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Questa novella fa parte della prima raccolta di Verga, pubblicata nel 1876 con il titolo "Primavera e altri racconti"...

In piazza della Scala venne pubblicata da Verga nel 1883 e fa parte della raccolta "Per le vie"....

With the pandemic looming, a listless social media editor accepts a job working for her former college friend Seraphina. A popular Instagram influencer, the subject of obsessive message-board surveillance, and a newly minted Karen of the Day, Seraphina is living out 2020 in the luxury of her “ultimate self-quarantine.” As the year escalates into upheaval and chaos, both women try, in increasingly secretive and complicated ways, to maintain the upper hand.

Para comemorar seu aniversário de quarenta e três anos, Tati decide organizar uma festa em seu apartamento, na rua Maranhão, em Higienópolis, bairro nobre de São Paulo. Durante a celebração, ela recebe uma mensagem preocupada de uma amiga contando que errou o endereço e foi parar em "um lugar medonho": o Largo do Maranhão, no Tatuapé, bairro onde Tati cresceu. O pavor da amiga desencadeia em Tati uma crise de pânico, o que a obriga a deixar a sala, os convidados e a certeza momentânea de seu pertencimento de classe...

Imagine your best friend invites you on an all-expenses-paid trip. Luxury at its finest. A five-star resort, designer shopping sprees, fine dining, and balling out like there’s no tomorrow. She swears her new man is head over heels for her and doesn’t mind spending big. While she’s out on a date, you decide to unwind with a bubble bath. The warmth relaxes you, lulling you into comfort. You dip your head beneath the water, letting the silence consume you. But when you resurface, the silence is shattered. A man is standing there. Watching you. Before you can scream, darkness takes over.

Luca Doninelli intreccia quattro storie ambientate nella Milano contemporanea, legate dal bisogno dei protagonisti di scoprire la propria identità, oltre l'immagine che gli altri (o essi stessi) hanno costruito loro attorno. Una ragazza scontenta della sua normalità comincia a immaginare di essere stata un ragazzo poi diventato una ragazza. Una giovane donna lesbica, che rimane turbata e incuriosita da un uomo che si è innamorato di lei, ha una storia di sesso con lui, poi lo abbandona ma non riesce a dimenticare il suo sguardo.

My family was taken away from me. I was too young to know what went on, but now that I know, it's time to get it back in blood. Protecting my sister and my niece or nephew is more important than basketball. Making sure the man who was behind trying to end me is ended is more important. With mentors like Capone and Cappadonna behind me, I can't lose. My head is in the game. I'm focused, and I want revenge. I refuse to sit down until someone's blood is on my hands for taking Joie and our child away from me. I refuse to lose, and I'm making sure my family is protected by any means necessary.

After her world is brutally destroyed, Anari becomes the epitome of a good-girl-turned-bad. Consumed with a desire for revenge, she and her best friend, Monica, enter a life of drugs, fast money, and betrayal - adopting the very lifestyle that pushed them into the game in the first place. Hiding their true identities, they quickly rise to the top of New Jersey's dope game. Using everyone who crosses their paths, nothing - not betrayal or addiction - will stop them from dispensing their street justice.

Set in post- World War I America, Fitzgerald’s dazzling debut novel follows the life of Amory Blaine, a charming but self-absorbed Princeton student. As Amory drifts in and out of love affairs, experiences intellectual awakenings and navigates heartbreak, he becomes increasingly desperate to uncover a sense of identity and meaning. Fitzgerald captivatingly reproduces the restless spirit of the Jazz Age with lyrical prose and a profound existential yearning.

La città del Nord che ospita i personaggi di "Desideri deviati" è anche la sua protagonista, con i suoi uffici, le sue fabbriche dismesse e le sue passerelle. Chi la abita è animato da forze molto diverse: amore, cultura, successo, giustizia politica. E dunque, cos'è che vuole veramente, qual è il desiderio più profondo di Nico Quell, inquieto "ragazzo senza qualità" che avevamo già incontrato in "Cuori fanatici"? Attorno e insieme a lui, si muovono gli altri personaggi di questo romanzo.

