Bollettino delle Novità – Ottobre 2011 Letteratura

Bollettino delle Novità – Ottobre 2011
Letteratura
Road dogs, Elmore Leonard, Phoenix, London, 2010.
Collocazione: INT-EN 813.5 LEO Inventario: 7648
Every prison inmate needs a Road Dog - someone to watch their back, someone they
can trust on the inside and out. For wealthy Cuban criminal Cundo Rey, that person is
Jack Foley: charmer, ladies' man and infamous bank robber. With the services of a
shark attorney and a whole heap of cash, Cundo engineers his buddy's early release,
and Jack is soon living large in Cundo's house in Venice Beach, enjoying the
attentions of his sexy wife, Dawn. But Dawn has ulterior motives and a plan: to relieve
her husband of his considerable fortune... and she needs Jack's help. But with
Cundo's release imminent and rogue FBI agent Lou Adams on his tail, just who can
Jack trust if he's to pull off the biggest score of his life...?
Luka and the Fire of Life, Salman Rushdie, Vintage, London, 2011.
Collocazione: INT-EN 823.9 RUS Inventario: 76546
On a beautiful starry night in the city of Kahani in the land of Alifbay a terrible thing
happened: twelve-year-old Luka’s storyteller father, Rashid, fell suddenly and
inexplicably into a sleep so deep that nothing and no one could rouse him. To save
him from slipping away entirely, Luka must embark on a journey through the Magic
World, encountering a slew of phantasmagorical obstacles along the way, to steal the
Fire of Life, a seemingly impossible and exceedingly dangerous task.
Love in a blue time, Hanif Kureishi, Faber and Faber, London, Boston, 1997.
Collocazione: INT-EN 823.9 KUR Inventario: 7606
Love in a Blue Time is a brilliant collection of stories by the bestselling author of The
Buddha of Suburbia. This time, Hanif Kureishi's subject is the difficult, serious
business of love - and hate. His stories have all the qualities of his novels: they are
funny, inventive, bawdy, and aggressively contemporary. The characters that stride
out of the pages of Love in a Blue Time, however damaged, deranged or despicable,
are united by one thing: they are all creatures of strong desire. 'In this haunting,
troubling collection of short stories, Hanif Kureishi has finally embraced the
decadence that has lain in wait for him . . . A tense, desolate and consuming
collection.' Observer 'The whole collection buzzes with anger and angst.'
Private London, James Patterson, Mark Pearson, Century, London, 2011.
Collocazione: INT-EN 813.5 PAT Inventario: 7675
For Hannah Shapiro, a beautiful young American student, this particular nightmare
began eight years ago in Los Angeles, when Jack Morgan, owner of Private – the
world’s most exclusive detective agency – saved her from a horrific death. She has
fled her country, but can’t flee her past. The terror has followed her to London, and
now it is down to former Royal Military Police Sergeant Dan Carter, head of Private
London, to save her all over again.
The lake, Banana Yoshimoto, Melville House, Brooklyn, 2011.
Collocazione: INT-EN 895.6 YOS Inventario: 7678
While The Lake shows off many of the features that have made Banana Yoshimoto
famous—a cast of vivid and quirky characters, simple yet nuanced prose, a tight plot
with an upbeat pace—it’s also one of the most darkly mysterious books she’s ever
written.It tells the tale of a young woman who moves to Tokyo after the death of her
mother, hoping to get over her grief and start a career as a graphic artist. She finds
herself spending too much time staring out her window, though ... until she realizes
she’s gotten used to seeing a young man across the street staring out his window, too.
They eventually embark on a hesitant romance, until she learns that he has been the
victim of some form of childhood trauma. Visiting two of his friends who live a
monastic life beside a beautiful lake, she begins to piece together a series of clues
that lead her to suspect his experience may have had something to do with a bizarre
religious cult. . . .
The Falls : a novel, Joyce Carol Oates, Harper Perennial, London, 2005.
