Steven Price

Longlisted for the 2016 Scotiabank Giller Prize No. 1 National Bestseller Globe and Mail's "20 Books to Read in 2016," Maclean's bestseller, Toronto Star bestseller, Ottawa Citizen's "Best on the Shelf," Huffington Post's "Best Fall 2016 Books," Publishers Weekly "Books of the Week," National Post bestseller, Vanity Fair 2016 "Must Read Books of the Fall" "A dark tale of love, betrayal and murder that reaches from the slums of Victorian London to the diamond mines in South Africa, to the American Civil War and back. Superb storytelling." --Kurt Palka, author of The Piano Maker A magnificent literary historical-suspense novel in the tradition of Eleanor Catton's The Luminaries, Patrick DeWitt's The Sisters Brothers, and Michael Faber's The Crimson Petal and the White, By Gaslight is destined to be one of the most acclaimed and talked-about books of the year. London, 1885. In a city of fog and darkness, the notorious thief Edward Shade exists only as a ghost, a fabled con, a thief of other men's futures -- a man of smoke. William Pinkerton is already famous, the son of a brutal detective, when he descends into the underworld of Victorian London in pursuit of a new lead. His father died without ever tracing Shade; William, still reeling from his loss, is determined to drag the thief out of the shadows. Adam Foole is a gentleman without a past, haunted by a love affair ten years gone. When he receives a letter from his lost beloved, he returns to London in search of her; what he learns of her fate, and its connection to the man known as Shade, will force him to confront a grief he thought long-buried. What follows is a fog-enshrouded hunt through sewers, opium dens, drawing rooms, and seance halls. Above all, it is the story of the most unlikely of bonds: between William Pinkerton, the greatest detective of his age, and Adam Foole, the one man who may hold the key to finding Edward Shade. Epic in scope, brilliantly conceived, and stunningly written, Steven Price's By Gaslight is a riveting, atmospheric portrait of two men on the brink. Moving from the diamond mines of South Africa to the battlefields of the Civil War, the novel is a journey into a cityscape of grief, trust, and its breaking, where what we share can bind us even against our darker selves.

By Gaslight

In sun-drenched Sicily, among the decadent Italian aristocracy of the late 1950s, Giuseppe Tomasi, the last prince of Lampedusa, struggles to complete the novel that will be his lasting legacy, The Leopard. With a firm devotion to the historical record, Lampedusa leaps effortlessly into the mind of the writer and inhabits the complicated heart of a man facing down the end of his life, struggling to make something of lasting worth, while there is still time.

A Novel

Lampedusa

Ordinary Monsters : (the Talents Series - Book 1)

Die Frau in der Themse

A literary tour de force of a detective's ceaseless hunt for an elusive criminal By Gaslight is a deeply atmospheric, haunting novel about the unending quest that has shaped a man’s life. William Pinkerton is already famous, the son of the most notorious detective of all time, when he descends into the underworld of Victorian London in pursuit of a new lead on the fabled con Edward Shade. William’s father died without ever finding Shade, but William is determined to drag the thief out of the shadows. Adam Foole is a gentleman without a past, haunted by a love affair ten years gone. When he receives a letter from his lost beloved, he returns to London to find her. What he learns of her fate, and its connection to the man known as Shade, will force him to confront a grief he thought long-buried. A fog-enshrouded hunt through sewers, opium dens, drawing rooms, and séance halls ensues, creating the most unlikely of bonds: between Pinkerton, the great detective, and Foole, the one man who may hold the key to finding Edward Shade. Steven Price’s dazzling, riveting By Gaslight moves from the diamond mines of South Africa to the battlefields of the Civil War, on a journey into a cityscape of grief, trust, and its breaking, where what we share can bind us even against our darker selves.

L'uomo di fumo

Oscar Wilde

William Tydeman

William M. Tydeman

This 1998 book is a study of Oscar Wilde's Salome, a play now regarded as central to his artistic achievement.

Wilde: Salome

Like Colm Tóibín’s The Master or Michael Cunningham’s The Hours, a novel about art and writing in the life of one of the greats Set in a sun-drenched Sicily, among the decadent Italian aristocracy of the late 1950s, Steven Price’s Lampedusa explores the final years of Giuseppe Tomasi, the last prince of Lampedusa, as he struggles to complete his only novel, The Leopard. In 1955, Tomasi was diagnosed with advanced emphysema; shortly after, he began work on a novel that would fail to be published before his death four years later. When The Leopard at last appeared, it won Italy’s Strega Prize and became the greatest Italian novel of the century. Adhering intensely to the facts of Tomasi's life but moving deep into the mind of the author, Lampedusa inhabits the complicated interior of a man facing down the end of his life and struggling to make something of lasting worth while there is still time.

