104 results for 'stardom domenico'

One of Europe’s leading intellectual historians deconstructs the dark side of liberalism, sifting through 3 centuries of liberal writings by John Locke, Alexis de Tocqueville, and others.   In this...

Domenico Starnone's ,'The Old Man by the Sea' is a slim masterpiece of a novel about an 82-year-old Neapolitan man, Nicola, who has spent his entire life telling stories, becoming very, very good at...

A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF FALL 2021Following the international success of Ties and the National Book Award-shortlisted Trick, Domenico Starnone gives readers another searing portrait of human...

From the National Book Award Finalist Domenico Starnone comes a new novel about childhood, memory, obsession, and the fictions we live by.Children can be cruel, and children can love as passionately...

Taking account of the major developments in the field of star studies, this book explores the political economy of stardom, questions of performance, the effect on stardom of convergence between the...

LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZEA NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICEA WASHINGTON POST BEST BOOK OF THE YEARThe modest apartment on Via Gemito smells of paint and white spirit. The furniture...

The full-size plaster models that represented the passage from a preliminary designing phase to the production of the marble sculpture were of great significance to Italian sculptor Antonio Canova's...

"Explains the 'soft Bonapartism' that has emerged in the US and Italy, and which seems set to become the political regime of our time"--

The Artist at Court' comprises some twenty works by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Venice, 1727-1804), brother of Lorenzo Tiepolo (Venice, 1736-Madrid, 1776). Their father was the painter Battista...

Nel quadro dell'arte italiana del XVI secolo, Veronese è il pittore "profano" per eccellenza, in quanto compendia in sé entrambe le grandi tradizioni pittoriche che maggiormente hanno influenzato la...

The Strega Award-winning Italian author's "scalding and incisive" novel of marriage and family bonds that come undone in the wake of an affair (Library Journal, starred review). A New York Times...

Chester longs to be a performer in the circus, but the road to stardom is rocky until someone discovers Chester's true "worldliness."

This volume of paintings, sculpture, medals and drawings celebrates the flowering of female portraiture, mainly in Florence, during the latter half of the 15th century. Included are portraits of...

Nine actresses, from Madame Sul-Te-Wan in Birth of a Nation (1915) to Ethel Waters in Member of the Wedding (1952), are profiled in African American Actresses. Charlene Regester poses questions about...

Bad Kitty achieves stardom -- and of course, a bit of trouble -- in this full color graphic novel in Nick Bruel's New York Times bestselling series.When a video of Kitty throwing a tantrum over green...

The dramatic and spectacular story of an American music icon—the immortal Tina Turner! From Nutbush, Tennessee, to Hollywood stardom; from Ike’s Kings of Rhythm to onstage with Mick Jagger and the...

Thirty years after his death, a work that represents a turning point in Joe Orton's career is now available. Between Us Girls is a comic novel, the diary of young would-be actress Susan Hope, whose...

Instant New York Times Bestseller! Now in paperback, from Emmy-award winning actor, author, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler, a deeply thoughtful memoir of the lifelong effects of...

Idol. Legend. Enigma. For the first time, one of the all-time greatest sportsmen is finally ready to share his astonishing story: the long-awaited tell-all memoir from Björn Borg, now a Sunday Times...