"What Hilary Mantel did for Thomas Cromwell and Paula McLain for Hadley Hemingway . . . Moehringer does for bank robber Willie Sutton" in this fascinating biographical novel of America's most successful bank robber (Newsday). Willie Sutton was born in the Irish slums of Brooklyn in 1901, and he...

Questo racconto lungo, che in Francia è stato definito un récit, tenta di dare voce a chi Venezia la abita e si trova costretto a subire gli assedi del turismo di massa. In un alternarsi fra la laguna e Saint-Nazaire, dove gran parte delle navi da crociera vengono costruite, l’io narrante e la sua compagna fanno i conti con le conseguenze di queste anomalie epocali. Cercano, come altri veneziani, una chiave possibile di resistenza in una città dove gli ostacoli aumentano giorno dopo giorno, davanti all’indifferenza delle istituzioni spesso ostacoli esse stesse.

Als bei der Zwangsräumung der Wohnung seiner Mutter durch eine Verwechslung alles von Wert in die Müllverbrennungsanlage wandert, bleibt dem Erzähler wortwörtlich nur der Abfall der eigenen Familiengeschichte. Wie hat es so weit kommen können? Der Erzähler blickt auf die Biografie seiner Familie: ein Stammbaum des Wahnsinns. Die Großmutter bipolar, zwölf Suizidversuche, der Großvater Stammkunde in Steinhof, die Mutter Alkoholikerin, der Vater depressiv.

In this charming and emotionally resonant follow up to the internationally bestselling Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, Satoshi Yagisawa paints a poignant and thoughtful portrait of life, love, and how much books and bookstores mean to the people who love them. Set again in the beloved Japanese...

Ci sono uomini abituati a esprimersi solo attraverso il denaro. Uomini che non vanno liquidati con facili parole: lo sa bene Romolo Bugaro, che - oltre a essere uno scrittore ipnotizzato dal mondo - è un avvocato che conosce da vicino, per lavoro, le traiettorie di ascese e fallimenti. Ritrarli con verità, nel bene e nel male di cui sono capaci, è la scommessa di questo suo romanzo. Perché la verità non indebolisce il giudizio etico, anzi lo rafforza proprio nella misura in cui lo complica.

I always knew marriage for me would never be to a man of my choosing. As a young girl, I was all too aware of the power I wielded in a world where men were supposed to be the superior gender. To the underworld, I was just a mafia princess. To my family, I was an equal. To my soon-to-be husband? Well, that was yet to be determined. But I prayed Enzo Bianchi was ready for me because I was damn sure prepared for him.

Topanga Canyon is home to two couples on a collision course. Los Angeles liberals Delaney and Kyra Mossbacker lead an ordered, sushi-and-recycling existence in a newly gated hilltop community: He is a sensitive nature writer, she an obsessive realtor. Mexican illegals Candido and America Rincon desperately cling to their vision of the American Dream as they fight off starvation in a makeshift camp deep in the ravine.

Two Bestselling Agatha Christie Novels in One Great Audiobook In Agatha Christie’s class mystery Murder on the Links, Hercule Poirot attempts to unravel the grisly conundrum of not one, but two dead bodies discovered on a French golf course. An urgent cry for help brings Hercule Poirot to...

After 10 years in London, working in a stressful City firm, Liv O’Neill returns home to Sandycove, a picturesque seaside village, just outside Dublin to care for her mother after a fall. Whilst Liv reconnects with friends and family, she is amazed by Sandycove’s thriving community spirit with its artisan shops, delis and cafes - it’s not quite the place she left behind. As village life begins to creep under her skin, Liv is forced to confront the things that drove her away. Can Liv balance her past, present and future and find her own happy place?

I came home and ended up with two enemies because of the women I choose to love. Kendra was the one I thought I loved, but the feeling I felt when I looked into Alaia's eyes told me that I had never experienced love with Kendra. When I looked into my Joy's eyes, I wanted to give her the stars, moons, and the sky wrapped up with a big fat ass bow. So, for her, I would go to war to make sure Tweety had no part in touching her ever again.