An up-to-date survey of the key criticism on the full range of this widely-studied contemporary dramatist's work, engaging with Mamet's work in film as well as in the theatre.

The Plays, Screenplays and Films of David Mamet

"A literary tour de force of a detective's ceaseless hunt for an elusive criminal By Gaslight is a deeply atmospheric, haunting novel about the unending quest that has shaped a man's life. William Pinkerton is already famous, the son of the most notorious detective of all time, when he descends into the underworld of Victorian London in pursuit of a new lead on the fabled con Edward Shade. William's father died without ever finding Shade, but William is determined to drag the thief out of the shadows. Adam Foole is a gentleman without a past, haunted by a love affair ten years gone. When he receives a letter from his lost beloved, he returns to London to find her. What he learns of her fate, and its connection to the man known as Shade, will force him to confront a grief he thought long-buried. A fog-enshrouded hunt through sewers, opium dens, drawing rooms, and séance halls ensues, creating the most unlikely of bonds: between Pinkerton, the great detective, and Foole, the one man who may hold the key to finding Edward Shade. Steven Price's dazzling, riveting By Gaslight moves from the diamond mines of South Africa to the battlefields of the Civil War, on a journey into a cityscape of grief, trust, and its breaking, where what we share can bind us even against our darker selves. "--

"A literary historical suspense novel, centered on the uneasy, complex relationship of William Pinkerton--the greatest detective of his age--and Adam Foole, a thief whose past is inextricably linked with Pinkerton's own"--

a novel

By gaslight

In need of a bit of good advice? Well here is the best advice ever recorded--a compendium of personal tips, traditional proverbs, and clever observations from the literary, political, and entertainment world. The Best Advice Ever Given covers such diverse topics as life, love, success, forgiveness, friendship, character, health, and many more, including: * "Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example."--François de La Rochefoucauld * "The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want."--Ben Stein * "Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom's. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own."--Nelson Algren * "When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen."--Ernest Hemingway * "Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much."--Oscar Wilde * "The secret of business is to know something nobody else knows."--Aristotle Onassis * "In baiting a mousetrap with cheese, be sure to leave room for the mouse."--H. H. Munro ("Saki") * "Keep cool; anger is not an argument."--Daniel Webster * "Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig."--Source Unknown * "Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names."--John F. Kennedy * "If someone offers you a breath mint, accept it."--H. Jackson Brown * "In the fight between you and the world, back the world."--Franz Kafka

The Best Advice Ever Given, New and Updated

In need of some good advice? The Best Advice Ever Given is a compendium of human wisdom culled from the world's most celebrated--and sometimes anonymous--minds. From Confucius and Shakespeare to Maya Angelou and Woody Allen, and from Winston Churchill and Thomas Edison to Jeff Bezos and Jane Fonda, it is quite simply the best collection of great advice available.

Life Lessons for Success in the Real World

The Best Advice Ever Given

Le miniere di diamanti del Sudafrica, i campi di battaglia della Guerra Civile americana, un paesaggio vittoriano modellato sul dolore e sulle speranze infrante: questi i fondali di un romanzo dal passo epico e dall’architettura stupefacente. Londra, 1885. In Edgware Road viene ritrovato il cadavere di una donna. La testa spiccata riaffiora a dieci miglia di distanza dalle acque melmose del Tamigi. L’ennesimo delitto orrendo che rischia di restare irrisolto in una città abitata da relitti umani, attraversata da fogne a cielo aperto, popolata da spiriti vagabondi, fasciata in una perenne nebbia sporca. Il nascondiglio perfetto per l’uomo di fumo, Edward Shade, il criminale che tutti cercano e tutti accusano. Allan Pinkerton, il detective più celebre di tutti i tempi, è morto senza riuscire a catturarlo; e ora tocca al figlio William, che ha ereditato l’ossessione, portare a termine l’impresa fallita. Ma anche Adam Foole, gentiluomo trasformista che viaggia accompagnato da un gigante e da una bambina, ha le sue ragioni per ritrovare Shade: e sono ragioni che alludono a un amore perduto, a una lettera, a un viluppo di segreti.

A collection of commonsense wisdom and wise advice.

