Carlo Prosperi Livres

For more than three decades, Woody Allen has been talking regularly and candidly with Eric Lax, and has given him singular and unfettered access to his film sets, his editing room, and his thoughts and observations. In discussions that begin in 1971 and continue into 2007, Allen discusses every facet of moviemaking through the prism of his own films and the work of directors he admires. In doing so, he reveals an artist's development over the course of his career to date, from joke writer to standup comedian to world-acclaimed filmmaker. Allen talks about the seeds of his ideas and the writing of his screenplays; about casting and acting, shooting and directing, editing and scoring.--From publisher description

Sussex, England. A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. Although the house he lived in is long gone, he is drawn to the farm at the end of the road, where, when he was seven, he encountered a most remarkable girl, Lettie Hempstock, and her mother and grandmother. He hasn't thought of Lettie in decades, and yet as he sits by the pond (a pond that she'd claimed was an ocean) behind the ramshackle old farmhouse, the unremembered past comes flooding back. And it is a past too strange, too frightening, too dangerous to have happened to anyone, let alone a small boy. Forty years earlier, a man committed suicide in a stolen car at this farm at the end of the road. Like a fuse on a firework, his death lit a touchpaper and resonated in unimaginable ways. The darkness was unleashed, something scary and thoroughly incomprehensible to a little boy. And Lettie—magical, comforting, wise beyond her years—promised to protect him, no matter what. A groundbreaking work from a master, The Ocean at the End of the Lane is told with a rare understanding of all that makes us human, and shows the power of stories to reveal and shelter us from the darkness inside and out. It is a stirring, terrifying, and elegiac fable as delicate as a butterfly's wing and as menacing as a knife in the dark.

THE EDGAR AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL - NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE! Victor Gischler's legendary first novel, originally published as GUN MONKEYS, tells the story of Charlie Swift, loyal Mob enforcer to a Central Florida crime boss, who goes ballistic when a rival gangster murders his crew, his boss goes missing, the FBI swarms the scene, and a cadre of killers come after him with everything they've got. No one's quicker on the trigger than Charlie Swift - but is Charlie fast enough to get himself out alive...? Now a major motion picture starring Pierce Brosnan, Morena Baccarin, and (in his final role) James Caan, FAST CHARLIE is a breathless, top-velocity tale of treachery, taxidermy, and family ties.

WINNER OF A BETTY TRASK AWARD 2016 SHORTLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS' CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD Thaniel Steepleton returns from his job at the Home Office to his tiny flat only to find a gold pocketwatch lying on his pillow. When the watch then saves Thaniel's life in a blast that destroys Scotland Yard, he goes in search of its maker, Keita Mori - a kind, lonely Japanese immigrant. Meanwhile, Grace Carrow is sneaking into an Oxford library, desperate to prove the existence of the luminiferous ether before her mother can force her to marry. As the lives of these three characters become entwined, events spiral out of control until Thaniel is torn between loyalties, futures and opposing geniuses.

Londra, gennaio 1947. La guerra è finita da due anni e la città è in macerie. In uno degli inverni più freddi da che se ne ha memoria, anche trovare qualcosa da mettere in tavola è molto difficile. Ad abbattere ancor di più gli animi, arriva la perdita inaspettata e scioccante di uno dei più amati attori teatrali del momento: Charlie Grice muore in circostanze poco chiare, gettando la moglie Joan, donna bellissima e innamorata, che lavora come guardarobiera del teatro, in un dolore sordo e senza limiti. Controvoglia, Joan assiste con la figlia Vera alla prima replica dello spettacolo che era di suo marito, sottoponendosi al trauma di vedere un altro uomo interpretarne il ruolo. L'idea la terrorizza, ma quando l'attore appare sul palco, la vedova è sconvolta nel rendersi conto che dietro agli occhi dell'uomo brucia ardente lo spirito di Charlie. Più tardi, nel backstage, incontrando il sostituto, il suo cuore, stordito dalla gioia, ha la conferma che il suo grande amore vive nel giovane attore Daniel Francis. Ne diventa amica, lo invita a casa e comincia a donargli gli abiti del marito, sottratti al suo guardaroba. Nasce così una relazione che oscilla tra l'attrazione e l'assedio del fantasma di Charlie, che trascina Joan in un gorgo. Chiamata da una voce amata e spaventosa al tempo stesso, la donna scoprirà il terribile segreto che avvolge anche la morte di suo marito Charlie Grice: la guerra, dopotutto, non è ancora finita.

Gordon Dahlquist's debut novel is an epic tale that captures the attention of fans of literary fantasy. The story opens with Celeste Temple receiving a "Dear Jane" letter, signaling the end of her engagement. Driven by curiosity, she follows her fiancé to London, where she uncovers a hidden secret. Dahlquist shares the origins of this suspenseful literary romance in a note to readers. He recounts being selected for jury duty in 2004, coinciding with Martha Stewart's trial nearby. While he anticipated enjoying excellent lunches in Chinatown, a severe ice storm trapped jurors in the jury room for hours. During this time, he experienced a vivid dream involving a friend dressed as one of the novel's characters, Doctor Svenson, as they confronted a mystery in a dark Victorian building. Although he rarely remembers dreams, this one lingered, prompting him to write about a determined young woman from the West Indies whose fiancé has mysteriously abandoned her. By the end of the trial, he had crafted the first chapter. A playwright by trade, Dahlquist had not written prose fiction in nearly two decades but found himself captivated by the story and characters, ultimately dedicating himself to completing the book within a year.