Something For Sergio

Author : Sergio de la Pava
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226141802
Total Pages : 690 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Naked Singularity written by Sergio de la Pava and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2012-04-09 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Propulsive . . . The novel’s chaotic sprawl, black humor and madcap digressions make it a thrilling rejoinder to the tidy story arcs [of] most crime fiction.” —The Wall Street Journal Winner of the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Best Debut Novel Named a Best Book of the Year in the Wall Street Journal, Houston Chronicle, and Philadelphia City Paper A Naked Singularity tells the story of Casi, born to Colombian immigrants, who lives in Brooklyn and works in Manhattan as a public defender—one who, tellingly, has never lost a trial. Never. In the book, we watch what happens when his sense of justice and even his sense of self begin to crack—and how his world then slowly devolves. A huge, ambitious novel in the vein of DeLillo, Foster Wallace, Pynchon, and even Melville, it’s told in a distinct, frequently hilarious voice, with a striking human empathy at its center. Its panoramic reach takes readers through crime and courts, immigrant families and urban blight, media savagery and media satire, scatology and boxing, and even a breathless heist worthy of any crime novel. If Infinite Jest stuck a pin in the map of mid-90s culture and drew our trajectory from there, A Naked Singularity does the same for the feeling of surfeit, brokenness, and exhaustion that permeates our civic and cultural life today. In the opening sentence of William Gaddis’s A Frolic of His Own, a character sneers, “Justice? You get justice in the next world. In this world, you get the law.” A Naked Singularity reveals the extent of that gap, and lands firmly on the side of those who are forever getting the law. “A great American novel.” —Toronto Star

Author : Maribeth Boelts
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 1536227935
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Bike Like Sergio’s written by Maribeth Boelts and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2022-02-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Boelts lays out Ruben’s ethical dilemma and emotional turmoil without preaching, and his struggle toward the moral choice . . . is both dramatic and genuine.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review) Ruben feels like he is the only kid without a bike. His friend Sergio reminds him that his birthday is coming, but Ruben knows his family can’t afford that. So when Ruben sees a dollar bill fall out of someone’s purse, he picks it up and puts it in his pocket. But when he gets home, he discovers it’s not one dollar or even five or ten — it’s a hundred-dollar bill, more than enough for a new bike just like Sergio’s! Finders keepers, right? Presenting a relatable story with subtlety and heart, the creative team behind Those Shoes pairs up again for a story about how hard it can be to do the right thing.

Author : Arthur Yorinks
Publisher : Candlewick
ISBN 13 : 0763683949
Total Pages : 49 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book One Mean Ant written by Arthur Yorinks and published by Candlewick. This book was released on 2020-02-11 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An astonishingly disagreeable ant meets his match in this pitch-perfect picture book comedy from Arthur Yorinks and Sergio Ruzzier. Was there ever an ant as mean as this mean ant? Not likely. This ant is so mean that leaves fall off trees when he walks by. This ant is so mean that grapes shrivel when he looks at them. But when this mean ant finds himself lost in the desert and meets a fly that defies explanation . . . well, nothing is the same again. With this first in a planned trilogy, celebrated picture book creators Arthur Yorinks and Sergio Ruzzier team up for a hilariously slapstick tale that will make a raucous read-aloud for any storytime.

Author : Natasha Knight
Publisher : Natasha Knight
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sergio written by Natasha Knight and published by Natasha Knight. This book was released on with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I’m the first-born son of the mafia king. The favorite. Destined to rule, I’m a dangerous man, a ruthless one. But in my world, you have to be. Then Natalie stumbles into my life. Wrong place. Wrong time. Twice, fate put her in my path. Twice, fate placed the innocent lamb at the mercy of the monster. I gave her a chance to walk away. Told her it would be better for her if she did. But she didn’t listen. And now it’s too late. Because I’m not good. I never wanted to be. And I won’t let her go anymore. See, I’m not the hero. When I touch her, it’s with dirty hands. I know my reckoning is coming though. I know I’ll burn for the things I’ve done, the sins I’ve committed. And I don’t deny hell is where I belong, but I want my time first. I want my time with her. She’s mine. Forever. No matter what. Author's Note: Sergio is an emotional romance set in the Benedetti Mafia world. It is not a traditional romance. It is recommended that you read both Salvatore: a Dark Mafia Romance and Dominic: a Dark Mafia Romance before reading Sergio's story.

