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Con il suo caratteristico stile ironico e surreale, ricco di riferimenti colti e soluzioni linguistiche originali, Roberto Barbolini torna con una nuova raccolta di racconti che esplorano il tragicomico intreccio fra le "basse voglie" del corpo e il richiamo insopprimibile del sacro nell’epoca della sua impossibilità.

Set against the tropics and megacities of the Americas, Maria, Maria takes inspiration from wild creatures, tarot, and the porous borders between life and death. Motivated by love and its inverse, grief, the characters who inhabit these stories negotiate boldly with nature to cast their desired ends. Brimming with sharp wit and ferocious female intuition, these stories bubble over into the titular novella, "Maria, Maria"—a family drama set in a reimagined California rainforest that explores the legacies of three Marias, and possibly all Marias.

Dark Factory is a dance club: three floors of DJs, drinks, and customizable reality, everything you see and hear and feel. Ari Regon is the club's wild card floor manager, and Max Caspar is a stubborn DIY artist, both chasing a vision of true reality. And rogue journalist Marfa Carpenter is there to write it all down. Then a rooftop rave sets in motion a fathomless energy that may drive Ari and Max to the edge of the ultimate experience. Kathe Koja combines her award-winning writing and her skill directing immersive events to create a story that unfolds in the listener's creative mind.

Un viaggio lungo 10 racconti attorno alle più comuni angosce e riflessioni della vita di tutti i giorni. Viste da prospettive davvero inconsuete.

Es la historia mágica y curiosa de una pequeña niña llamada Alexia, que a través de su vida, su desarrollo y su crecimiento, hasta convertirse en una jovencita, va atravesando por diversas manifestaciones milagrosas y extraordinarias que no tienen una explicación lógica. Primero es el llanto imparable que no se detiene jamás hasta alcanzar cierta edad, luego es la risa incontenible que se desborda como un río y que la mete en problemas y en situaciones jocosas, luego la tercera manifestación es la indetenible locuacidad que la lleva a cumplir grandes tareas.

Present day. As a love affair comes to an end, and with it her dreams for her future, artist Selena needs a retreat. The picture-postcard Sloe Cottage in the Somerset village of Ashcombe promises to be the perfect place to forget her problems, and Selena settles into her new home as spring arrives. 1682: Grace Cotter longs for nothing more than a husband and family of her own. Separated by three hundred years, two women are drawn together by a home bathed in blood and magic.

Christina Jones had always thought that she was normal, just your typical unlucky woman. But this all changes on her twenty-first birthday when she falls, quite literally, headfirst into a world that was thought only to exist in Ancient Greek mythology.

Vince and Stu's road trip through Texas is cut short when Stu's ancient Honda breaks down in the quiet town of Rambling. Nearby is Bubba's used-car lot, containing a collection of classic American cars. Following a bizarre encounter with a talking crow, and a deal signed in blood, Stu trades in his Honda for a powder-blue 1952 Cadillac convertible. Back on the road, the two buddies continue their journey in style, until a series of Burma Shave road signs and an encounter in a cemetery changes things forever.

Singing was always Ryan’s dream, but he suspects he’ll never have the voice to make it come true. No matter how much vocal training he gets, he just can’t cut it in the musical world. But when a mysterious witch offers him a chance to achieve everything he desires in exchange for a future favor, he accepts it without question. Ryan is suddenly transformed into a woman with a voice to die for, which is a trade-off he's thrilled to make! His career begins to take off—as does his love life when he finds himself falling in love with his best friend.

Sous la ville de Plombières-les-bains se trouve le monde des sources; c'est le royaume des elfes qui vivent là depuis des temps immémoriaux, cachés du regard des hommes par les vapeurs des bains chauds qui circulent sous la ville. Mais des elfes disparaissent et leur monde court un danger mortel ; la reine Lulle envoie alors un émissaire à la surface pour requérir l'aide des humains.

A new century has brought a new competitor to the Great Game of Empires: The Germans, in alliance with the Young Turks of the Ottoman Empire, hope to gain control over the oil fields of the Middle East. And while treachery and deceit have always been part of the espionage trade, teenagers Elizabeth Bankroft and Michael O’Connell, alumni of the intelligence school known as the Viceroy’s College, must also use their mystic arts training to help their military masters.

It happened under a tamarind tree! An entire family that lived, loved, and was wiped out by a single dreaded disease! An old house that tells its own stories, in its own unique style! A 'curse' that wields power over generations! A young woman who visits her ancestral home, looking for answers to the questions left behind by her mother. Does she find them? Are certain questions better left unasked?

இளமையின் துடிப்பும் துள்ளலுமாக வாழ்க்கையை அதன் போக்கில் அனுபவித்து வாழும் நவீன இளைஞன் ஆகாஷ்.

'Kid' Wolffe is an up-and-coming boxer in 1920s New York. An honest fighter's got little chance at success on the mob-controlled circuit—until ambitious lieutenant 'Hinky' Friedman starts making moves to take over her boss's business, and sees a use for the kid. Teitelstam is a struggling tattoo artist, whose natural talent for ink magic won't amount to much without formal training. So he's got no idea why Hinky would offer him 10 times what he's worth to come work for her.

When Stevie vanquished her family’s greatest threat, she thought they’d be safe. Unaware of the evil surrounding her, she trains with her coven and prepares to inherit her mother’s role as queen and protector of the amulet.

Though published second after Altmann's Tongue, The Din of Celestial Birds (1997) consists of the best of Evenson's early stories. They take place in a country (perhaps several countries) that seems at once everywhere and nowhere, haunted by birds, ghosts, poverty, tyranny, and the permeability of the line between the living and the dead. These stories offer a heady mix of absurdity and bleakness on the one hand and exuberant magic realism on the other.

Billy Boustany uncovers a mystery that transforms his sleepy midwestern city into a vibrant metropolis of iridescent skyscrapers, wild parties, and eccentric characters. This parallel world offers the adventure of a lifetime, but it comes with a perilous secret. When Billy shares his adventure with his college student daughter, their exploration leads them to a magnificent city of Native Americans at an ancient site. However, they soon encounter a formidable foe - the Knights, a secret society bent on keeping outsiders away.

When Annabel loses the love of her life, she is swept on a cross-continental search to find meaning. Undertaking an epic journey spanning Vienna, London, San Francisco, Provence, and the depths of the fjords in Norway, she travels to the American desert, where an ayahuasca-induced shamanic journey reveals that her only way forward is by healing her past. As Annabel treks to the lands of her American ancestors, she begins to awaken deeper roots within herself that reveal where true love really lies.

In a world where witches live among humans, Oliva Lockhart keeps her magical traits a tight-lipped secret. Until one night, while out with a friend, she discovers another witch seducing a crowd with his siren-like voice. His lyrics are more than just words. They are the emotions drawn from the sea of people gathered around the stage. Oliva refuses to succumb to any of this because she feels it’s all smoke and mirrors. Luke Pierce, the Spell Casters’ lead performer, holds many abilities, and one is capturing feelings from others.

A life-changing event has brought Yana back to the archaic primordial essence of her being. This mental retreat has dulled Yana’s former understanding of the world, and now she has to relearn everything from the very beginning. The world appears to her as simultaneously familiar (Yana’s feminine grown-up nature) yet also fresh, bizarre, ironic, and often completely illogical (Yana’s new child-like, back-to-the-core nature).