Michael Cunningham Libros

Una mañana de 1923, en un suburbio de Londres, Virginia Woolf se despierta con la idea que se convertirá en La señora Dalloway. En los años noventa, en Nueva York, Clarissa Vaughan compra flores para una fiesta en honor de Richard, un antiguo amigo enfermo de SIDA que ha recibido un importante premio literario. En 1949, Laura Brown, un ama de casa de Los Angeles, prepara una tarta de cumpleaños para su marido con la ayuda de su hijo pequeño. Éstas son las tres mujeres, y los momentos de partida, de Las horas, una emotiva novela que se adentra en el mundo de Virginia Woolf con extremada sensibilidad e inteligencia. Al igual que la protagonista de su obra, los personajes se debaten entre la soledad, la desesperanza y el amor por la belleza y la vida hasta unirse en un trascendente final.

Get ready for the online adventures of one man who just wants to make friends. And one very annoyed world. Based on the ingenious Sir Michael Twitter account, How to (Almost) Make Friends on the Internet is the funniest book you'll read this year. Whether it's offering his services as a Karate Lawyer or Funeral DJ, devising the world's worst plan to get a free haircut, or trying to buy a blue bucket that may or may not be for sale, Michael just wants to connect with people. The only problem is that people are slightly less enthusiastic about connecting with him, and the results are utterly hilarious. Warning: you'll never think about adding someone called Michael to a group chat the same way ever again.

An epic tale of three generations of an American family--and the ambition, violence, deceptions and hard-won love that shapes their lives. Rich in vivid details and masterfully crafted characters' lives, and narrated in a voice of great emotional power and sensitivity, Flesh and Blood is an unforgettable, moving and stunning portrait of contemporary America.

From Michael Cunningham, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours, comes this widely praised novel of two boyhood friends: Jonathan, lonely, introspective, and unsure of himself; and Bobby, hip, dark, and inarticulate. In New York after college, Bobby moves in with Jonathan and his roommate, Clare, a veteran of the city's erotic wars. Bobby and Clare fall in love, scuttling the plans of Jonathan, who is gay, to father Clare's child. Then, when Clare and Bobby have a baby, the three move to a small house upstate to raise "their" child together and, with an odd friend, Alice, create a new kind of family. A Home at the End of the World masterfully depicts the charged, fragile relationships of urban life today.

Provincetown, physically remote, and heartbreakingly beautiful, has been amenable and intriguing to outsiders for as long as it has existed. Written by the author of the best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning The Hours, this work brings us Provincetown, one of the extraordinary towns in the US, perched on the sandy tip at the end of Cape Cod.

Cuando se publica La muerte en Venecia en el otoño de 1912, Thomas Mann tiene treinta y siete años, está casado y es padre de cuatro hijos. Ya ha escrito I Buddenbrook y los dos capolavoros Tristano y Tonio Kröger, y es un escritor reconocido, considerado por algunos críticos en el apogeo de su potencia narrativa. En el relato sobre la muerte de Gustav von Aschenbach, la crisis que sacude Europa permanece en el fondo. En primer plano, se presenta el retrato implacable, a veces caricaturesco, del gran autor arrastrado por la aventura artística y la pulsión erótica hacia la muerte. Se explora la pasión del protagonista maduro, la descomposición moral y la pérdida del autocontrol. Mann narra de manera a menudo paradójica y enfática la patología de la vocación estética, la disciplina y el culto a la perfección formal, así como las estrategias de defensa contra el desorden. Representa la cultura y la belleza como una disminución del impulso vital, como una corrupción de la vida y los valores burgueses. Venezia se presenta como el fondo ambiguo y hermoso de estos eventos, un homenaje a la gran literatura de fin de siglo y al decadentismo europeo.

Lucas, Catherine, Simon: three characters meet time and again in the three linked narratives that form ‘Specimen Days’. The first, a science fiction of the past, tells of a boy whose brother was ‘devoured’ by the machine he operated. The second is a noirish thriller set in our century, as a police psychologist attempts to track down a group of terrorists. And the third and final strand accompanies two strange beings into the future. A novel of connecting and reconnecting, inspired by the writings of the great visionary poet Walt Whitman, Specimen Days is a genre-bending, haunting ode to life itself – a work of surpassing power and beauty by one of the most original and daring writers at work today

Here are the moments that our fairy tales forgot or deliberately concealed, reimagined by one of the most gifted storytellers of his generation, the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Hours, and exquisitely illustrated by Yuko Shimizu. Rarely have our bedtime stories been this dark, this perverse, or this true.

Imagine what a dictionary might look like about thirty years hence, when all of the world's problems are solved and our current dictionaries are a distant memory. Dave Eggers, Jonathan Safran Foer and Nicole Krauss have lined up an incredible array of writers to bring you that futuristic dictionary and a vision of the world as it might be. Think of it as a dictionary of language for describing what the future could look like a dictionary that is both useful and romantic, hopeful and necessary, pragmatic and idealistic, and frequently funny. This is science fiction but with a difference.

As the world evolves, a family navigates the complexities of growing up, aging, love, loss, and resilience. In a Brooklyn brownstone, Dan and Isabel's seemingly perfect life begins to unravel. Both harbor feelings for Isabel's younger brother, Robbie, a free spirit living in the attic. As Robbie grapples with a recent breakup and prepares to leave home, tensions rise, threatening the family's cohesion. Meanwhile, ten-year-old Nathan seeks independence, while five-year-old Violet remains blissfully unaware of her parents' growing divide. As the pandemic lockdown begins, the brownstone transforms into a confining space. Violet becomes fixated on safety, while Nathan rebels against her rules. Isabel and Dan communicate through thinly veiled frustrations, and Robbie finds himself isolated in a mountain cabin in Iceland, wrestling with his thoughts and a curated online persona. As the family emerges from the crisis, they confront a changed reality, reflecting on their experiences, losses, and the path forward. This poignant narrative, crafted by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, delves into the intricacies of love, loss, and the challenges of family life—exploring how to coexist while navigating personal struggles.

From the Pultizer Prize-winning author of new novel 'The Snow Queen', comes the story of a marriage thrown off course by a moment of mistaken identity.

In November 2004, Barrett Meeks, reeling from another lost love, finds himself in Central Park, where he is inexplicably drawn to a pale, translucent light in the sky that seems to regard him with a godlike presence. Despite his skepticism towards visions and faith, he cannot ignore this experience. Meanwhile, in Bushwick, Brooklyn, Beth, engaged to Barrett's older brother Tyler, is battling colon cancer. Together, they navigate a fragile yet happy existence. Tyler, a struggling musician with a drug addiction, is desperately trying to compose a wedding song that transcends mere sentimentality to embody eternal love. As Barrett grapples with the significance of the light, he unexpectedly turns to religion, while Tyler increasingly believes that drugs are the key to unlocking his creative potential. Beth confronts her mortality with courage and stoicism. The narrative follows the divergent paths of the Meeks brothers in their quests for transcendence. With subtle, lucid prose, the author captures the complexities of his characters and delves into the depths of the human soul, blending beauty and heartbreak, comedy and tragedy, affirming his status as a significant voice in contemporary literature.

The story revolves around the special bond between Tehya and her father as they spend quality time together. Their adventures highlight the joy of their relationship, showcasing moments of fun, learning, and connection. Through their interactions, the narrative emphasizes the importance of family and the simple pleasures of life.