Collocazione: INT-EN 813.5 OAT Inventario: 7609
Praise for Joyce Carol Oates: 'One of the female frontrunners for the title of Great
American Novelist.' Maggie Gee, Sunday Times 'A writer of extraordinary
strengths...she has dealt consistently with what is probably the great American theme
-- the quest for the creation of self...Her great subject, naturally, is love.' Ian Sansom,
Guardian 'Her prose is peerless and her ability to make you think as she re-invents
genres is unique. Few writers move so effortlessly from the gothic tale to the
psychological thriller to the epic family saga to the lyrical novella. Even fewer authors
can so compellingly and entertainingly tell a story.' Jackie McGlone, Scotland on
Sunday 'Novelists such as John Updike, Philip Roth, Tom Wolfe and Norman Mailer
slug it out for the title of the Great American Novelist. But maybe they're wrong.
Maybe, just maybe, the Great American Novelist is a woman.
Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson, Square Fish, New York, 2011.
Collocazione: INT-EN 813.5 AND Inventario: 7677
From her first moment at Merryweather High, Melinda Sordino knows she's an
outcast. She busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops - a major infraction in
high-school society - so her old friends won't talk to her, and people she doesn't know
glare at her. No one knows why she called the police, and she can't get out the words
to explain. So she retreats into her head, where the lies and hypocrisies of high school
stand in stark relief to her own silence. But it's not so comfortable in her head, either there's something banging around in there that she doesn't want to think about. But,
try as she might, it just won't go away...
The mulberry empire or the two virtuous journeys of the amir dost Mohammed
Khan, Philip Hensher, Flamingo, London, 2003.
Collocazione: INT-EN 823.9 HEN Inventario: 7608
The breakthrough novel from the Man Booker Prize shortlisted author of The Northern
Clemency and King of the Badgers.‘The Mulberry Empire’ recounts an episode in the
Great Game in central Asia – the courtship, betrayal and invasion of Afghanistan in
the 1830s by the emissaries of Her Majesty’s Empire, which is followed by the bloody
and summary expulsion of the Brits from Kabul following an Afghani insurrection.The
novel has at its heart the encounter between West and East as embodied in the
likeable, complex relationship between Alexander Burnes, leader of the initial British
expeditionary party, and the wily, cultured Afghani ruler, the Amir Dost Mohammed
Khan.
Whiplash, Catherine Coulter, Jove Books, New York, 2011.
Collocazione: INT-EN 813.5 COU Inventario: 7649
In Coulter's fab 14th FBI paranormal romantic thriller (after KnockOut), FBI special
agents Dillon Savich and his wife, Lacey Sherlock, look into the possible haunting of a
U.S. senator by his dead wife as well as a more earthly crime: Germany's Schiffer
Hartwin Pharmaceutical, which has its U.S. headquarters in Connecticut, might be
deliberately withholding an inexpensive cancer fighting drug, Culovort, to force cancer
patients to require the far more expensive Eloxium, in short supply. The FBI probe
dovetails with one by PI and part-time ballet teacher Erin Pulaski, who's hired by a
Yale professor worried about his cancer-stricken father being affected by the
shortage. In a wild coincidence, Bowie Richards, the FBI special agent in charge of
the New Haven field office, also hires Erin—to babysit his daughter, a ballet student of
hers. The attraction between Bowie and Erin grows as they help Dillon and Lacey
crack a complicated double case. Coulter fans will want to see more of this new
crime-fighting duo.
Without him, Fiona O'Brien, Hodder, London, 2011
Collocazione: INT-EN 823.9 OBR Inventario: 7651
Shelley Fitzgibbon has it all - three beautiful children, a charismatic, successful
husband and the life of her dreams. Then her husband Charlie disappears, leaving
behind more than just a business in crisis . . .When Charlie's estranged mother Vera
opens her door to the broken family, secrets from the past begin to emerge that reveal
there's more to the Fitzgibbons than meets the eye. As Shelley struggles to keep her
family together, she begins to wonder if she ever knew the man she married . . . Is
blood always thicker than water? Maybe Charlie's family are simply better off without
him . . .
Fractures, Franck Thilliez, Le Passage, Paris, New York, 2010.
