Maurizio Grasso Pořadí knih (chronologicky)

Exploring the intense emotions of love, this book delves into the struggles of lovers who strive to preserve their connection amidst challenges. It captures the delicate balance between beauty and despair, highlighting the complexities of relationships and the yearning for personal fulfillment. Through poignant storytelling, it reflects on the sacrifices made in the name of love and the quest for identity within it.

En el verano de 1836, en la playa de Trouville, el joven Flaubert se enamora perdidamente y en secreto de una joven llamada Elisa Schlesinger. Este amor fatal lo marcará de manera indeleble y lo perseguirá a lo largo de su vida. Los fantasmas de Trouville, el profundo sentido de soledad, abandono y falta, así como la "revuelta", ya se vislumbran en estas páginas, escritas poco después del evento y culminadas en 1838. A través de esta "confesión", Flaubert explora otros aspectos de su adolescencia. En estas "memorias" compuestas de ideas, recuerdos, impresiones, caprichos, sueños, entusiasmos y desánimos, nace el escritor Flaubert. La escritura, la poesía y la creación literaria se convierten para él en una cruz y una delicia, en desdicha y compensación, un espacio donde encontrarse y comprenderse, al tiempo que experimenta un tormento existencial.

How could a crime take place in a locked room which shows no sign of being entered? Nearly a century after its initial publication, Leroux's landmark tale of foul play, deception, and unbridled ambition remains a blueprint for the detective novel genre. This atmospheric thriller is still a favorite of whodunit fans everywhere. The greatest French detective in his most fiendish case. Even if Hercule Poirot had been born a Frenchman, not a Belgian, he would have to take second place in detection to Joseph Rouletabille, the brilliant young sleuth created by Gaston Leroux. Here, in his first and most baffling case, the eighteen year old reporter astounds readers with his audacity and ingenuity. Who could have tried to murder Mademoiselle Stangerson, beautiful daughter of a famous radium scientist ? And how could they have entered and escaped from a completely locked and watched room ? With the Surete's top sleuth vying against him, Rouletabille is determined to prove only he can solve the case.

Brevi capolavori di ambigua e delicata bellezza, i Contes cruels spiccano sovrani su tutta l’opera di Villiers de l’Isle-Adam, vero prisma rilucente in cui l’esprit dell’autore si riflette in tutte le sue molteplici sfaccettature. Feroci, sgradevoli, imbarazzanti, sontuosi nella scrittura, dove ammiccano tesori lessicali tutti da riscoprire e gustare con palato sottile, impreziositi da un sapientissimo uso del décor, i Contes cruels («il più miracoloso dei libri d’ore», come ebbe a scrivere Stéphane Mallarmé) rappresentano uno splendido, raro esempio di fantastico a parte subjecti da cui parecchi scrittori avranno non poco da imparare.