Librarian's note: See alternate cover edition of ISBN13 9780380395866 here . Set in England's Downs, a once idyllic rural landscape, this stirring tale of adventure, courage and survival follows a band of very special creatures on their flight from the intrusion of man and the certain destruction of their home. Led by a stouthearted pair of friends, they journey forth from their native Sandleford Warren through the harrowing trials posed by predators and adversaries, to a mysterious promised land and a more perfect society.
"A SON OF THE CIRCUS IS COMIC GENIUS....GET READY FOR IRVING'S MOST RAUCOUS NOVEL TO DATE." --The Boston Globe "Dr. Farrokh Daruwalla, reared in Bombay by maverick foes of tradition, educated in Vienna, married to an Austrian and long a resident of Toronto, is a 59-year-old without a country, culture or religion to call his own....The novel may not be 'about' India, but Irving's imagined India, which Daruwalla visits periodically, is a remarkable achievement--a pandemonium of servants and clubmen, dwarf clowns and transvestite whores, missionaries and movie stars. This is a land of energetic colliding egos, of modern media clashing with ancient cultures, of broken sexual boundaries." --New York Newsday "HIS MOST DARING AND MOST VIBRANT NOVEL...The story of circus-as-India is told with gusto and delightful irreverence." --Bharati Mukherjee The Washington Post Book World "Ringmaster Irving introduces act after act, until three (or more) rings are awhirl at a lunatic pace....[He] spills characters from his imagination as agilely as improbable numbers of clowns pile out of a tiny car....His Bombay and his Indian characters are vibrant and convincing." --The Wall Street Journal "IRRESISTIBLE...POWERFUL...Irving's gift for dialogue shines." --Chicago Tribune
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.
In 1941, Henry Miller, the author of Tropic of Cancer, was commissioned by a Los Angeles bookseller to write an erotic novel for a dollar a page. Under the Roofs of Paris (originally published as Opus Pistorum) is that book. Here one finds Miller’s characteristic candor, wit, self-mockery, and celebration of the good life. From Marcelle to Tania, to Alexandra, to Anna, and from the Left Bank to Pigalle, Miller sweeps us up in his odyssey in search of the perfect job, the perfect woman, and the perfect experience.
"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]
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.