Collocazione: INT-FR 843.9 THI Inventario: 7650
Alice Dehaene se recueille sur la tombe de sa sœur jumelle, Dorothée, décédée dix
ans auparavant. Une question la taraude : à quoi rime cette photo de Dorothée, prise
il y a à peine six mois, qu’elle a récupérée des mains d’un immigré clandestin ?
Alice sait que quelque chose ne tourne pas rond dans sa tête. Son psychiatre à
l’hôpital de Lille, Luc Graham, doit lui révéler le résultat d’un an de psychothérapie, lui
apporter cette lumière qu’elle recherche depuis si longtemps. Mais les événements
étranges qui se multiplient autour de la jeune femme vont l’en empêcher : son père,
agressé chez lui à l’arme blanche, et qui prétend avoir tenté de se suicider ; ce
chemisier ensanglanté qu’elle découvre dans sa douche, à propos duquel elle n’a pas
le moindre souvenir ; et cet homme retrouvé nu à un abri de bus et qui semble avoir
vu le diable en personne.
En ce moment précis, Dino Buzzati, R. Laffont, Paris, 2011.
Collocazione: INT-FR 853.9 BUZ Inventario: 7655
A quoi pense-t-on quand on ne pense à rien?" se demandait Jean Paulhan. Ce livre
de Dino Buzzati répond pour sa part à la question: "Qu'écrit un écrivain quand il n'écrit
pas?" II en ressort qu'un écrivain jette sur les pages de ses carnets tous ces
fragments de vie qui, plus tard, serviront de terreau à ses romans ou à ses essais.
Chez Buzzati, on le devine, le noir va dominer. Les notes, les réflexions, les histoires
brèves consignées ici portent sur ce qui trouble, ce qui inquiète, et peuvent même
aller jusqu'au monstrueux, en tout cas l'inavouable. Avec ces carnets, très personnels
à défaut d'être tout à fait intimes, où se côtoient le burlesque et le tragique, l'auteur du
Désert des Tartares offre un grande leçon de littérature.
Le tailleur gris, Andrea Camilleri, Métailié, Paris, 2009.
Collocazione: INT-FR 853.9 CAM Inventario: 7673
Pour un banquier de renom fraîchement retraité, les jours ont la couleur de l'ennui. Il
observe Adele, son épouse de vingt-cinq ans sa cadette. Adele est une femme nantie
et respectée, belle à en mourir. Adele a un appétit sexuel démesuré, mais fait
chambre à part depuis trois ans. Adele le trompe, et il le sait. Et quand elle revêt son
tailleur gris, Adele cache des secrets glus noirs encore...
Tristano stirbt : ein Leben, Antonio Tabucchi, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag,
München, 2010.
Collocazione: INT-DE 853.9 TAB Inventario: 7647
Tristano, ein ehemaliger Freiheitskämpfer, ruft einen Autor an sein Sterbebett in der
Toskana, um aus seinem Leben zu erzählen: von Frauen, die er liebte, und der
Vergeblichkeit seines großen Kampfes. Er erinnert sich an Romane, Filme und
Liebeslieder – nur die eigene Vergangenheit entgleitet ihm. Tabucchi geht weit über
das Lebensgeschichtliche hinaus, er offenbart den Kern des Menschlichen.
El peso de la mariposa, Erri De Luca, Siruela, Madrid, 2011.
Collocazione: INT-ES 853.9 DEL Inventario: 7652
El rey de los rebecos es ahora un animal cansado. Solitario y orgulloso, desde hace
años impone su supremacía. Estamos en noviembre, época de duelos. Desde el valle
sube el olor del hombre, del asesino de su madre. También el hombre, aquel hombre,
está entrado en años y ha pasado gran parte de su vida cazando furtivamente
animales en la montaña. Y también ese hombre lleva –impropiamente– el nombre de
«rey de los rebecos» por todos los que había matado. Nunca dejaba al animal herido,
lo abatía de un solo disparo.
El gran lord, Trudi Canavan, Debolsillo, Barcelona, 2010.
