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Traduzione di Elena Loewenthal. Milano, Feltrinelli 2008, cm.14x21, pp.108, brossura copertina figurata a colori. Coll.I Narratori. È una calda sera d'estate a Tel Aviv. Seduto al tavolo degli oratori in veste d'ospite d'onore a un incontro letterario, lo scrittore ascolta e non ascolta i lunghi convenevoli, la barocca presentazione del critico di turno, la voce incerta della lettrice. Osserva il pubblico in sala e torna con la mente alle persone che ha visto poco prima in un bar - una cameriera dimessa ma con una provocante trasparenza di biancheria intima, due tizi dall'aria losca, una vecchia signora dalle gambe gonfie, un tipo malmostoso che non sembra affatto d'accordo con quel che sta dicendo l'oratore, un timido e occhialuto adolescente. Queste immagini captate, anzi rubate alla realtà diventano quasi simultaneamente delle storie. Finita la serata letteraria, lo scrittore prende a vagare per le strade quasi deserte della città e in questa specie di solitudine da vita ai suoi nuovi personaggi. Anzi, entra nelle loro vite, le invade e le trasforma. Accompagnato dai versi di un poeta ch'egli immagina al suo fianco, lo scrittore costruisce un affresco di vita e di morte pieno di sorprese.

Koln, Taschen 2021, cm.29x40, pp.624 illustrazioni a colori, legatura editoriale in tutta tela, copertina figurata a colori. Collana Extra Large. Edizione in Inglese. Among the few women artists who have transcended art history, none had a meteoric rise quite like Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907–1954). Her unmistakable face, depicted in over fifty extraordinary self-portraits, has been admired by generations; along with hundreds of photographs taken by notable artists such as Edward Weston, Manuel and Lola Álvarez Bravo, Nickolas Muray, and Martin Munkácsi, they made Frida Kahlo an iconic image of 20th century art. After an accident in her early youth, Frida became a painter of her own free will. Her marriage to Diego Rivera in 1929 placed her at the forefront of an artistic scene not only in the cultural Renaissance of Mexico, but also in the United States. Her work garnered praise from the poet André Breton, who added the Mexican painter to the ranks of international surrealism and exhibited her work in Paris in 1939 to the admiration of Picasso, Kandinsky, and Duchamp. We access the intimacy of Frida’s affections and passions through a selection of drawings, pages from her personal diary, letters, and an extensive illustrated biography featuring photos of Frida, Diego, and the Casa Azul, Frida’s home and the center of her universe. This large-format XXL book allows readers to admire Frida Kahlo’s paintings like never before, including unprecedented detail shots and famous photographs. It presents pieces in private collections and reproduces works that were previously lost or have not been exhibited for more than 80 years, forming the most extensive study of Kahlo’s work and life to date.

Koln, Taschen 2021, cm.29x40, pp.624 illustrazioni a colori. legatura editoriale in tutta tela, copertina figurata a colori. Collana Extra Large. Edizione francese. Si quelques femmes artistes sont parvenues à entrer dans l’histoire de l’art, aucune n’a connu une ascension aussi fulgurante que la peintre mexicaine Frida Kahlo (1907–1954). Reconnaissable entre mille et représenté sur plus de cinquante autoportraits extraordinaires, son visage est admiré depuis des générations. Cette œuvre unique, associée aux centaines de photos prises par de grands noms comme Edward Weston, Manuel et Lola Álvarez Bravo, Nickolas Muray ou Martin Munkácsi, a fait de Frida Kahlo une icône de l’art du XXe siècle. Frida a décidé de devenir peintre après un accident survenu durant son l’adolescence. Son mariage avec Diego Rivera, en 1929, la propulse sur le devant de la scène artistique, non seulement au Mexique, mais aussi aux États-Unis et en Europe. Une personnalité comme André Breton a fait l’éloge de son travail et a inclus la peintre dans le cercle international des Surréalistes. En 1939, il expose ses œuvres à Paris où Picasso, Kandinsky et Duchamp les admirent. Ce livre format XXL offre au lecteur l’opportunité d’explorer les peintures de Frida Kahlo comme jamais auparavant. À l’aide de reproductions superbes, parfois agrandies par rapport à leurs dimensions originales et en interaction avec des photos célèbres de l’artiste, il présente des œuvres provenant de collections privées, difficilement accessibles au grand public, ainsi que d’autres que l’on croyait perdues ou qui n’ont pas été exposées depuis plus de 80 ans. Ce volume représente l’étude la plus complète à ce jour des peintures de Frida Kahlo. Des dessins, des extraits de son journal intime, des lettres et une biographie abondamment illustrée de photographies de Frida, de Diego et de la Casa Azul – la maison de Frida et le centre de son univers – donnent un aperçu très personnel de la vie et de l’univers artistique de Frida Kahlo.

Translated fron the Hebrew by Nicholas de Lange in collaboration with the author. Chatto & Windus 2001, cm.16x22, pp.198, legatura editoriale cartonata, sopraccoperta figurata. Here is a book in a magical category of one, a truly outstanding, resonant and original work, in a bold and daring new form, which breaks the mould of storytelling. It tells an intimate, everyday story of grief, love, attachment and loss through the voices of a fabulous range of characters - in some ways it recalls Under Milk Wood. Nadia Danon is dead, of cancer. Her widower, Albert, an accountant (who bears an odd resemblance to Amos), is trying to put his life back together. Her son has gone off to lose or find himself in Tibet. The son's girlfriend, a filmmaker, is back in Israel, making friendly, daughterly overtures to Albert - his response is less platonic. Meanwhile she has another lover and a rather repellent film producer also lusts after her. There are other wonderful characters. Theirs are the voices and the stories. It is beautiful, funny, heartbreaking, sexy, poetic, full of echoes and allusions, and yet with an astonishing immediacy and contemporaneity., and pure joy to read.

Dizionario a cura di A.Voglino, S.Pomati, S. Barbieri. Milano, Jaca Book Ed. 1994, cm.22x29, pp.400, num.tavv.a col.nt. legatura ed.in tutta tela, sopracop.fig. Coll.Enciclopedia Tematica Aperta.

XIV Exposition itinerante de reproductions d'oeuvres d'Art de l'UNESCO. Paris, UNESCO 1984, cm.19x21, pp. ca 100, num.figg.bn.e col.nt. brossura. testo in francese.

A cura di Gaetano e Luisa Cozzi. Napoli, Ricciardi Ed.per Treccani Il Sole 24 Ore 2006, cm.14,5x21,5, pp.XI,562, legatura editoriale cartonata, cofanetto. Coll.Letteratura e Vita Civile. I Classici del Pensiero Italiano,23.

Napoli, Guida Editore 1972, cm.11x18, pp.272, brossura copertina figurata. Collana Il Sagittario.