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Sebastiano rientra al paese d’origine, in Puglia, dopo un periodo trascorso all’estero. Deve comparire in tribunale per la sentenza di separazione dalla moglie Magda. Trova lavoro, per sé e per il padre disoccupato, come censore dei lampioni di strada per la società Electric Sole; e decide di rimanere.Il lavoro fianco a fianco col padre, che molti anni prima aveva lasciato senza apparenti motivi la famiglia, mette in luce antichi dissapori. Il tutto si complica ancora con la nascita di una relazione tra il padre di Sebastiano e Magda.

In her remarkable stories of seemingly ordinary people living extraordinary lives, Miranda July reveals how a single moment can change everything. Whether writing about a middle-aged woman's obsession with Prince William, or an aging factory worker who has never been in love, the result is startling, sexy and tender by turns. One of the most acclaimed debuts of recent years, Miranda July is a brilliant new voice in fiction.

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【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

「幸福」はいろいろな家を訪ね歩く。誰でも幸福が欲しいから大喜びで迎えてくれるに違いないが、それでは人の心は分からない。そこで「幸福」は貧しい服装をして、誰か聞かれたら「貧乏」だと答えることにした。そして、それでも自分をよく迎えてくれる人には幸福を分けるつもりだ。

An aspiring writer moves into a new apartment and discovers that her landlady has murdered her husband. Elsewhere, an accomplished surgeon is approached by a cabaret singer, whose beautiful appearance belies the grotesque condition of her heart. And while the surgeon's jealous lover vows to kill him, a violent envy also stirs in the soul of a lonely craftsman. Desire meets with impulse and erupts, attracting the attention of the surgeon's neighbor - who is drawn to a decaying residence that is now home to instruments of human torture.

With accomplished precision and gentle eloquence, Jhumpa Lahiri traces the crosscurrents set in motion when immigrants, expatriates, and their children arrive, quite literally, at a cultural divide. The nine stories in this stunning debut collection unerringly chart the emotional journeys of characters seeking love beyond the barriers of nations and generations.

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scottish born author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A brilliant London-based detective, Holmes is famous for his intellectual prowess, and is renowned for his skillful use of deductive reasoning (somewhat mistakenly - see inductive reasoning) and astute observation to solve difficult cases.

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斎藤茂吉の実体験に基づいた随筆。関東大震災を海外で経験した日本人留学生の視点から、震災直後の混乱と情報不足の状況、そして徐々に真相が明らかになっていく過程が描かれる。1923年9月3日、ミュンヘンに滞在中の斎藤茂吉は、日本で大地震が発生したという新聞記事を目にする。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

昭和期に世界で初めて人工雪を作ることに成功した物理学者の随筆。敗戦後の日本がアメリカから輸入した六三制という新学制。十年の年月を経て、さまざまな欠陥が浮かび出ている。六三制が日本の国情に合わないのは、まずは入学試験のない国で生まれた学制を日本に適用したこと。

A collection of 17 wonderful short stories showing that Tom Hanks is as talented a writer as he is an actor. A gentle Eastern European immigrant arrives in New York City after his family and his life have been torn apart by his country's civil war. A man who loves to bowl rolls a perfect game - and then another and then another and then many more in a row until he winds up ESPN's newest celebrity, and he must decide if the combination of perfection and celebrity has ruined the thing he loves.

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自身の文学的成長と経験を綴った自伝的エッセイ。売れなかった時代や、文学の道へ進む転機となった徳田秋声との出会い、欧州旅行で日本語の美しさと詩の重要性を再認識した経験など。林が文学にかける思いと、当時の日本文壇の様子が描かれる。多くの文学者や出版社の名前が登場し、昭和初期の文学界の雰囲気を感じ取ることができる。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

その頃の私は廓を歩くと、「応援団長」とか「朴歯（ほおば）の旦那」とか呼ばれた。K楼の番頭に勧められた初見世の妓は素直で好ましく、彼女のもとへ通うようになる。四か月経った頃、勤め先で不首尾があり東京を立ち退くことになるが、一年ほどで舞い戻り、新聞店の配達夫になる。

At times stern, at other times patient, at times perceptive, at other times in sad denial, Olive Kitteridge, a retired schoolteacher, deplores the changes in her little town of Crosby, Maine, and in the world at large, but she doesn’t always recognize the changes in those around her: a lounge musician haunted by a past romance; a former student who has lost the will to live; Olive’s own adult child, who feels tyrannized by her irrational sensitivities; and her husband, Henry, who finds his loyalty to his marriage both a blessing and a curse.

そばにいたのにすれ違ってしまった人たちの、再出発の物語。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

旅行先から急電によって兄の見舞いに来た道太は、しばらくの間、廓を営むおひろの家の二階に滞在することになる。姪の縁談をめぐるごたごたで、誰にも会いたくなかったのだ。その家にはおひろの姉お絹が世話焼きに来ていた。事情が許せば、彼女と同棲しうる時の幸福を想像したりするが、道太は何をするでもなしに日を送る。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

静かな春の晩、一人の男が仕事に疲れコーヒーを飲みに外出したが、町は静まり返り多くの店が閉まっていた。男が行こうとした喫茶店も閉店している。帰ろうとした時、見知らぬ男が声をかけてきた。その男は町内に住んでいると名乗り、新しい喫茶店を案内すると申し出る。主人公は躊躇したが、不思議と親しみを感じて同行を決める。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

『貧しき人々の群』『道標』などの代表作で知られ、大正・昭和期に活動した作家の随筆。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

正吉は母子家庭で育つ少年で、マラソン選手になることを夢見ていた。しかし、友人の武夫と競争して足を怪我し、医者から手術の可能性を告げられる。母親は金策に奔走するが、親戚からの借金も難しい状況であった。そんな中、女の乞食が訪れ、薬草の存在を教える。

Philip K. Dick’s classic short story tells the story of Douglas Quail, an unfulfilled bureaucrat who dreams of visiting Mars, but can't afford the trip. Luckily, there is Rekal Incorporated, a company that lets everyday stiffs believe they’ve been on incredible adventures. The only problem is that when technicians attempt a memory implant of a spy mission to Mars, they find that real memories of just such a trip are already in Quail's brain. Suddenly, Quail is running for his life from government agents, but his memories might make him more of a liability than he is worth.

O. Henry's short stories are well known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clever twist endings.