Collocazione: INT-ES 828.9 CAN Inventario: 7646
Sonea ha prosperado notablemente en el gremio de los magos: ha adquirido grandes
conocimientos, Regin ha terminado por dejarla en paz y los otros aprendices por fin la
respetan. Pero no logra sacarse de la cabeza lo que presenció en la cámara
subterránea del Gran Lord Akkarin ni la grave amenaza que se cierne sobre el
gremio, y hace bien en no bajar la guardia, porque cuando su buen amigo Cery se ve
involucrado en las intrigas de un curioso extranjero, Sonea deberá tomar partido ante
los decisivos acontecimientos que se avecinan.
Saggistica
Voyages en Italie, Catherine Donzel, Marc Walter, Sabine Arque,
Editions du Chêne, Paris, 2010.
Collocazione: INT-SG 914.5 DON
Inventario: 7611
Evidemment, vous connaissez l'Italie, ses cyprès, la tour de Pise, la baie de
Naples et presque tous les monuments de Rome. Vous avez même déjà fait
un tour à Venise, comme Musset et George Sand et comme tant d'autres
amants avant vous. Seulement, voilà : le voyage en Italie n'est jamais fini.
Toujours on y retourne. Et toujours on est épris, enchanté, gagné par cette "
sensation de bonheur " dont parle Stendhal et qu'il dit n'avoir " trouvée nulle
part ailleurs ". Alors, comblez vos rêves d'Italie. Et découvrez l'Italie de vos
rêves en suivant, au fil de ces pages, les voyageurs qui vous y ont précédé et
qui, tous, sont de très bonne compagnie : Colette, Alexandre Dumas, Jean
Giono, Goethe, Paul Morand, George Sand, Emile Zola etc.
Patagonia express, Luis Sepulveda, Tusquets, Barcelona, 2011.
Collocazione: INT-SG 918.2 SEP Inventario: 7653
En un viaje a través de las tierras sorprendentes de la Patagonia y la Tierra
del Fuego, Sepúlveda descubrirá a toda una galería personajes inolvidables:
Ladislao Eznaola, vagabundo del mar en busca de una nave fantasma; su
hermano Agustín, el bardo de la región; Jorge Díaz y Radio Ventisquero, «la
Voz de la Patagonia», e incluso aviadores temerarios que lo transportan
todo, desde vino hasta muertos, mientras sobrevuelan la desolada
inmensidad del paisaje. «Todos ellos van conmigo», concluirá el narrador, «y
me permiten decir en voz alta que vivir es un magnífico ejercicio.»
Mes étoiles noires : de Lucy à Barack Obama, Lilian Thuram, Paris,
2010.
Collocazione: INT-SG 920.009 THU Inventario: 7676
Saviez-vous que le Grec Esope, inspirateur des fables de La Fontaine, était
d'origine africaine ?Que la première déclaration des droits de l'homme a été
théorisée au Mali un demi-siècle avant la nôtre ? Que le Noir Matthew
Henson fut le premier conquérant du pôle Nord ? Cet ouvrage présente 40
personnalités noires qui ont marqué l'Histoire, autant que la vie de l’auteur,
Lilian Thuram. Un appel à la tolérance et un enrichissement de l’imaginaire
collectif.
Apprendimento linguistico
Italiano para dummies, Francesca Romana Onofri y Karen Antje Möller,
Centro Libros PAPF, Barcelona, 2011.
Collocazione: INT-SG 463 ONO
Inventario: 7670
Con esta guía fácil, concebida por los expertos de Berlitz, comenzarás a
hablar italiano rápidamente. Está dirigida a estudiantes, a turistas y a
cualquier persona que necesite un conocimiento básico del idioma.
Encontrarás lecciones prácticas, datos culturales sobre Italia y referencias
útiles y divertidas, entre ellas un minidiccionario y una lista de los principales
verbos
de
uso
cotidiano.
Consulta los archivos MP3 de apoyo de nuestar página web donde
encontrarás el material de audio correspondiente a los ejercicios del libro.
Il test di italiano per stranieri, Alberto Raminelli, Alpha test, Milano,
2011.
