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Francis, Mr Frankie, decides to return to the neighbourhood where he grew up. He had left there following a personal rock'n'roll dream that lead him to a brush with toxic and ephemeral fame. Now Francis wants to leave misery and drug addiction behind. But his old neighbourhood is a ruin through which wander his father, half-sister, first love and a few friends.
Knavish tales in which affection springs up in sordid situations. Stories in which challenges are decided by the number of matches that chance puts in your hand, stories in which there is always one more toast left to make.
This account of stories is a result of a challenge: “I can write a fucking love story. All I have to do is look into my own life, change names and endings. Endings most of all.”
A little girl likes a little boy, but the little boy doesn't notice her. He doesn't even look at her. What should she do? Her friends make all kinds of suggestions: she should get rid of her pigtails and her glasses, change her smile and her freckles, stop wearing her wings, be less of a chatterbox.
Elvis Riboldi is a very, very special boy. Some say he’s the devil itself. And Elvis explains this himself without leaving out thorny details. Elvis Riboldi causes as many disasters as he does laughs from his readers. In this first novel, Elvis recounts his fondest childhood memories. Three pages later, the most hated memories begin. And you’ll laugh still more.
A historical novel based on the life of Julia Domna, one of the most relevant, passionate and overlooked people in Rome's history. Julia Domna (170-217) was born in Syria, and as a foreigner to Rome she captivated the city with her intelligence and beauty.
Can you do a lot of things at the same time? This question is the starting point for a fantastic journey into the beginnings of yoga and the motivation that inspired those men in India to attempt to do just one thing, simply and naturally - just one thing and nothing more.