Stefano Massini
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The internationally acclaimed author harnesses his brilliant imagination and masterful storytelling ability to create a catalog of new words inspired by stories of real people in this wondrous book reminiscent of Italo Calvino's mesmerizing Invisible Cities.
How many times have words not been enough?
How many complex feelings don’t have a corresponding noun that properly describes them?
How many times has language left us like an archer without...
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English
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A "novel in verse that inspired the ... West End and Off-Broadway play of the same name, [this book] follows the epic rise and fall of three generations of [the Lehman] family and through them tells the story of American ambition and hubris"--Publisher marketing.
"... Spanning three generations and 150 years, The Lehman Trilogy is a moving epic that dares to tell the story of modern capitalism through the saga of the Lehman brothers and their descendants....
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Magnífica en su alcance, internacionalmente elogiada y trascendente, la novela en verso que inspiró el sensacional obra del teatro del West End y Off-Broadway del mismo nombre. La Trilogía de Lehman sigue el ascenso y la caída épicos de tres generaciones de esa infame familia y a través de ellos cuenta la historia de la ambición y la arrogancia estadounidenses. Después de dejar su Bavaria natal, Henry Lehman llega a América decidido a hacer...