Collocazione: INT-SG 458.2 TES
Inventario: 7620
Per ripassare i principali argomenti della lingua italiana di livello A2. Il libro
offre molti esercizi come quelli della prova ufficiale, suddivisi in quattro grandi
capitoli: grammatica, verbi, lessico, sintassi. Tra gli esercizi proposti si
trovano: test a risposta multipla, frasi da completare, lettura e comprensione
di brani, scrittura di brevi test, significato di vocaboli, riconoscimento di
immagini e figure e tutte le soluzioni.
Impara rapidamente l'italiano : corso per stranieri, Alberto Fré, Chiara
Laverone, De Vecchi, Milano, 2006.
Collocazione: INT-SG 458.2 FRE
Inventario: 7639
Un libro per imparare velocemente l'italiano con un nuovo metodo: basta
conoscere un po' di inglese! Tutte le parole e le frasi più usate nella vita di
ogni giorno, nelle situazioni più diverse. Tanti esercizi e le soluzioni per
controllare i progressi e correggere gli errori. Gli elementi grammaticali più
semplici. Un dizionario italiano-inglese e inglese-italiano per non restare mai
senza la parola giusta! Un CD audio per imparare più velocemente e con
meno fatica la giusta pronuncia e intonazione
Test di italiano A2 : suggerimenti ed esercizi per superare il test di
italiano livello A2 per richiedenti permesso di soggiorno, Checchia
Francesca, Feoli Diego, Sestante, Bergamo, 2011.
Collocazione: INT-SG 458.2 SEV
Inventario: 7621, 7623
Il libro contiene le simulazioni di prove d'esame con esercizi per affrontare il
test di italiano per il permesso di soggiorno di lungo periodo. Il libro
comprende: 8 prove d'esame, suddivise in comprensione orale,
comprensione scritta e produzione scritta; il CD con le prove per la
comprensione orale; un elenco di parole da conoscere per fare bene l'esame;
frasi e modi di dire tipici della lingua italiana e tutte le leggi sul test.
Italianskij jezyk : samoucitel' dlja nacinajuscih, D. A. Sevljakova, Astpress, Moskva 2007.
Collocazione: INT-SG 458.2 SEV
Inventario: 7641
Corso di italiano per russi.
Livello A1-A2 : modulo adulti in Italia, sessioni: Giugno 2006-Dicembre
2006, Giugno 2007-Dicembre 2007, Perugia, Guerra, Perugia 2010.
Collocazione: INT-SG 458.2 CIL Inventario: 7661
Questo volume, contenente le prove dei livelli A1 e A2 del Modulo adulti in
Italia, è destinato ad apprendenti che si trovano nelle prime fasi del processo
di apprendimento e che si avvicinano allo studio della lingua italiana in Italia,
e quindi possono aver appreso la lingua in contesti di interazione spontanea.
Questi livelli rispecchiano i bisogni e gli usi linguistici di chi si trova in Italia,
essenziali per la sopravvivenza e la convivenza in ambito sociale e lavorativo.
Rappresentano uno strumento utile per sostenere la motivazione allo studio
dell'Italiano, anche in considerazione delle difficoltà delle prime fasi dei
processi di apprendimento.
Livello Uno-B1 : sessioni: Giugno 2006-Dicembre 2006, Giugno 2007Dicembre 2007, Guerra, Perugia, 2010.
Collocazione: INT-SG 458.2 CIL Inventario: 7660
Questo volume, contenente le prove del Livello UNO-B1, è destinato ad
apprendenti che possiedono una competenza autonoma in Italiano L2. Al
livello UNO-B1 l'apprendente possiede le capacità comunicative necessarie
per usare la lingua italiana con autonomia e in modo adeguato nelle
situazioni più frequenti della vita quotidiana in Italia. L'apprendente è in grado
di comunicare in italiano nelle situazioni di tutti i giorni in forma sia scritta sia
orale, di comprendere i punti essenziali di un discorso articolato chiaramente
in lingua standard, di leggere i testi scritti che incontra più frequentemente
nella vita quotidiana. La produzione orale e scritta è comunicativamente
efficace, anche se contiene errori.
Livello Tre-C1 : sessioni: Giugno 2006-Dicembre 2006, Giugno 2007Dicembre 2007, Guerra, Perugia, 2010.
