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Warum Nick Hornby seinen neuen Roman About a Boy genannt hat, ist eigentlich am Ende der Lektüre nicht ganz klar, denn eigentlich beschreibt er zwei Jungs. Der eine, Will, ist zwar schon 35 Jahre alt und Marcus erst 12. Doch Will ist in seiner Art, sich vor Verantwortung zu drücken und andere für seine Zwecke zu benutzen kaum älter als Marcus. Wie die beiden sich fanden und warum sie sich wunderbar ergänzen, erzählt Nick Hornby in einer rasanten Geschichte.
Will hat es nicht nötig zu arbeiten, er kann ganz gut von den geerbten Tantiemen seines Vaters leben und mit festen Freundschaften zu Frauen oder gar die Gründung einer Familie hat er herzlich wenig am Hut. Am meisten haßt er es, wenn wieder einmal eine Beziehung tränenreich zu Ende geht. Bis er auf einen genialen Einfall kommt. Er müßte sich einfach um die schmählich vernachlässigten, alleinerziehenden Frauen kümmern. Es muß Tausende von ihnen überall in London geben, -- "alleinerziehende Mütter, intelligente, attraktive, willige Frauen", die "tollen Sex, reichlich Streicheleinheiten fürs Ego, Vaterschaft auf Zeit ohne Tränen und eine Trennung ohne Schuldgefühle -- was konnte ein Mann sich Besseres wünschen?" So beginnt Nicks Karriere als Seriensoftie.
In seiner Rolle als Will, der Erlöser, trifft er Marcus und seine Mutter. Sie gefällt ihm auf Anhieb ganz gut, doch Marcus ist ganz und gar nicht der Zwölfjährige, wie ihn sich Will vorgestellt hat. Sein Musikgeschmack ist bei Joni Mitchell stehen geblieben, von Curt Cobain hat er keine Ahnung, er trägt die völlig verkehrten Schuhe, von Turnschuhen hat er noch nicht gehört, und vor allem nicht davon, daß es darum geht, die Richtigen zu tragen. Sein Haarschnitt ist eher schlicht und von seinen Hosen ganz zu Schweigen. Für Marcus ist das Leben in seiner Klasse, wie man sich vorstellen kann, nicht ganz leicht. Und nachdem er sich auch noch in das schönste Mädchen der Schule verliebt hat, muß ihm Will schleunigst auf die Sprünge helfen. Sonst wird da nichts Vernünftiges draus.
Die Mutter von Marcus ist zwar attraktiv, doch in einer depressiven Stimmung unternimmt sie einen Selbstmordversuch. Ehe er sich versieht hat Will plötzlich, nachdem er wirklich nur an gutem Sex und etwas Unterhaltung interessiert war, eine ganz Menge Probleme am Hals, die sich nicht einfach ignorieren lassen, wenn er sich nur lange genug nicht rührt.
About A Boy handelt vom Erwachsenwerden zweier ganz unterschiedlicher Männer. Ihre Schwierigkeiten dabei schildert der Engländer Nick Hornby, der schon mit High Fidelity und Fever Pich -- Ballfieber große Erfolge gelandet hat, in einem unangestrengten, schnodderigen Ton. Er geht sein Thema locker an, doch immer wieder werden seine beiden Helden vom Ernst des Alltags eingeholt. Mitten in der schönsten Slapstick-Einlage bleibt dabei dem Leser das Lachen im Halse stecken. Gut geschriebene Unterhaltung. --Manuela Haselberger [via]
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This catalogue is published in conjunction with the major Fall 2003 exhibition organized by the Musée du Luxembourg in Paris. This important and unprecedented exhibition covers the entire career of the Florentine master with over 40 exceptional masterpieces gathered from major museums around the world.
Sandro Botticelli was one of the leading painters of the Florentine Renaissance who developed a highly personal style characterized by elegant execution, sense of melancholy and strong emphasis on line. This monograph presents a selection of Botticelli's paintings and drawings, including extraordinary masterpieces such as the Mystic Nativity, St. Augustine in his Studio, Pallade and the Centaur, Annunciation and Madonna and Child, as well as a selection of works by other Renaissance painters like Leonardo da Vinci, Piero di Cosimo, Filippo and Filippino Lippi.
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This important book is the revised Paperback edition. It presents the most recent scientific research on the Christian catacombs of Rome. In particular, it focuses on their origins and development, their artistic decoration and the inscriptions found there. Three chapters deal with the topography, iconography, and epigraphy of the catacombs, and abundant illustrations document the current state of the catacombs after the extensive restorations of recent years and incorporate the results of the latest excavations. [via]
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Dumas's thrilling adventure story is one of the most widely read romantic novels of all time. In it, the dashing young hero, Edmond Dantès, is betrayed by his enemies and thrown into a secret dungeon in the Chateau d'If, doomed to spend his life in a dank prison cell. The story of his long, intolerable years in captivity, his miraculous escape, and his carefully wrought revenge creates a dramatic tale of mystery and intrigue.
