Bruno Armando Books

I romanzi di questa "Trilogia" nascono dalla tragedia di chi fu allontanato dal proprio paese in nome di una motivazione aberrante come quella razziale. In "L'amico ritrovato" questa lacerazione coincide con la fine dell'amicizia tra due compagni di liceo, Hans Schwarz, ebreo figlio di borghesi, e il nobile Konradin von Hohenfels. Il nazismo travolge questo legame come un contagio che sembra colpire anche l'amico di un tempo e portarlo al tradimento. La smentita verrà solo trent'anni anni dopo, imprevista e commovente, nell'ultima lettera scritta da Konradin in "Un'anima non vile". Così l'amicizia è al centro dell'esperienza di Simon Elsas che, tornato dall'esilio, lenirà le ferite dell'anima confrontandosi con i suoi amici di un tempo.

The Virgin and the Gipsy was discovered in France after D. H. Lawrence's death in 1930. Immediately recognized as a masterpiece in which Lawrence had distilled and purified his ideas about sexuality and morality, The Virgin and the Gipsy has become a classic and is one of Lawrence's most electrifying short novels. Set in a small village in the English countryside, this is the story of a secluded, sensitive rector's daughter who yearns for meaning beyond the life to which she seems doomed. When she meets a handsome young gipsy whose life appears different from hers in every way, she is immediately smitten and yet still paralyzed by her own fear and social convention. Not until a natural catastrophe suddenly, miraculously sweeps away the world as she knew it does a new world of passion open for her. Lawrence's spirit is infused by all his tenderness, passion, and knowledge of the human soul.

THE AUTHORIZED UNEXPURGATED EDITION—Lady Chatterley’s Lover is one of the most beautiful and most notorious love stories in modern fiction. The Signet Classics edition is D. H. Lawrence’s masterpiece just as he wrote it. It is the complete unexpurgated text of the original Orioli edition first published in Italy in 1928, the last approved by Lawrence himself. The summation of D. H. Lawrence’s artistic achievement, this controversial novel about an upper-class woman stifled by a loveless marriage who begins a passionate affair with her husband’s gamekeeper sharply illustrates Lawrence’s belief that materialism robbed life of its vitality and purpose...that tenderness and passion were the only weapons that could save man from self-destruction. “This Signet Classics edition is the only complete unexpurgated version of Lady Chatterley’s Lover authorized by the estate of Frieda Lawrence for U.S. publication. No other edition is entitled to make this claim.”—Laurence Pollinger, Literary Executor to the Estate of Mrs. Frieda Lawrence

Born in 1922 in Lowell, Massachusetts, Jack Kerouac emerged as a pivotal figure in American literature, defining the Beat Generation through his innovative 'spontaneous prose' style. He captured the essence of the American traveler and the spirit of his era in seminal works like On the Road, The Subterraneans, and The Dharma Bums. His literary legacy also includes notable titles such as Big Sur and Mexico City Blues, showcasing his diverse talents in both prose and poetry. Kerouac's influence endures long after his passing in 1969.