifique dont l'œuvre a abordé et subverti avec maestria de nombreux genres littéraires. Tout au long de sa carrière, il a exploré la fiction policière, la science-fiction, les récits utopiques et réinterprété les mythes et légendes classiques avec une touche stylistique unique. Bien que son esprit vif et son humour souvent mordant aient conduit beaucoup à le qualifier de satiriste, Berger lui-même a rejeté de telles classifications. Ses explorations plongent dans diverses formes narratives, offrant aux lecteurs une expérience littéraire distincte et souvent surprenante.
'I am a white man and never forget it, but I was brought up by the Cheyenne Indians from the age of ten.' So starts the story of Jack Crabb, the 111-year old narrator of Thomas Berger's masterpiece of American fiction. As a "human being", as the Cheyenne called their own, he won the name Little Big Man. He dressed in skins, feasted on dog, loved four wives and saw his people butchered by the horse soldiers of General Custer, the man he had sworn to kill. As a white man, Crabb hunted buffalo, tangled with Wyatt Earp, cheated Wild Bill Hickok and survived the Battle of Little Bighorn. Part-farcical, part-historical, the picaresque adventures of this witty, wily mythomaniac claimed the Wild West as the stuff of serious literature.
The Gnome Craft Book
- 96pages
- 4 heures de lecture
Gnome crafts offer a wealth of possibilities for activities with children. This books shows how to make gnomes out of walnuts, twigs, wool and paper and other media.
Reinterpreting and expanding upon the Arthurian legend, the author begins to inject his own personality into the narrative, which constitutes a salute to the Age of Chivalry
Crafts Through the Year
- 176pages
- 7 heures de lecture
Step-by-step instructions for making a range of toys and decorations to help children engage with festivals and seasons of the year.
The sequel to LITTLE BIG MAN the memoirs of 111 year old Jack Crabb. Crabb's death cut short the tale of how he was the last survivor of Custer's Last Stand. The sequel tells the story of how Crabb faked his death to get out of his publishing contract, and completes the story of his life.
Suburban regular guy Earl Keese confronts the yawning pit of chaos in the persons of Harry and Ramona, a younger couple who have just moved into the only other house on their dead-end street. Literally overnight, Earl's painstakingly controlled world is turned upside down. Soon he is engaged in guerilla warfare with his new neighbors, who seem to threaten the very fabric of his carefully constructed reality.
Vital Parts
- 416pages
- 15 heures de lecture
Abenteuer einer künstlichen Frau Ellery Pierce, Techniker bei einer Firma zur Herstellung animatronischer Geschöpfe, hat kein Glück mit dem weiblichen Geschlecht. Also beschließt er, sich seine Traumfrau einfach selbst zu bauen – und das Ergebnis kann sich sehen lassen. Roboterdame Phyllis ist die perfekte Ehefrau, intelligent und wunderschön. Zum Unmut ihres Schöpfers entwickelt sie jedoch schnell eigene Pläne und verlässt Ellery, um in Hollywood Karriere zu machen. Schon bald fasst sie einen ehrgeizigen Entschluss: Sie will die erste Präsidentin der USA werden.