Collocazione: INT-UNIV 458.2 CIL Inventario: 7657
Questo volume, contenente le prove del Livello TRE-C1, è destinato ad
apprendenti che possiedono un livello di padronanza in Italiano come L2. Al
livello TRE-C1 l'apprendente è in grado di gestire un'ampia area di usi
linguistici in differenti contesti di comunicazione, di comunicare non solo in
situazioni tipiche della vita quotidiana, ma anche nei rapporti formali per scopi
sociali, accademici e professionali, di interagire oralmente e per scritto con
enti pubblici, aziende ecc. dimostrando di saper assumere un ruolo adeguato
alla situazione. L'apprendente a questo livello comprende un'ampia gamma di
testi complessi e piuttosto lunghi e ne sa ricavare anche il significato implicito.
Nelle sue produzioni deve manifestare una buona padronanza della lingua
italiana sviluppando testi chiari, ben strutturati e articolati.
Per modo di dire : Dizionario dei modi di dire italiani, Eli, Recanati, 2002.
Collocazione: INT-SG 458.2 PER Inventario: 7668
Per imparare i più comuni modi di dire e le espressioni idiomatiche della
lingua italiana. Il volume raccoglie quasi 1.000 espressioni idiomatiche e modi
di dire tipici della lingua italiana, presentati in ordine alfabetico per facilitare la
consultazione e la memorizzazione. Divertenti illustrazioni completano e
arricchiscono le spiegazioni.
Arabo compatto : dizionario arabo italiano, italiano arabo, Eros
Baldissera, Zanichelli, Bologna, 2008.
Collocazione: INT-SG 492.7 BAL Inventario: 7638
Talk to Me Tedesco : principale-intermedio : riconoscimento vocale,
mobilita ... - Edizione Plus, Auralog, Montigny de Bretonneux, 2005.
Collocazione: INT-SG 438.3 TAL Inventario: 7617
Objective CAE, Felicity O'Dell, Annie Broadhead, Cambridge University
Pres, Cambridge, 2008.
Collocazione: INT-UNIV 428 CAE Inventario: 7669
Objective CAE contains thirty short units which take a fresh approach to a
wide variety of topics, and examine related genres useful for the exam.
Authentic language examples illustrate a wide range of real English usage
and a ?Grammar folder? appendix provides further examples and
explanations. The course is written by experienced examiners who have an
in-depth knowledge of the CAE exam, and contains material informed by the
Cambridge Learner Corpus which highlights typical mistakes made by CAE
candidates.
Just listening and speaking. Elementary : for class or self-study, Carol
Lethaby, Ana Acevedo, Jeremy Harmer, Marshall Cavendish education,
London, 2007.
Collocazione: INT-SG 428.2 LET Inventario: 7665
Just Listening and Speaking consists of 24 units and pronunciation exercises.
Each unit is divided into two sections. In the first section, students practise
their listening skills. Topics are varied and include personal information,
everyday actions, food and drink, describing a room or an area, telling a
story, planning a party and taking part in radio shows.The second section
gives students the opportunity to practise speaking on a topic related to the
first section. The activities are carefully graded and build up the role-plays in
which students interact with a 'partner' whose lines are recorded on CD.
Just listening and speaking. Intermediate : for class or self-study,
Jeremy Harmer, Marshall Cavendish education, London, 2004.
Collocazione: INT-SG 428.2 HAR Inventario: 7663
Just Listening and Speaking Intermediate consists of two parts. In Part A
there are 20 listening extracts which include stories, news broadcasts,
authentic interviews, radio commercials, discussion and dramatic scenarios.
There are comprehension and language extension activities to accompany
each listening extract. In Part B there are 10 speaking tasks including taking
part in interviews, instructing, reading aloud, story reconstruction and picture
memory games. All of these are designed for students either working on their
own and interacting with the CD or working in class with a teacher.
Asesinato en la mansion, Susana Orozco Gonzalez, Hoepli, Milano,
2009.
Collocazione: T-SG 468.4 ORO Inventario: 7644