Книга: Alessandro Baricco «City (изд. 2006 г. )»
Производитель: "Gallimard" Baricco struggles to regain the magic that made Silk an international bestseller in this disappointing follow-up set in the U. S. and starring a precocious 13-year-old named Gould, who finds himself losing his childhood amid the demands of life as a mathematical genius. Left alone in the wake of a family meltdown that cost his mother her sanity, Gould turns to flighty, 30-ish Shatzy Shell, who becomes the boy's governess. Their friendship starts as an exchange of innocent fantasy stories, with Gould's consisting of a series of imagined fights involving a heroic boxer, while Shell chips in with her lifelong desire to make a Western. Baricco spends the bulk of the book exploring the effects of Gould's baroque academic life on his development. The climax involves a fellowship award allowing Gould to go to Europe to perform advanced research, but he buckles at the prospect of leaving his cloistered, quaint life and disappears, allowing Baricco to explore the boy's upbringing when his... ISBN:2-07-041957-6 Издательство: "Gallimard" (2006)
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Alessandro Baricco
Alessandro Baricco (born
Life and works
After receiving degrees in philosophy (under
Baricco debuted as a novelist with "Castelli di rabbia" (translated as "Lands of Glass") in 1991.
In 1993 he co-founded a creative writing school in
In the following years his fame grew enormously throughout Europe, with his works topping the Italian and French best-seller lists. Larger recognition followed the adaptation of his theatrical monologue "Novecento" into the movie
He has also worked with the French band Air, releasing "City Reading", a mix of the band's music with Baricco's reading of his novel "City".
He is currently directing the film "Lezione 21".
Bibliography
Novels
*"Castelli di rabbia", Rizzoli 1991, Tascabili Bompiani 1994; "Lands of Glass", Penguin 1992. Awarded with Prix Médicis étranger — France
*"Oceano Mare", Rizzoli 1993; "Ocean Sea", 1993. Awarded with Palazzo al Bosco — Italy
*"Novecento. Un monologo", Giangcomo Feltrinelli Editore, Milan, 1994; "", 1994.
*"Seta", Rizzoli 1996; "Silk", 1996. (See
*"City" (original title), Rizzoli 1999.
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*"Senza sangue", Rizzoli 2002; "Without Blood", 2002. (Also published in revised form in
*"Questa storia", Fandango 2005; "This Story", 2006.
Theater
*"Totem", a literary and musical happening staged in various locations throughout Italy with varying structure and contents. Mostly it consisted of a two-night theatrical event in which Baricco himself, helped by director
*"Novecento", Feltrinelli 1994; "The Legend of 1900" (1994) - originally a monologue for theater staged by director
*"Davila Roa", staged only once by director
*"Omero, Iliade", Feltrinelli 2004; "An Iliad", Vintage International 2004 - a rewriting of
Cinema
*"Partita Spagnola", Audino Editore 2003 (screenplay never shot).
Collected short writings
*"Barnum. Cronache dal Grande Show", Feltrinelli 1995
*"Barnum 2. Altre cronache del Grande Show", Feltrinelli 1998
*"Next. Piccolo libro sulla globalizzazione e il mondo che verrà", Feltrinelli 2002
Essays
*"Il genio in fuga. Sul teatro musicale di Rossini", Il Melangolo 1988, Einaudi 1997
*"L'anima di Hegel e le mucche del Wisconsin", Garzanti 1992
*"I Barbari", La Repubblica 2006
Awards
Source: "A note about the author" of "Without Blood".
*Prix Médicis étranger —
*Selezione Campiello —
*Viareggio — Italy
*Palazzo al Bosco — Italy
Источник: Alessandro Baricco
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