Stefano Tummolini Book order (chronological)

A gripping literary page-turner from a rising Irish talent in which former friends, estranged for fifteen years, reckon with the terrifying events of the summer that changed their lives.

With The Mirror & the Light, Hilary Mantel brings to a triumphant close the trilogy she began with her peerless, Booker Prize-winning novels, Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. She traces the final years of Thomas Cromwell, the boy from nowhere who climbs to the heights of power, offering a defining portrait of predator and prey, of a ferocious contest between present and past, between royal will and a common man's vision: of a modern nation making itself through conflict, passion and courage

After the brutal murder of his great-uncle, Julius Caesar, Octavian, a shy and scholarly youth of nineteen, suddenly finds himself heir to the vast power of Rome. He is destined, despite vicious power struggles, bloody wars and family strife, to transform his realm and become the greatest ruler the western world had ever seen.

Prime Minister Francis Urquhart faces a crisis that could end his term in office before it's even begun. To save his future, Urquhart must take drastic measures. There is just one man standing in his way - the new King. Urquhart will stop at nothing to stay in power, even if it means threatening the monarchy itself. But can he withstand the consequences of challenging England's oldest institution? - Publishers description.

"Born the child of a poor farmer in Missouri, William Stoner is urged by his parents to study new agriculture techniques at the state university. Digging instead into the texts of Milton and Shakespeare, Stoner falls under the spell of the unexpected pleasures of English literature, and decides to make it his life. Stoner is the story of that life"--

Con passo lento, ma a volte anche con scatti poderosi, la scrittura propriamente e dichiaratamente gay è entrata e si è installata nell'orizzonte letterario italiano, liberandosi da schemi grotteschi e marginali e dalle idee stereotipate. Sempre di più il testo letterario viene valutato per quel che è: un insieme di armonie (o disarmonie) lessicali, costruzione o distruzione di scenari, tessuto di dialoghi e trame, indipendentemente dalle abitudini sessuali di chi l'ha scritto. Gli autori presenti in questa antologia sono ormai dei veri scrittori, senza bisogno di ulteriori etichette.