Paolo Gioradano's debut novel has sold over a million copies around the world and earned him Italy's premier literary prize, the Premio Strega. Now, finally, we've earned our taste of his celebrated book here in the states. The Solitude of Prime Numbers is a book of striking beauty and disturbing content, including anorexia, cutting, loneliness and guilt. It's a coming-of-age story in the most awkward and lovely tradition, and its two protagonists are destined to win hearts here just as easily as they have abroad.
Giordano is a young author - only 27 - and his acclaim is all the more impressive given that he's a physicist by trade. He'll be here in conversation with his editor and now head of her own eponymous imprint, Pamela Dorman.
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Collected Fictions
Written by Tom
by Jorge Luis Borges (Penguin, $20.00)
Along with Joyce, Borges is perhaps the one writer who was truly robbed of a Nobel Prize. His writing is timeless, thought-provoking, unnerving, and ultimately inspiring. These stories transport the reader to faraway times and places and to dark alleys in Buenos Aires. Borges deftly keeps readers on uneven footing, making for a truly engrossing and rewarding reading experience.
Century Girl: 100 Years In The Life Of Doris Eaton Travis, Last Living Star Of The Ziegfield Follies
Written by Tom
by Lauren Redniss (Regan Books, $34.95)
Created after digging through the dancer/actor’s personal archives (which apparently occupy an enormous room in her home), this visual biography of a truly remarkable figure is set against an equally remarkable century in our country’s history The result is a poignant, beautiful book.
Captain Cur & Wonderflea
Written by John T.
by Damian Ward (PowerHouse Books, $16.99)
This is the story of a homeless Brooklyn dog who makes an alliance with his flea. How can you go wrong? Great for kids or adults.
Along with Joyce, Borges is perhaps the one writer who was truly robbed of a Nobel Prize. His writing is timeless, thought-provoking, unnerving, and ultimately inspiring. These stories transport the reader to faraway times and places and to dark alleys in Buenos Aires. Borges deftly keeps readers on uneven footing, making for a truly engrossing and rewarding reading experience.
Created after digging through the dancer/actor’s personal archives (which apparently occupy an enormous room in her home), this visual biography of a truly remarkable figure is set against an equally remarkable century in our country’s history The result is a poignant, beautiful book.
This is the story of a homeless Brooklyn dog who makes an alliance with his flea. How can you go wrong? Great for kids or adults.