The Agonizing Resurrection of Victor Frankenstein and Other Gothic Tales
8 best books like The Agonizing Resurrection of Victor Frankenstein and Other Gothic Tales (Thomas Ligotti): The Willows, We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast, From the Land of the Moon, For Matrimonial Purposes, Il fascismo eterno, Scener ur hjärtat, La vera storia del pirata Long John Silver, Our Ancestors: The Cloven Viscount, The Baron in the Trees, The Non-Existent Knight
| Author | Algernon Blackwood |
| ISBN | 1587156520 |
Two friends are midway on a canoe trip down the Danube River. Throughout the story Blackwood personifies the surrounding environment—river, sun, wind—and imbues them with a powerful and ultimately threatening character. Most ominous are the masses of dense, desultory, menacing willows,...
We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast
| Author | Jonathan Safran Foer |
| ISBN | 0374280002 |
Some people reject the fact, overwhelmingly supported by scientists, that our planet is warming because of human activity. But do those of us who accept the reality of human-caused climate change truly believe it? If we did, surely we would be roused to act on what we know. Will future generations distinguish...
| Author | Milena Agus |
| ISBN | 1609450019 |
But what do we really know about other people? In this international bestselling novel, a young unnamed Sardinian woman explores the life of her grandmother, a romantic, bewitching, eccentric figure, and a memorable literary creation. Her life has been characterized by honor and fierce passion,...
| Author | Kavita Daswani |
| ISBN | 0452285526 |
Anju wants a husband. Equally important, her entire family wants Anju to have a husband. Her life in Bombay, where a marriage can be arranged in a matter of hours, is almost solely devoted to this quest, with her anxious mother hauling her from holy site to holy site in order to consult and entreat swamis...
“Ritengo sia possibile indicare una lista di caratteristiche tipiche di quello che vorrei chiamare l’‘Ur-Fascismo’, o il ‘fascismo eterno’. L’Ur-Fascismo è ancora intorno a noi, talvolta in abiti civili. Sarebbe così confortevole, per noi, se qualcuno si affacciasse sulla...
Um Planeta Assassino
Com um verão tão fora dos conformes, o aquecimento global mais parece uma invenção gerada na mente criativa dalgum autor de distopias. Porém, basta-nos recuar um pouco no tempo, e recordar aqueles mais de 40 graus que nos surpreenderam na segunda quinzena de...
La vera storia del pirata Long John Silver
Ci sono libri che danno pura gioia, facendo vibrare dentro di noi tutte le corde del nostro amore per la lettura: il racconto trascinante unito a temi che ci toccano nel profondo, la suspense e l’avventura e un sottile gioco letterario che stimola la nostra complicità, una documentata ricostruzione...
Our Ancestors: The Cloven Viscount, The Baron in the Trees, The Non-Existent Knight
| Author | Italo Calvino |
| ISBN | 0330261568 |
My favourite story in this collection is The Baron in the Trees which is a wonderful fairy tale about a kid who wouldn't finish his dinner, decides to live in a tree, and crosses Europe from Italy to southern Spain without once touching the ground. It is a beautiful, masterful tale that reminds us how man...
