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Pier Francesco Paolini

    La via del samurai
    Opus pistorum
    Waiting to Exhale
    The Second Ring of Power
    Une prière pour Owen
    Watership Down
    • Watership Down

      • 478pages
      • 17 heures de lecture
      4,4(1801)Évaluer

      Alternate cover editions to ISBN 10: 0140039589 can be found here, here, here, and here. Watership Down is one of the most beloved novels of our time. Sandleford Warren is in danger. Hazel's younger brother Fiver is convinced that a great evil is about to befall the land, but no one will listen. And why would they when it is Spring and the grass is fat and succulent? So together Hazel and Fiver and a few other brave rabbits secretly leave behind the safety and strictures of the warren and hop tentatively out into a vast and strange world. Chased by their former friends, hunted by dogs and foxes, avoiding farms and other human threats, but making new friends, Hazel and his fellow rabbits dream of a new life in the emerald embrace of Watership Down.

      Watership Down
    • Une prière pour Owen

      • 568pages
      • 20 heures de lecture
      4,3(292555)Évaluer

      Ce roman raconte la vie d'un Christ (nain) des temps modernes et décrit avec brio le déclin moral et civique des Etats-Unis des années 1960. Selon Folch-Ribas l'oeuvre est "l'histoire de 40 ans d'une parfaite amitié entre deux êtres qui sont peut-être l'homme américain d'aujourd'hui et son créateur, son ange gardien" ou son fantôme

      Une prière pour Owen
    • The Second Ring of Power

      • 328pages
      • 12 heures de lecture
      4,1(3160)Évaluer

      Transformed by Don Juan from a bent, gray-haired old woman into a sensual sorceress whose mission is to test Castaneda, Dona Soledad turns her mysterious and awesome powers against Castaneda in a struggle that nearly consumes him.

      The Second Ring of Power
    • The classic novel of triumph, revenge, and friendship-now in a premium edition From the critically-acclaimed author of How Stella Got Her Groove Back comes this wise, down-to-earth story of a friendship between four African American women who lean on each other while "waiting to exhale"-waiting for that man who will take their breath away.

      Waiting to Exhale
    • Opus pistorum

      • 315pages
      • 12 heures de lecture
      3,5(1226)Évaluer

      Publié pour la première fois en 1983 aux USA, ce roman fut écrit par Miller en 1941-42. Il y narre une odyssée du sexe sous les toits de Paris, traçant une galerie de portraits sexuels d'hommes et de femmes déclinant leurs fantasmes.

      Opus pistorum
    • La via del samurai

      • 198pages
      • 7 heures de lecture

      "Una straordinaria meditazione sulla morte e un'amara riflessione sulla perdita di tradizioni e valori antichissimi, nel racconto di un grande rappresentante della letteratura contemporanea." [dalla pagina web di Bompiani]

      La via del samurai
    • Nel magico scenario della verde Irlanda, il giovane Pidge, dopo aver acquistato un vecchio libro malconcio, sitrova a varcare la sottile soglia che separa il mondo reale da quello fantastico. Lo attende un viaggio senza tempo, in compagnia della sua sorellina Brigit, tra streghe e folletti, spiriti maligni e geni benefici, giganti ed animali fantastici. Questo libro narra le gesta due bambini, già citati sopra. La Dea Morrigan sta per tornare nel mondo degli umani, ma per farlo deve entrare in possesso delle pietre con cui Cù Chulainn, il mastino dell' Ulster, la ferì durante una battaglia. I nostri eroi, il cui compito sarà quello si impadronirsi delle pietre e di consegnarle al Dio Daghda,saranno aiutati da druidi, animali parlanti e antichi re irlandesi e vigili urbani in bicicletta. Verranno però ostacolati dai segugi della Dea Morrigan, da orchi deformi e da spiriti maligni.

      La Gaja scienza - 250: La pietra del vecchio pescatore