Genesis
Genesis

Author: Guido Tonelli

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Published: 2021-04-13

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 037460049X

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A breakout bestseller in Italy, now available for American readers for the first time, Genesis: The Story of How Everything Began is a short, humanistic tour of the origins of the universe, earth, and life—drawing on the latest discoveries in physics to explain the seven most significant moments in the creation of the cosmos. Curiosity and wonderment about the origins of the universe are at the heart of our experience of the world. From Hesiod’s Chaos, described in his poem about the origins of the Greek gods, Theogony, to today’s mind-bending theories of the multiverse, humans have been consumed by the relentless pursuit of an answer to one awe inspiring question: What exactly happened during those first moments? Guido Tonelli, the acclaimed, award-winning particle physicist and a central figure in the discovery of the Higgs boson (the “God particle”), reveals the extraordinary story of our genesis—from the origins of the universe, to the emergence of life on Earth, to the birth of human language with its power to describe the world. Evoking the seven days of biblical creation, Tonelli takes us on a brisk, lively tour through the evolution of our cosmos and considers the incredible challenges scientists face in exploring its mysteries. Genesis both explains the fundamental physics of our universe and marvels at the profound wonder of our existence.

Alcina and Other Stories
Alcina and Other Stories

Author: Guido Gozzano

Publisher:

Published: 2019-04-02

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9781943813872

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The Turin born Guido Gozzano was the first and finest representative of the Crepuscolari, the poets of the twilight. Before his tragically early death from consumption at the age of thirty-five he produced two short volumes of verse, La via del rifugio and I colloqui, which quickly became renown for their quietly perfect evocations of nature, melancholy, tenderness and ­nostalgia. But unknown to most, Gozzano also wrote short stories, contes cruels influenced by Poe and Maupassant, and aesthetic prose nightmares, which display the same delicate crepuscular style and sense of tragic absurdism. Within the pages of Alcina and Other Stories, the reader will find The Real Face, the bizarre fate of a promising young artist whose works grow too close to nature; A Romantic Story, a Gothic tragedy; and The Soul of the Instrument, a Symbolist fairy tale after the manner of Lorrain or Wilde; along with other dark and fantastic pieces. An exquisite item for those interested in Italian poets of the early twentieth century and the various literary movements which bloomed in that country in the years following the Fin de siècle.

Dissipatio H.G.
Dissipatio H.G.

Author: Guido Morselli

Publisher: New York Review of Books

Published: 2020-12-01

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 1681374765

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A fantastic and philosophical vision of the apocalypse by one of the most striking Italian novelists of the twentieth century. From his solitary buen retiro in the mountains, the last man on earth drives to the capital Chrysopolis to see if anyone else has survived the Vanishing. But there’s no one else, living or dead, in that city of “holy plutocracy,” with its fifty-six banks and as many churches. He’d left the metropolis to escape his fellow humans and their struggles and ambitions, but to find that the entire human race has evaporated in an instant is more than he had bargained for. Meanwhile, life itself—the rest of nature—is just beginning to flourish now that human beings are gone. Guido Morselli’s arresting postapocalyptic novel, written just before he died by suicide in 1973, depicts a man much like the author himself—lonely, brilliant, difficult—and a world much like our own, mesmerized by money, speed, and machines. Dissipatio H.G. is a precocious portrait of our Anthropocene world, and a philosophical last will and testament from a great Italian outsider.

King Noir
King Noir

Author: Guido Vrolix

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2016-07-11

Total Pages: 110

ISBN-13: 9781535117388

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SOME DOORS ARE BETTER LEFT UNOPENED! A cautionary tale of sex, fear, and the ever blurring line between fantasy and reality. "I was well aware how strange it was to be standing in the dark in a stuffy hall closet, leering at something that didn't exist. But I wondered, was it really all just an illusion?" A man leaves his home in the country to watch his friend's apartment in the city while he is away, assured that it will only be for a few days. But from the very first evening he is haunted by strange noises, a series of moans and gasps that begin at the same time each night. They disturb his sleep, invade his dreams, and eventually drive him to investigate. Tracing the moans to a closet in the hall, he makes a discovery that boggles his mind and makes him question his own sanity. A 110 pages graphic novel by Guido Vrolix.

Temporary Perfections
Temporary Perfections

Author: Gianrico Carofiglio

Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press

Published: 2011-09-15

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1904738842

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The fourth Guerrieri in the series. An investigation into the disappearance of a poor little rich girl in Southern Italy.

The Legend of Guy of Warwick
The Legend of Guy of Warwick

Author: Velma Bourgeois Richmond

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-11-18

Total Pages: 397

ISBN-13: 1000525570

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First published in 1996. This lavishly illustrated study is a comprehensive literary and social history which offers a record of changing genres, manuscript/book production, and cultural, political, and religious emphases by examining one of the most long lived popular legends in England. Guy of Warwick became part of history when he was named in chronicles and heraldic rolls. The power of the Earls of Warwick, especially Richard de Beauchamp, inspired the spread of the legend, but Guy's highest fame came in the Renaissance as one of the Nine Worthies. Widely praised in texts and allusions, Guy's feats were sung in ballads and celebrated on the stage in England and France. The first Anglo-Norman romance of Gui de Warewic, a Saxon hero of the tenth century was written in the early 13th century; the latest retellings of the legend are contemporary. Examples of Guy's legend can be found in two English translations that survived the Middle Ages, a new French prose romance, a didactic tale in the Gesta Romanorum, and late medieval versions in Celtic, German, and Catalan, as well as English. Guy remained a favorite Edwardian children's story and was featured in the Warwick Pageant, an historical extravaganza of 1906. The patriotism of World War II sparked a resurgence of interest that produced several new versions, mostly folkloric.

Jusine and the Story of O
Jusine and the Story of O

Author: Guido Crepax

Publisher: Taschen America Llc

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 440

ISBN-13: 9783822863022

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Two adaptations of erotic characters into comic strip form. Guido Crepax visualises the stories of De Sade's "Justine" and Pauline Reage's "O" being initiated into the worlds of submission, mistresses and masters.