Ottavio Fatica Books

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, The Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages, it fell by chance into the hands of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins. From his fastness in the Dark Tower of Mordor, Sauron's power spread far and wide. He gathered all the Great Rings to him, but always he searched for the One Ring that would complete his dominion. On Bilbo's eleventy-first birthday, he disapeared, bequeathing to his young cousin, Frodo, the Ruling Ring and a perilous quest: to journey across Middle-earth, deep into the shadow of the Dark Lord, and destroy the Ring by casting it into the Cracks of Doom. THE LORD OF THE RINGS tells of the great quest undertaken by Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring: Gandalf the Wizard; the hobbits Merry, Pippin and Sam; Gimli the Dwarf; Legolas the Elf; Boromir of Gondor; and a tall, mysterious stranger called Strider. --back cover

«Arcaicamente nuova» – così l’ha definita Marianne Moore, di cui è ritenuta degna erede –, Elizabeth Bishop è ormai entrata di diritto nel novero dei massimi poeti americani del Novecento, ma non ha perso nulla del suo fascino elusivo. Eterna sfrattata dai Paesi come dagli affetti, ha condotto una vita appartata, itinerante, dalla Nuova Scozia a New York, da Parigi a Key West fino al Brasile. E da questa inappartenenza costitutiva nasce la sua poesia «di immensa discrezione e di immensità discreta» – secondo le ispirate parole di Seamus Heaney –, dove grazie a «una concentrazione perfettamente inutile, dimentica di sé» e a un modo assorto, metodicamente obliquo di ottenere il giusto grado di rifrazione, si accendono visioni capaci di cogliere scorci inediti di quella sostanza surreale che intride la vita quotidiana.In calce a ogni sua poesia c’è una scritta invisibile: «Io l’ho visto». «Musa infallibile», Elizabeth Bishop sa rendere perfetto il casuale: il suo mondo, composto di parole familiari, domestiche, spoglie, illuminanti, crea un gioco di iridescenze, un prisma di lacrime, di squame, di chiazze di benzina, mirabile miracolo che si schiude dalla finestra della pagina – una delle tante «gabbie per l’infinità» scoperte da uno di quei rari poeti che «hanno scelto da soli la propria gabbia».

In 1929 Robert Graves went to live abroad permanently, vowing 'never to make England my home again'. This is his superb account of his life up until that 'bitter leave-taking': from his childhood and desperately unhappy school days at Charterhouse, to his time serving as a young officer in the First World War that was to haunt him throughout his life. It also contains memorable encounters with fellow writers and poets, including Siegfried Sassoon and Thomas Hardy, and covers his increasingly unhappy marriage to Nancy Nicholson. Goodbye to All That, with its vivid, harrowing descriptions of the Western Front, is a classic war document, and also has immense value as one of the most candid self-portraits of an artist ever written.

Renowned for his masterful storytelling, Elmore Leonard has captivated readers with over thirty works that showcase his exceptional talent in crime fiction. Celebrated by The New York Times Book Review as a leading figure in the genre, Leonard's writing combines sharp dialogue and intricate plots, making him a literary icon whose influence resonates with audiences worldwide.