Life Lessons for Success In the Real World

Best Advice Ever Given

Hluboce působivý, strhující román o nekonečném pátrání, které utváří lidský život. William Pinkerton, syn nejproslulejšího amerického detektiva všech dob, má za sebou řadu úspěchů. Nyní se vydává do podsvětí viktoriánského Londýna v honbě za legendárním podvodníkem Edwardem Shadem, kterého se nepodařilo odhalit ani Williamovu otci. Je rozhodnutý tohoto zločince vypátrat stůj co stůj. Adam Foole, gentleman bez minulosti, jednoho dne dostane dopis od své ztracené lásky Charlotte. Vypraví se ji hledat do Londýna, kde se dozvídá o jejím zlém osudu a také o tom, že byla ve spojení s mužem známým jako Shade. Mezi oběma muži, slavným detektivem Pinkertonem a Foolem, který je zřejmě jediným klíčem k nalezení Edwarda Shadea, vznikne neobvyklé přátelství. Společně tedy vyrážejí na lov do londýnských stok, opiových doupat a spiritistických salonů a jsou odhodláni Shadea jednou provždy polapit. Jako by Arthur Conan Doyle potkal Charlese Dickense a ten zase Williama Faulknera… Silný a extravagantní román s Londýnem v hlavní roli, brilantně vystavěný a plný melancholie. - National Public Radio Tento velkolepý příběh nezapomenutelného Williama Pinkertona a Adama Foolea uvrhne čtenáře do zakouřeného viktoriánského Londýna se vší jeho špínou i pozlátkem. - Jacqueline Bakerová, spisovatelka

Ve svitu plynových lamp

Adam Ganz

Robert De Niro and the Working Screenplay is the first critical study to examine how Robert de Niro, perhaps the finest screen actor of his generation, works with screenplays to imagine, prepare and denote his performance. In categorising the various ways in which De Niro works with a screenplay, this book will re-examine the relationship between actor and text. This book considers the screenplay as above all a working document and a material object, present at every stage of the filmmaking process. The working screenplay goes through various iterations in development and exists in many versions on set, each adapted and personalised for the specific use of the individual and their role. As the archive reveals, nobody works more closely with the script than the actor, and no actor works more on a script than De Niro.

From Screenplay to Screen Performance

Robert De Niro at Work

Sizilien, 1955: Giuseppe Tomasi ist der Letzte im Geschlecht der Lampedusa. Melancholisch streift er durch das staubige Palermo, vorbei an den Palazzi seiner Vorfahren, von Café zu Café, und ignoriert seine prekäre finanzielle Situation. Als bei ihm ein Lungenemphysem diagnostiziert wird, reift in Tomasi ein Plan: Im Angesicht des eigenen Todes und des Todes einer ganzen Welt, beschließt er, etwas Bleibendes zu schaffen. Der 59-Jährige schreibt den weltberühmten Roman ›Der Leopard‹.

Der letzte Prinz

Acclaimed Canadian poet Steven Price has conjured a stunning debut novel that explores what we ask from each other, and how much we are prepared to give. Set in the city of Victoria, British Columbia, Into That Darkness opens at the moment when a massive earthquake hits the entire west coast with devastating results. Amid the destruction of the city, survivors are left to negotiate a calamity in which bonds of civility are pushed to their limits and often broken. When Arthur Lear hears a voice crying in the rubble, he finds himself descending deep under a collapsed building in a desperate attempt to save a young boy and his mother. But what he discovers there will change him forever — as circumstances lead him across the city’s broken landscape, through the chaos of its hospitals and streets, in a harrowing search for the mother’s lost daughter. Over the days that follow, Lear’s very sense of humanness will be tested and compromised, as he faces the limits of himself and his fellow survivors, in his long journey home. A novel for our age of anxiety and fear, Steven Price delivers a powerful story about the physical manifestation of the darker things lurking in our culture, in ourselves.

Into That Darkness

A collection of stupid utterances, mostly unintentional--although not always--from politics, show business, sports, and anywhere else people can put their feet in their mouths. Based on recorded history, it's safe to say that dumb remarks have been with us since the invention of writing. Young or old, rich or poor, famous or unknown, people of all generations and cultures have seized the opportunity to say something dumb - stupidity has always been an equal opportunity employer. In celebration of such mental lapses and pure idiocy, here is a collection of stupid utterances, unintentional and otherwise, from the worlds of politics, radio, television, newspapers, show business, sports, and literature - and everywhere else people can - and have - put their feet in their mouths.

Steven Price

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