Description in Spanish: Edmund Dantés, excéntrico y rico aristócrata, es detenido el día de su boda. Han vertido falsas acusaciones sobre él. El magistrado que le juzga completa la infamia enviándole a prisión sin juicio. Pasará catorce años en el castillo de If, escapará, e iniciará una implacable venganza...
Una intriga vertiginosa, un estilo ágil y un profundo análisis moral y cívico son la cualidades de este clásico con el que Dumas alcanzó la consagración internacional.
Una historia irrepetible sobre la traición y la venganza. Una novela más grande que la propia vida. [via]
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The third and second centuries BC witnessed, in the Greek world, a scientific and technological explosion. Greek culture had reached great heights in art, literature and philosophy already in the earlier classical era, but it was in the age of Archimedes and Euclid that science as we know it was born, and gave rise to sophisticated technology that would not be seen again until the 18th century. This scientific revolution was also accompanied by great changes and a new kind of awareness in many other fields, including art and medicine. What were the landmarks in the meteoric rise of science 2300 years ago? Why are they so little known today, even among scientists, classicists and historians? How do they relate to the post-1500 science that we are familiar with from school? What led to the end of ancient science? These are the questions that this book discusses, in the belief that the answers bear on choices we face today. [via]
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Das Buch ist in Ordnung. [via]
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If you found our volume Piranesi: The Complete Etchings overwhelming in its scope and magnitude, you'll appreciate this new, abbreviated version. Faithfully summarizing his entire oeuvre, this is a wonderful introduction to the great architectural master etcher. Includes 168 of his best plates. [via]
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Benjamin walked down from the Capitoline Hill towards the Circus Flaminius in order to reach the other Jews on the banks of the Tiber River at the Tiberina Island. They, who had been Roman Jews for more than a century, would welcome the Jewish slaves brought to Rome because of the victory of Titus. The Rabbi of the Scola Catalana was witnessing the demolition of the Ghetto, where he was born, and the rapid changes occurring in that part of the city, until the construction of the new Synagogue and of the new Umbertine buildings. His great grandson, Gabriele, is now gazing at the restoration works that are being carried out. His eyes are lost in the ancient masonry and the monuments that are being unearthed. They are from the more than three centuries of confinement and they rest on ancient structures, those which two thousand years ago surrounded the Circus Flaminius. What you can see, what you can think and how you can follow the path of memory between reason and fantasy. The Roman Ghetto was established by papal edict in 1555, Jews were locked in its walls at night and forced to live under strict restrictions. The ghetto was abolished some 300 years later, when the walls of the ghetto were finally demolished in 1888. (Italian and English facing text) [via]
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A survey of the remarkable civilization which arose in ancient India thousands of years ago. It not only describes the manners, customs and religions of the people of the Malay archipelago and Indo-China, but also gives a thin structure of civilization to the nomadic hordes of Central Asia. [via]
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This flexi map of Rome features four maps including central Rome, the Vatican, the environs, the metro and a locator map of central Italy. It also gives details of 26 recommended sights, covering the major attractions, shops and markets and other places to visit in and around the city; as well as useful travel information, climate tables and local transport details. [via]
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Inolvidable cronica de una venganza terrible, despiadada e infalible como el destino, El conde de Montecristo (1844) es la unica novela que Alexandre Dumas desarrolla dentro de su propia epoca [via]
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Will, 36, is the eternal bachelor, unmarried, and does not feel any necessity to procreate. His goal is to have meaningless relationships with beautiful women that will leave him before things get too intense. As part of his plan to attract single women, he decides to pass himself off as a single dad. To do this, he befriends a young boy named Marcus. But little does he know that Marcus will change his outlook on life forever.
Description in Spanish: Will Freeman, soltero de treinta y seis años, tiene dinero suficiente para vivir sin trabajar y disfruta de mucho tiempo libre. No siente ninguna necesidad de procrear, pero ha descubierto que los hijos democratizan a las mujeres hermosas y esto ha despertado su interés por las madres solteras o separadas. De modo que se apunta a un grupo de autoayuda al que sólo asisten padres -pocos- o madres separadas. Para ello, naturalmente, debe fingir que tiene un hijo. Pero poco importa, a Will se le da bien contar mentiras. Marcus no tiene padre ni amigos, sus estudios no van bien y tampoco recibe demasiada ayuda de su madre. Cuando conoce a Will, cree haber hallado en él al sustituto del padre ausente. Sin embargo, ¿ cómo puede Will, un completo inmaduro, cumplir las funciones de progenitor? La relación entre ambos personajes nunca será la de un padre con su hijo, pero sí contribuirá a que maduren y se desenvuelvan mejor. [via]
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Paperback: 96 pages Publisher: Electa (January 2000) Language: English ISBN-10: 8843571648 ISBN-13: 978-8843571642 Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.5 inches Shipping Weight: 1 pounds [via]
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Con un saggio di Raymond Aron su "Machiavelli e Marx". Introduzione e cronologia di Franco Melotti, note di Ettore Janni e un glossario ideologico 16mo pp. 222 broch [via]
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695 pages with 663 colour illustrations. The book almost defies description, a hugely impressive volume. Folio. [via]
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