Author : Sergio Ruzzier
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0544302095
Total Pages : 37 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Two Mice written by Sergio Ruzzier and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2015 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrations and minimal text follow two mice as they set off on an adventure that includes a shipwreck, kidnapping by a bird of prey, a narrow escape, and a moonlit stroll home.

Author : Christopher Frayling
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780816646838
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sergio Leone written by Christopher Frayling and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The landmark biography of one of the twentieth century's most recognizable directors--now back in print

Author : Nora Raleigh Baskin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1442485078
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story written by Nora Raleigh Baskin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-05-16 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes a reading group guide with discussion questions.

Author : Edel Rodriguez
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0316032387
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sergio Makes a Splash written by Edel Rodriguez and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2008-05-01 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sergio is a penguin. He loves fish, soccer, and water. He loves drinking water, bathing in water, spraying water, just about anything with water! But he has one big problem; he can't swim. So when his class takes a field trip to the ocean, Sergio must decide whether he should face his fear or avoid something he loves.

Author : Sergio de la Pava
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022607904X
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Personae written by Sergio de la Pava and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-09-30 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Personae is not an easy read . . . But as a meditation on literature, it is playful, ambitious, and full of imagination, a 21st-century novel-of-some-kind.” —Daily Beast Sergio De La Pava’s A Naked Singularity was one of the most highly praised debut novels in decades. The Wall Street Journal called it “a propulsive, mind-bending experience,” and named it one of the ten best books of the year. This book is nothing like that one. Just look at it: A Naked Singularity was a brick of a book, 678 pages, and this one’s slim—lean and focused. A Naked Singularity locked us into the unforgettable voice of its protagonist, Casi, while Personae shimmers and shifts among different perspectives, locations, and narrative techniques. But sharp readers will quickly see that the two books are the work of the same hand. The sheer energy of De La Pava’s sentences, his eye for absurd humor, his commitment to the idea of justice—all will be familiar here as they carry us from the tale of an obsessive, damaged psychic detective consumed by a murder case, into a Sartrean drama that raises questions (and jokes) about responsibility, fate, death, and more. And when De La Pava eventually returns us to the investigation, this time seen from the other side, the lives and deaths bound up in it feel all the more real, and moving, even as solid answers slip away into mist. In some ways, despite its brevity, Personae is even more surprising and challenging than A Naked Singularity—and, in its ambition and fierce intelligence, it’s proof that Sergio De La Pava is here to stay.

Author : Anne-Marie Clais
Publisher : Assouline Books & Gifts
ISBN 13 : 9782759401703
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sergio Rossi written by Anne-Marie Clais and published by Assouline Books & Gifts. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sergio Rossi shoes are synonymous with red carpets, flash photography, and celebrity legs. From Hollywood to Cannes, Paris to New York, the brand has established a singular style, transforming the shoe from functional into a fashion object, from accessory to essential. Behind this success, which has made Sergio Rossi an institution in less than fifty years, are the annals of history, an Italian adventure. After the war, with the triumph of industrialization, Sergio Rossi opened its first studio in San Mauro Pascoli and developed in the wake of the profound changes that forged contemporary Italy. The spectrum of images ranges from neo-realism to Hollywood flamboyance. The brand has retained traces of this rich duality, a solid combination of expertise and glamour, a winning formula that is on of today's best success stories. AUTHOR: A former student of Ecole Normale Superieure are the ESSEC and a professor of liberal arts, Anne-Marie Clais has always been interested in the question of identity and the dynamic of its representations. After conducting research on theater, she has recently turned to brands and the media, both forms of contemporary theater residing between identity and appearance. Clais is also a contributor to Beaux Arts Magazine and Les Cashiers de Mediologie. ILLUSTRATIONS 60 illustrations *