Giuseppe Costigliola Ordre des livres (chronologique)

Nel 1983, un efferato delitto scuote la cittadina di Sparta, in America. Zoe Kruller, cameriera e cantante di bluegrass, viene brutalmente strangolata nella casa dove vive con un'amica, dopo aver lasciato il marito pellerossa e il figlio Aaron. I sospetti ricadono su Eddy Diehl, con cui Zoe aveva una relazione, e l'accusa innesca un meccanismo perverso che distrugge la sua vita e quella della sua famiglia. Krista, la figlia di Eddy, è testimone silenziosa della vicenda e, legata al padre, è convinta della sua innocenza. Rievoca la figura paterna e gli anni segnati da un trauma profondo. La sua esistenza si intreccia con quella di Aaron, un ragazzo problematico che porta il peso del suo retaggio indiano. Entrambi, segnati dalla perdita dei genitori, si ritrovano coinvolti in un amore acerbo e inespresso, affrontando i loro sentimenti solo da adulti. Questo romanzo di formazione, cupo e romantico, combina una lirica sensualità con una tragica violenza, dove tenerezza e crudeltà si intrecciano. Ambientato nel nord dello Stato di New York, il racconto esplora i recessi della società americana con poetica lucidità, confermando l'autrice come una delle voci più sensibili della letteratura contemporanea.

America's master of noir delivers his masterpiece, a rip-roaring, devilishly wild ride through the bloody end of the 1960's. It's dark baby, and hot hot hot. Martin Luther King assassinated. Robert Kennedy assassinated. Los Angeles, 1968. Conspiracies theories are taking hold. On the horizon looms the Democratic Convention in Chicago and constant gun fire peppers south L.A. Violence, greed, and grime, are replacing free-love and everybody from Howard Hughes, Richard Nixon and J. Edgar Hoover to the right-wing assassins and left-wing revolutionaries are getting dirty. At the center of it all is a triumvirate: the president’s strong-arm goon, an ex-cop and heroine runner, and a private eye whose quarry is so dangerous she could set off the whole powder keg. With his trademark deadly staccato prose, James Ellroy holds nothing back in this wild, startling and much anticipated conclusion to his Underworld USA trilogy. From the Trade Paperback edition.

RO20177370. L'HIVER DE FRANKIE MACHINE. 2009. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 378 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 810-Littérature américaine

In this compelling narrative, a writer embarks on a quest to uncover the truth behind his family's tragic past during World War II, blending memoir, reportage, mystery, and scholarly investigation. The story begins with a boy haunted by the disappearance of six relatives during the Holocaust, a subject that captivated him from childhood. Years later, after discovering desperate letters from 1939 written by his grandfather, he is driven to seek out eyewitnesses to his relatives' fates. This journey spans a dozen countries across four continents, revealing the painful discrepancies between lived history and the stories we tell. Ultimately, it leads him back to the small Ukrainian town where his family's saga began, where answers to a long-standing mystery await. The narrative deftly weaves together past and present, childhood memories of a lost generation of immigrant Jews, and reflections on biblical texts and Jewish history. This exploration transforms one family's story into a profound meditation on our tenuous connection to the past. Deeply personal and beautifully written, the work illuminates the themes of loss and discovery through time. Mendelsohn's quest becomes a gripping detective story that raises questions about divine intervention and the randomness of history, ultimately creating a richly human tableau where each witness has a face, story, and destiny.