Julio's Day

Julio's Day PDF Author: Gilbert Hernandez
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
ISBN: 1606996061
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 113

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Book Description
It begins in the year 1900, with the scream of a newborn. It ends, 100 pages later, in the year 2000, with the death-rattle of a 100-year-old man. The infant and the old man are both Julio, and Gilbert Hernandez's Julio's Day (originally serialized in Love and Rockets Vol. II but never completed until now) is his latest graphic novel, a masterpiece of elliptical, emotional storytelling that traces one life -- indeed, one century in a human life -- through a series of carefully crafted, consistently surprising and enthralling vignettes. There is hope and joy, there is bullying and grief, there is war (so much war -- this is after all the 20th century), there is love, there is heartbreak. This is very much a singular, standalone story that will help cement Hernandez's position as one of the strongest and most original cartoonists of this, or any other, century.

Julio's Day

Julio's Day PDF Author: Gilbert Hernandez
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
ISBN: 1606996061
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 113

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Book Description
It begins in the year 1900, with the scream of a newborn. It ends, 100 pages later, in the year 2000, with the death-rattle of a 100-year-old man. The infant and the old man are both Julio, and Gilbert Hernandez's Julio's Day (originally serialized in Love and Rockets Vol. II but never completed until now) is his latest graphic novel, a masterpiece of elliptical, emotional storytelling that traces one life -- indeed, one century in a human life -- through a series of carefully crafted, consistently surprising and enthralling vignettes. There is hope and joy, there is bullying and grief, there is war (so much war -- this is after all the 20th century), there is love, there is heartbreak. This is very much a singular, standalone story that will help cement Hernandez's position as one of the strongest and most original cartoonists of this, or any other, century.

Around the Day in Eighty Worlds

Around the Day in Eighty Worlds PDF Author: Julio Cortázar
Publisher: North Point Press
ISBN: 9780865472044
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 320

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Book Description
Poems, essays, and anecdotes accompany stories about a man sinking into the ground, an invisible monster, a woman who hates yawns, and miniature jaguars

Romiette and Julio

Romiette and Julio PDF Author: Sharon M. Draper
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442428856
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240

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Book Description
Do you feel the soul of another calling to you? Do you know in your heart that your destiny and his wore meant to merge In the cosmos? We can help you find him. When Romiette Cappelle and her best friend, Destiny, decide to order The Scientific Soul Mate System from the back of Heavy Hunks magazine, they're not sure what they're getting into. But Destiny, a self-proclaimed psychic, assures Romi that for $44.99 plus shipping and handling, it's the only way they're ever going to find out who their soul mates really are. If nothing else, maybe Romi will get some insight into that recurring dream she's been having about fire and water. But they never expect that the scented candle and tube of dream ointment will live up to their promises and merge Romiette's destiny with that of Julio Montague, a boy she's just met in the "cosmos" of an Internet chat room. It turns out they go to the same high school, not to mention having almost the same names as Shakespeare's famous lovers! Sweet-scented dreams of Julio have almost overtaken Romi's nightmares... ...when suddenly they return, but this time in real life. It seems the Devildogs, a local gang, violently oppose the relationship of Romiette and Julio. Soon they find themselves haunted by the purple-clad shadows of the gang, and the fire and water of Romiette's dream merge in ways more terrifying -- and ultimately more affirming -- than even Destiny could have foreseen.

Julio's Magic

Julio's Magic PDF Author: Arthur Dorros
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0060290048
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Book Description
Julio and his friend, master carver Iluminado, find their ideas in the forest, where dragons, lizards, and angels hide in the wood of every twisted branch. At home, Julio can't wait to make sculptures for the annual wood-carving contest. But Iluminado, whose eyesight is failing him, is too humble to enter. When Julio opens his heart to help his friend, he learns that winning is not nearly as important as giving. Both the author and illustrator of Julio's Magic have traveled extensively in Mexico. Now they have translated the deep admiration they feel for the Mexican artisans they've met into a truly magical book which reminds us that inspiration, creativity, and friendship can be found everywhere.

