Sergio: 1038 books

"Sergio Pitol is not only our best active storyteller, he is also the bravest renovator of our literature."—Álvaro Enrigue in Letras Libres "Pitol is probably one of Mexico's most culturally complex and composite writers. He is certainly the strangest, most unfathomable, and...

Seu sucesso ou seu fracasso só depende de você! Todo mundo já usou algumas dessas justificativas para o insucesso: "Eu tento, tento e não funciona"; "não tenho sorte"; "não dou pro negócio"; "por mais que eu ande, não saio do lugar"; "não fico...

Chercheur d’or dans le Grand Nord, ce n’est pas une sinécure, entre malfrats et crapules il faut tenter de survivre. Sergio Toppi retrace quelques parcours emblématiques. La nature magnifique et inhospitalière ramène l’être humain à sa véritable dimension : un grain de poussière…

No dog has ever been so loyal for so long to so stupid a master finally it pays off, and the boneheaded barbarian Groo's dog Rufferto gets a little of the limelight. A bad run-in with the wizard Anakrony, Master of the Chronological Sciences, tests once and for all the bond between this barbarian...

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. The Toronto Star did the same, calling it “a great American novel:...

La más reciente obra de Sergio González Rodríguez, una novela llena de enigmas y personajes ambiguos que sorprenderá en cada momento. Hay novelas malas, regulares y buenas. Ésta es una novela extraordinaria sobre la venganza y el poder de la imaginación. Sus personajes simbolizan...

A 2013 Best Translated Book Award Finalist When he reads about a mysterious explosion in the distant countryside, the narrator's thoughts turn to his disappeared childhood friend, M, who was abducted from his home years ago, during a spasm of political violence in Buenos Aires in the early...

Sergio E. Bruno es “esposo y padre”. No habla “de oídas” ni desde la abstracción de un “saber libresco” sino en base a la experiencia vivida de modo cotidiano, real y concreto. No es un teórico sino un protagonista. Su pensar parte del ser y su decir de un efectivo hacer. “La boca...

From Geronimo! to gesundheit to haminahamina to holy mackerel, and from abracadabra to zoinks, Mark Dunn and Sergio Aragonés show you interjections like you've never seen them before. Often thought of as unnecessary verbal fringe or simply linguistic decoration, interjections (ahem, howdy,...

            En “Fundamentos (para personas que quieren creer)”, Sergio E. Bruno nos aproximó a las preguntas y cuestionamientos que habitualmente suelen constituir un obstáculo para el acto de fe.            ...

“Queste brevi cronache di ciò che è accaduto in poco più di duecento anni in Europa e negli Stati Uniti aiuteranno forse a capire meglio avvenimenti più recenti come l’incendio della biblioteca di Sarajevo, il pericolo che incombe sui monasteri ortodossi del Kosovo, la distruzione talebana...

Chi avrebbe governato la Russia dopo il fallimento della rivoluzione? Con questa domanda si aprono le pagine di storia controfattuale in cui Sergio Romano immagina un epilogo diverso per il grande Ottobre rosso. I bolscevichi arrivarono infatti al potere grazie a una serie di circostanze fortuite...

With nearly 400 scores to his credit, Ennio Morricone is one of the most prolific and influential film composers working today. He has collaborated with many significant directors, and his scores for such films as The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly; Once Upon a Time in America; Days of Heaven; The Mission;...

Se la Maastricht 2.0 consisterà delle proposte scriteriate sinora discusse, la Storia non attribuirà certamente la responsabilità della fine dell’euro ai movimenti populisti e a quattro economisti che li sobillano, ma alla cecità dell’establishment europeo. L’Europa si accinge in...