The Visible Man (Chuck Klosterman)

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Therapist Victoria Vick is contacted by a cryptic, unlikable man who insists his situation is unique and unfathomable. As he slowly reveals himself, Vick becomes convinced that he suffers from a complex set of delusions: Y__, as she refers to him, claims to be a scientist who has stolen cloaking technology from an aborted government project in order to render himself nearly invisible. He says he uses this ability to observe random individuals within their daily lives, usually when they are alone and vulnerable. Unsure of his motives or honesty, Vick becomes obsessed with her patient and the disclosure of his increasingly bizarre and disturbing tales. Over time, it threatens her career, her marriage, and her own identity. Interspersed with notes, correspondence, and transcriptions that catalog a relationship based on curiosity and fear, The Visible Man touches on all of Chuck Klosterman’s favorite themes—the consequence of culture, the influence of media, the complexity of voyeurism, and the existential contradiction of normalcy. Is this comedy, criticism, or horror? Not even Y__ seems to know for sure.

Editora: Scribner

Publicado em: 2012

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Paulina Bonaparte (Flora Fraser)

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Neste livro, Flora Fraser apresenta ao leitor Paulina Bonaparte, uma das mais belas e controversas mulheres do fim do século XVIII e início do XIX na Europa e, também, a mais problemática dos irmãos Bonaparte. Paulina escandalizou o continente com os relatos de seus inúmeros casos amorosos, que envolviam lesbianismo, ninfomania, orgias e até rumores sobre um possível relacionamento incestuoso com Napoleão. Um romance biográfico - baseado em diários, cartas e arquivos da época - que relata acontecimentos memoráveis da vida de Paulina Bonaparte. 

Publicado por: Ediouro

Publicado em: 2010

Bob Dylan Revisited (Vários Autores)

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Sixteen cartoonists, mostly European, interpret 13 of Bob Dylan's most familiar lyrics in this lavishly illustrated oversized book. Dylan's songs don't generally call out for visual accompaniment—they map out emotional states or tell stories, but provide all the images they require. There's plenty of stylishness and a wide range of illustrative technique; unfortunately, few of the contributors have anything in particular to say about or add to Dylan's words. Some artists settle for redundant representations of the lyrics, including Bramanti's western death scene for Knockin' on Heaven's Door and Gradimir Smudja's semiphotorealist Hurricane. Even Dave McKean, rendering Desolation Row with his usual multimedia technique and surreal distortion of space, can't help packing his story with literal renderings of individual lines. Other artists simply throw their hands up: Bézian accompanies Tombstone Blues ' hilarious torrent of language with apropos-of-nothing drawings of girders, railroad tracks and a crowd of people, and Jean-Claude Götting's Lay, Lady, Lay is a brief erotic scenario that just happens to involve a big brass bed. The most rewarding piece is actually a commentary on Dylan himself: Zep's interpretation of Not Dark Yet shows four sly caricatures of the songwriter in the various phases of his career.

Editora: Delcourt

Publicado em: 2009

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A Virgem que não conhecia Picasso (Rodrigo Rosp)

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Coletânea de 15 contos unidos pelo mesmo tema. O sexo está presente nas histórias que, no entanto, não se submetem a ele. Ao contrário: são narrativas fortes com personagens vivos, que se enfrentam em constante jogo de sedução. A idéia é proporcionar ao leitor o máximo de prazer.

Publicado por: Não Editora

Publicado em: 2007

The Billionaire Bum (Samantha Blair)

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Billionaire businessman Jackson Hayes finds himself in an awkward situation one night after making a crazy bet with his brother and business partner. Can he survive one week living like he’s homeless? What will he learn about life and love along the way? A romantic comedy that will warm your heart and open your eyes.

Editora: CreateSpace

Publicado em: 2011

Tesão (Tico Santa Cruz)

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Esqueça a ordem poética da sedução neste livro de Tico Santa Cruz, vocalista do Detonautas Roque Clube. Porque os contos e poemas eróticos de Tesão conduzem o leitor a um mundo sem limites, sem preconceitos. A uma atmosfera enigmática que instiga a imaginação e desperta o desejo por uma aventura que entorpece o corpo. Carne, sexo, violência e força – o encontro de dois animais num confronto vital pela continuação da existência. O primitivo, o condenável, o que os outros não têm coragem de levar adiante por medo do pecado e do julgamento divino. Um prazer que assassinou a culpa, depois cuspiu o sangue no chão.

Publicado por: Belas Letras

Publicado em: 2013

Atonement (Ian McEwan)

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On a summer day in 1935, young Briony Tallis witnesses a moment s flirtation between her older sister, Cecilia, and Robbie Turner, the son of a servant. But Briony s misunderstanding of adult motives and her precocious imagination bring about a crime that will change all their lives, a crime whose repercussions Atonement follows through the chaos and carnage of World War II and into the close of the 20th century.

Editora: Vintage Books

Publicado em: 2004

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