Julio's House

Julio's House PDF Author: Orestes Gonzalez
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780999096819
Category : Architecture, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages :

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Book Description
As an architect, Orestes Gonzalez takes us on a tour of his late uncle's Little Havana home via interior photographs, exploring the space in itself; as a photographer, he offers an intimate approach allowing viewers to "sort through" the relics Julio Santana left behind after his death; and as a relative, he includes elements of memory, nostalgia and discovery, sharing newfound details of his uncle's life.The images within Julio's House are not simply about recording the extravagant decor of the home or trove of mementos scattered throughout it, but rather about creating a portrait of his Cuban-American uncle, one that deconstructs his preconceived narrative of Julio's life he formed as a child, and reveals an entirely new biography Gonzalez only learned of when sorting through his uncle's belongings with another family member.

Bodega Dreams

Bodega Dreams PDF Author: Ernesto Quiñonez
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0804154058
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224

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Book Description
In this "thriller with literary merit" (Time Out New York), a stunning narrative combines the gritty rhythms of Junot Diaz with the noir genius of Walter Mosley. Bodega Dreams pulls us into Spanish Harlem, where the word is out: Willie Bodega is king. Need college tuition for your daughter? Start-up funds for your fruit stand? Bodega can help. He gives everyone a leg up, in exchange only for loyalty—and a steady income from the drugs he pushes. Lyrical, inspired, and darkly funny, this powerful debut novel brilliantly evokes the trial of Chino, a smart, promising young man to whom Bodega turns for a favor. Chino is drawn to Bodega's street-smart idealism, but soon finds himself over his head, navigating an underworld of switchblade tempers, turncoat morality, and murder. "Bodega is a fascinating character. . . . The story [Quiñonez] tells has energy and verve." —The New York Times Book Review

Final Exam

Final Exam PDF Author: Julio Cortázar
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 9780811217521
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 254

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Book Description
One of Julio Cortázar's great early novels. "Anyone who doesn't read Cortázar is doomed."--Pablo Neruda

The Diary of Andrés Fava

The Diary of Andrés Fava PDF Author: Julio Cortázar
Publisher: Archipelago
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 124

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Book Description
"Diary of Andres Fava is pure reflection: on his reading, dreams, conversations, and writing. This unpredictable journal of the protagonist of Julio Cortazar's posthumously published El Examen is peppered with quotes from French poets and American jazzmen. Exploratory and honest, Diary of Andres Fava lets us in on his own intimate reflections on literature, music, friendship, love, and the act of writing."--BOOK JACKET.

An English Family

An English Family PDF Author: Julio Dinis
Publisher: SCB Distributors
ISBN: 1912868466
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 374

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Book Description
Mr Richard Whitestone is English and a successful businessman based for many years in Oporto. Despite his many years’ residence in Portugal, he remains resolutely English in his tastes and in his accent. His favourite reading is Tristram Shandy, which he reads and re-reads constantly. A widower for many years, he lives with his children Jenny and Carlos. Jenny is the angel of the house and wise beyond her 21 years. Carlos is 18 and much given to carousing with his friends and to falling – very briefly – in love with whichever pretty girl he sees. He is the despair of his father, but his sister believes in him despite all, because she knows he has a good heart. One day, during Carnival, Carlos meets a young woman at a masked ball and falls in love. As ever, the path of true love runs very erratically indeed. Júlio Dinis is sometimes referred to as the Portuguese Trollope, and this, the first novel he wrote is a keen-eyed evocation of the narrow world of nineteenth-century bourgeois Oporto, but also, and more importantly, it is a brilliant account of family life, in all its flawed beauty.

Game Seven

Game Seven PDF Author: Paul Volponi
Publisher: Speak
ISBN: 0142424293
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274

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Book Description
Originally published: New York: Viking, 2015.