Book : Illuminations Stories - Moore, Alan

-Titulo Original : Illuminations Stories

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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About the Author Alan Moore is an English writer widely regarded as the best and most influential writer in the history of comics. His seminal works include From Hell and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. He is also the author of the bestselling Jerusalem. He was born in Northampton, and has lived there ever since. NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS CHOICE From New York Times bestselling author Alan Moore one of the most influential writers in the history of comics a wonderful collection, brilliant and often moving (Neil Gaiman) which takes us to the fantastical underside of reality. In his first-ever short story collection, which spans forty years of work, Alan Moore presents a series of wildly different and equally unforgettable characters who discover--and in some cases even make and unmake--the various uncharted parts of existence. In A Hypothetical Lizard, two concubines in a brothel of fantastical specialists fall in love with tragic ramifications. In Not Even Legend, a paranormal study group is infiltrated by one of the otherworldly beings they seek to investigate. In Illuminations, a nostalgic older man decides to visit a seaside resort from his youth and finds the past all too close at hand. And in the monumental novella What We Can Know About Thunderman, which charts the surreal and Kafkaesque history of the comics industrys major players over the last seventy-five years, Moore reveals the dark, beating heart of the superhero business. From ghosts and otherworldly creatures to theoretical Boltzmann brains fashioning the universe at the big bang, Illuminations is exactly that--a series of bright, startling tales from a contemporary legend that reveal the full power of imagination and magic. Review “Burn[s] with Moores soaring intelligence and riotous humanity . . . Illuminations, Moores first collection of short fiction, finds the writer working on a smaller scale but still swinging for the firmament . . . the book showcases all of Moores strengths as a fantasist . . . Moore has written both a dynamite story collection and a dynamite monster manual . . . Moores failures are few, his radiances many . . . Remarkable.” Junot Diaz, The New York Times Book Review “Illuminations is a wonderful collection, brilliant and moving . . . Both mind-expanding and cosmic while utterly rooted in our urban reality, written in language that coruscates, concatenates and glitters . . . [It] refuses to leave your head after youve read it.” Neil Gaiman, author of AMERICAN GODS and NORSE MYTHOLOGY “The Shakespeare of the comic book . . . His prose fiction thrums with the zest of somebody who feels newly untrammelled . . . conveying the exhilarating sense of words rushing to catch up with the authors never-ending stream of ingenious ideas.” The Daily Telegraph “One of the most significant fiction writers in English . . . Moores influence can be felt everywhere-in our literature, on our screens, in our politics.” Guardian “His bighearted passion for his people . . . and the whole monstrous endeavor of the human condition is infectious. Im not sure theres a God, but I thank Her for Alan Moore.” Entertainment Weekly “Legendary graphic novelist Moore (Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and many others) burnishes his reputation in his first prose collection, which features nine career-spanning tales. The standout short novel “What We Can Know About Thunderman” is a scathing take on the American comic book industry and its impact on popular culture and politics, and his subversive talent is equally on display in shorter tales. This brilliant volume dazzles at every turn” Publishers Weekly “Moores dark humor and expert twists are on full display in these fictions. Fans of dark fantasy and dark humor will enjoy this collection from one of fantasys greats.” Booklist “Clever and vivid.” Kirkus Reviews “Moore makes the parochial universal, the mundane sublime and the temporal never-ending.