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  • Coup de foudre

    de Ken Kalfus ...
    Opera esplosiva, provocatoria e attuale del celebre autore di Uno stato particolare di disordine (candidato al National Book Award, Fandango Libri, 2006), Coup de foudre – racconto che dà titolo alla raccolta – è la storia farsesca e tragica ad un tempo del presidente di un Istituto di credito internazionale accusato di aver violentato una cameriera in un hotel di New York. Combinando intelligenza ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Commissariat of Enlightenment

    A Novel

    de Ken Kalfus ...
    Russia, 1910. Leo Tolstoy lies dying in Astapovo, a remote railway station. Members of the press from around the world have descended upon this sleepy hamlet to record his passing for a public suddenly ravenous for celebrity news. They have been joined by a film company whose cinematographer, Nikolai Gribshin, is capturing the extraordinary scene and learning how to wield his camera as a political ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • PU-239 and Other Russian Fantasies

    de Ken Kalfus ...
    The acclaimed short story and novella collection by "a virtuoso of the dismal comedy of Soviet life"—and the basis for the HBO film PU-239 ( The New York Times).Ken Kalfus traverses a century of Russian history in tales that range from hair-raising to comic to fabulous. The astonishing title story follows a doomed nuclear power plant worker as he attempts to hawk plutonium in Moscow's black market ... Leer más

    $2.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • 2 A.M. in Little America

    A Novel

    de Ken Kalfus ...
    As Americans flee widespread civil conflict, one young refugee ekes out a living in a suspenseful, darkly comic novel: "An important writer in every sense." —David Foster WallaceAn Esquire "Best Book of Spring 2022"A Literary Hub "Most Anticipated Book of 2022"A San Francisco Chronicle "Most Anticipated Novel of 2022"In the future, sweeping civil disorder has forced America's young people ... ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Thirst

    de Ken Kalfus ...
    This acclaimed short story collection "veers between whimsical postmodern playfulness and a darker realism [with] sophisticated comic flare" ( Publishers Weekly).Distinguished by black comedy and an international perspective, Ken Kalfus' stories demonstrate the author's chameleon-like ability to change mode, manner, and voice. They often concern the abrupt dislocation of people bumping into ... Leer más

    $1.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Le due del mattino a Little America

    de Ken Kalfus ...
    Ambientato in un futuro prossimo in cui l'America è dilaniata da una feroce guerra civile, Le due del mattino a Little America ha un sinistro portato da romanzo profetico. Ron Patterson è un esule statunitense che ora vive altrove, come tanti. È in forze per una società di manutenzione di impianti e spesso lavora sui tetti. È lì che, per caso, intravede da una finestra una donna che continua poi ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • A Disorder Peculiar to the Country

    A Novel

    de Ken Kalfus ...
    A National Book Award Finalist"The best novel yet about 9/11.... A brilliant new comedy of manners, A Disorder Peculiar to the Country is about the way a conflict takes on a logic and momentum of its own." —Salon“Savagely hilarious.” —ElleJoyce and Marshall each think the other is killed on September 11—and must swallow their disappointment when the other arrives home. As their bitter divorce is ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • A Hole in the Story

    A Novel

    de Ken Kalfus ...
    A Lit Hub Most Anticipated Book of 2025A Kirkus Starred Review"A cunning writer with masterful timing and an outrageous sense of humor."—Gary ShteyngartAn irreverent, darkly comic novel dissecting the misjudgments, hypocrisies, and occasional good motives that drive our politics and our journalism, as well as our most intimate personal relations.At his desk one day, promine... ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Equilateral

    A Novel

    de Ken Kalfus ...
    Equilateral is an intellectual comedy set just before the turn of the century in Egypt. A British astronomer, Thayer, high on Darwin and other progressive scientists of the age, has come to believe that beings more highly evolved than us are alive on Mars (he has evidence) and that there will be a perfect moment in which we can signal to them that we are here too. He gets the support and funding ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Coup de Foudre

    de Ken Kalfus ...
    The explosive new collection by the celebrated author of Thirst and PEN/Faulkner Award finalist Pu-239 and Other Russian Fantasies, Coup de Foudre is the kind of groundbreaking work of literary invention Ken Kalfus's fans have come to expect. The book is anchored by the full text of the provocatively topical title novella that appeared in Harper's, a sometimes farcical, ultimately tragic story ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Coup de foudre

    nouvelle

    de Ken Kalfus ...
    Traducido por Nathaniel Dennett ...
    Dans Coup de foudre, le célèbre auteur d'Un désordre américain (sélection 2006 du National Book Award), nous livre le genre d'œuvre explosive d'invention et de provocation littéraires que ses lecteurs attendent désormais de lui. Cette nouvelle provocatrice, d'actualité, est l'histoire tantôt farcesque, tantôt tragique, du président d'un établissement de prêt transnational accusé d'avoir violé une ... Leer más

    $2.99 USD

  • Audiolibro

    Baseball!

    de Roger Angell, A. Bartlett Giamatti, John Updike, Ken Kalfus, Robert Fitzgerald, Robert Francis, Rolfe Humphries, T.C. Boyle, W.P. Kinsella0, Yusef Komunyakaa1 ...
    Narrado por Roger Angell, A. Bartlett Giamatti, Jack Davidson2, Arthur French3, Fritz Weaver4, Isaiah Sheffer5, Jerry Zaks6, John Shea7, Jonathan Hadary8 ...
    Series series Selected Shorts

    Completo

    2 hora 48 minutos

    A compilation, featuring more than three hours of some of the greatest short stories of all time, brought to life by distinguished stage and screen actors.Roger Angell and A. Bartlett Giamatti’s "Play by Play"John Updike’s "Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu" read by Jack Davidson - Ted Williams' miraculous Fenway farewell.Rolfe Humphries’ "Polo Grounds" read by Fritz WeaverRobert Francis’ "Pitcher" and "Base ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus