New Releases by James Frey

¿Qué pasaría si el Mesías viviera hoy en Nueva York? ¿Qué harías si descubrieras que el Mesías viviera hoy? Que viviera en Nueva York. Que se acostara con hombres y dejara embarazadas a las mujeres. Que ayudara a morir a los moribundos, que sanara a los enfermos. Que desafiara al gobierno y que condenara lo sagrado. ¿Qué harías si lo conocieras? ¿Y si cambiara tu vida? ¿Creerías? ¿Sí? James Frey es un escritor que juega con la verdad. Revolucionario y polémico, tuvo que exiliarse de Estados Unidos y esconderse en Francia. Sus libros habitan en esa ambigua línea que existe entre la realidad y la ficción, y ahora ha escrito su mejor obra hasta el momento, la más provocadora: El último testamento. El objetivo de Frey no es volver a contar la historia de Cristo sino crear una nueva mitología que tenga algo importante que decir en este mundo de armas nucleares, manipulación genética e internet. El último testamento te cambiará. Te hará daño. Te hará abrir los ojos al mundo en que vivimos. Hemos esperado dos mil años la llegada del Mesías. Estuvo aquí y este libro es la historia de su vida.

James Frey isn''t like other writers. He''s been called a liar. A cheat. A con man. He''s been called a saviour. A revolutionary. A genius. He''s been sued by readers. Dropped by publishers because of his controversies. Berated by TV talk-show hosts and condemned by the media. He''s been exiled from America, and driven into hiding. He''s also a bestselling phenomenon. Published in 38 languages, and beloved by readers around the world. What scares people about Frey is that he plays with truth; that fine line between fact and fiction. Now he has written his greatest work, his most revolutionary, his most controversial. The Final Testament of the Holy Bible. What would you do if you discovered the Messiah were alive today? Living in New York. Sleeping with men. Impregnating young women. Euthanizing the dying, and healing the sick. Defying the government, and condemning the holy. What would you do if you met him? And he changed your life. Would you believe? Would you? The Final Testament of the Holy Bible . It will change you. Hurt you. Scare you. Make you think differently. Live differently. Enrage you. Offend you. Open your eyes to the world in which we live. We''ve waited 2,000 years for the Messiah to arrive. We''ve waited 2,000 years for this book to be written. He was here. The Final Testament of the Holy Bible is the story of his life.

Ils disent que le Messie est toujours vivant. Qu''il vit à New York en plein XXIe siècle. Qu''il a des liaisons avec des hommes, engrosse les filles, soigne les malades et euthanasie les mourants... Ils disent qu''il défie le gouvernement et bafoue le sacré. Et vous, que feriez-vous si vous le rencontriez ? Le prendriez-vous au sérieux ?

James Frey non è come gli altri scrittori. È stato accusato di essere un bugiardo. Un impostore. Un traditore. È stato definito un salvatore. Un rivoluzionario. Un genio. I lettori gli hanno fatto causa. Gli editori americani lo hanno dato in pasto ai media senza difenderlo. Per un po'' si è sentito costretto a lasciare l''America. È anche un fenomeno best seller, amato dai lettori di tutto il mondo. Ciò che fa paura a molti è che Frey gioca con la verità, sempre sulla linea sottile tra fatti e finzione. Ora ha scritto il suo romanzo più rivoluzionario, più controverso. Che cosa fareste se scopriste che il Messia è vivo? Oggi. A New York. Che fa l''amore con uomini e donne. Che pratica l''eutanasia ai morenti e guarisce i malati. Che sfida i governi e condanna l''ordine religioso. Che cosa fareste se vi capitasse di incontrarlo? Se cambiasse la vostra vita. Gli credereste? L''Ultimo Testamento della Sacra Bibbia. Vi sconvolgerà. Vi ferirà. Vi farà paura. Vi farà arrabbiare. Vi farà pensare in modo diverso. Vivere in modo diverso. Vi aprirà gli occhi sul mondo in cui viviamo. Abbiamo aspettato duemila anni l''arrivo del Messia. Lui era qui. Questo libro racconta la sua storia.

Les trottoirs de Hollywood Boulevard, Melrose Place ou Mulholland Drive résonnent d''une foule de visages anonymes venus rêver d''une vie meilleure. Parmi eux, Maddie et Dylan, un jeune couple en fuite ; Old Joe, le clochard de Venice Beach, ou encore Esperanza, cette jeune et brillante Mexicaine qui, d''humiliation en humiliation, voit s''éloigner ses espérances. Tous croient en la puissance de la cité des Anges - ville du crime, du show-biz et de la mafia. Et tous se cognent contre les murs. Car dans cette odyssée urbaine, Los Angeles n''a que faire du rêve américain.

Interview with Annie Leibowitz, Natalie Portman, Cate Blanchett, Stephen Gan.

«È un libro notevole, a mio parere, soprattutto per come è scritto. Senza una sbrodolatura, senza ombra di sentimentalismo o retorica: una cosa cruda, feroce, lucidissima.» Vanity Fair - Daria Bignardi «Un esordio molto intimo e straziante; Frey racconta la sua liberazione da innumerevoli dipendenze con una rabbia adrenalinica e una prosa irregolare, sorprendente, da togliere il fiato.» Kirkus Reviews «Un narratore nato. Probabilmente uno dei migliori scrittori degli ultimi tempi.» Irvine Welsh «Da leggere: la storia cruda, sincera, struggente di un alcolista dipendente.» marie claire «Una scrittura ossessiva, quasi esasperante. Una storia che, con le sue incursioni nella coscienza devastata di un alcolista, è difficile da mettere da parte.» Publishers Weekly «È il resoconto più intenso e perfettamente dettagliato di un uomo che lotta per superare la propria dipendenza dalla droga e dall''alcol. E James Frey è tremendamente onesto e persino divertente; si avventura con stile infallibile in un mondo di personaggi alla ricerca disperata di aiuto. Leggetelo immediatamente.» Gus Van Sant «Una testimonianza struggente... Illuminante, essenziale, assolutamente notevole.» Bret Easton Ellis Le prime frasi del libro di James Frey ci sbattono in faccia una situazione scioccante: un uomo di 23 anni si risveglia a bordo di un aereo in uno stato al confine tra la vita e la morte, in seguito a una sequenza di abusi di alcol e droghe della quale egli stesso si ricorda soltanto vagamente. La famiglia, sbalordita e disperata, lo accoglie all’aeroporto di Chicago per trasferirlo immediatamente in un’importante clinica di riabilitazione del Minnesota. Qui, dopo una prima visita, un medico gli garantisce che morirà nel giro di pochi giorni se ricomincia a bere. Qui, Frey passerà due mesi spaventosi per disintossicarsi e confrontarsi con la furia interiore che da anni lo spinge a distruggersi. E soprattutto si troverà a dover fare una scelta: accettare di non vedere mai i suoi 24 anni oppure raccogliere i rottami della propria vita e agire. In modo drastico. Circondato da pazienti in difficoltà come lui – tra cui un giudice, uno spacciatore, un campione di boxe e una fragile ex prostituta –, Frey lotterà per trovare il suo modo di affrontare le conseguenze di una vita vissuta all’estremo e per scoprire quale futuro lo stia aspettando.In un milione di piccoli pezzi è una testimonianza dura e sconvolgente che riesce in un’impresa che pochissimi grandi libri finora hanno saputo realizzare: raccontare che cosa significa veramente smettere di bere o di drogarsi, affrontare e superare le debolezze e le paure più profonde per riprendere, infine, il controllo della propria vita.

The "The "Size DOES Matter" catalogue features installation images, words from the artists, and an essay by bestselling author and Cleveland native James Frey. Additionally it includes a special DVD of Shaquille O''Neal providing a walk-through of the exhibition. This unique book, measuring 8 1/2 x 13 5/8 inches, celebrates the bold and exciting spirit of a show of works of all sizes that Shaquille O''Neal selected.

COUSIN CORINNE''S REMINDER is a biannual publication which features new writing, photography, and comix from artists around the world.

#1 National Bestseller “A sprawling, ambitious novel about Los Angeles, written with all the broad-stroke energy that was so irresistible to readers in A Million Little Pieces. By turns satirical, tense, and surprisingly touching, it is a portrait of a city onto which so many millions have projected so many dreams. . . . Compelling, cinematic. . . . It achieves the very essence of Los Angeles’s fractured, unpredictable, loopy nature.” — Vanity Fair “A captivating urban kaleidoscope. . . . James Frey got another chance. Look what he did with it. He stepped up to the plate and hit one out of the park. . . . He became a furiously good storyteller.” —Janet Maslin, New York Times One of the most celebrated and controversial authors in America delivers an extraordinary novel—a sweeping chronicle of contemporary Los Angeles that is bold, exhilarating, and utterly original. Dozens of characters pass through the reader''s sight lines—some never to be seen again—but James Frey lingers on a handful of LA''s lost souls and captures the dramatic narrative of their lives. A dazzling tour de force, Bright Shiny Morning illuminates the joys, horrors, and unexpected fortunes of life and death in Los Angeles.

Old Man Joe, der Trinker, das Ausreißerpärchen Dylan und Maddie, Amberton, der Filmstar, der heimlich Männer liebt, und die behütete Einwanderertochter Esperanza - sie sind die Hauptfiguren in diesem großen amerikanischen Gegenwartsroman über die Mega-City L.A. In ihren Geschichten entfaltet sich ein Kosmos urbanen Lebens, ein Kaleidoskop aus grellen und dynamischen Bildern, aus Sehnsüchten und zerstörten Träumen. Dylan liebt Maddie und ist mit ihr unterwegs nach L.A., Stadt der Hoffnung so vieler Menschen auf eine bessere Zukunft. Die Filmstars Amberton und Casey sind nur zur Tarnung miteinander verheiratet und ständig auf der Suche nach Sex und Bewunderung. Esperanza aus Mexiko verdient ihr Geld im Haushalt einer tyrannischen Lady und verliebt sich in deren Sohn. Der Obdachlose Old Man Joe entdeckt seine Mitmenschlichkeit, als er ein drogensüchtiges Mädchen zusammengeschlagen hinter einer Mülltonne findet. Sie und viele andere Figuren, die im Vorübergehen den Weg des Lesers kreuzen, ergeben das fesselnde Bild einer sich ständig wandelnden Metropole, seit Generationen Verheißung und Moloch zugleich. In L.A., der eigentlichen Hauptfigur, spiegeln Fakten und Fiktion einander im Rhythmus von Geschichte und Gegenwart, von Illusion, Liebe und Gewalt. Ein fulminant komponierter Roman über den unzerstörbaren American Dream. Entdecken Sie auch das Hörbuch zu diesem Titel! Filmmaterial zu James Frey und ''Strahlend schöner Morgen'' finden Sie hier. Fotos zur Lesereise mit Daniel Haas und Fritzi Haberlandt finden Sie hier.

James, vingt-trois ans, a cramé sa jeunesse dans le crack et dissout son enfance dans l''alcool. A la suite d''un ultime black-out, il est hospitalisé dans une clinique du Minnesota. Dans le service de soins intensifs, il rencontre Lilly, une jeune fille aux yeux bleus et clairs comme des promesses d''avenir. Mais le démon est encore là, et chaque crise d''angoisse, de paranoïa ou de manque lui rappelle qu''il a un combat à mener. Pour elle, pour ses parents, pour sa survie... Dans un récit au style cathartique et poignant, James Frey nous dévoile le vrai visage de la drogue cette araignée d''acier tapie sous la peau ; ce monstre à satisfaire, et qu''il faut détruire avant qu''il ne vous dévore...

Perhaps the most unconventional and literally breathtaking father-son story you''ll ever read, My Friend Leonard pulls you immediately and deeply into a relationship as unusual as it is inspiring. The father figure is Leonard, the high-living, recovering coke addict "West Coast Director of a large Italian-American finance firm" (read: mobster) who helped to keep James Frey clean in A Million Little Pieces. The son is, of course, James, damaged perhaps beyond repair by years of crack and alcohol addiction-and by more than a few cruel tricks of fate. James embarks on his post-rehab existence in Chicago emotionally devastated, broke, and afraid to get close to other people. But then Leonard comes back into his life, and everything changes. Leonard offers his "son" lucrative—if illegal and slightly dangerous—employment. He teaches James to enjoy life, sober, for the first time. He instructs him in the art of "living boldly," pushes him to pursue his passion for writing, and provides a watchful and supportive veil of protection under which James can get his life together. Both Leonard''s and James''s careers flourish…but then Leonard vanishes. When the reasons behind his mysterious absence are revealed, the book opens up in unexpected emotional ways. My Friend Leonard showcases a brilliant and energetic young writer rising to important new challenges—displaying surprising warmth, humor, and maturity—without losing his intensity. This book proves that one of the most provocative literary voices of his generation is also one of the most emphatically human.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A gripping memoir about the nature of addiction and the meaning of recovery from a bold and talented literary voice. “Anyone who has ever felt broken and wished for a better life will find inspiration in Frey’s story.” —People “A great story.... You can''t help but cheer his victory.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review By the time he entered a drug and alcohol treatment facility, James Frey had taken his addictions to near-deadly extremes. He had so thoroughly ravaged his body that the facility’s doctors were shocked he was still alive. The ensuing torments of detoxification and withdrawal, and the never-ending urge to use chemicals, are captured with a vitality and directness that recalls the seminal eye-opening power of William Burroughs’s Junky. But A Million Little Pieces refuses to fit any mold of drug literature. Inside the clinic, James is surrounded by patients as troubled as he is—including a judge, a mobster, a one-time world-champion boxer, and a fragile former prostitute to whom he is not allowed to speak—but their friendship and advice strikes James as stronger and truer than the clinic’s droning dogma of How to Recover. James refuses to consider himself a victim of anything but his own bad decisions, and insists on accepting sole accountability for the person he has been and the person he may become—which runs directly counter to his counselors'' recipes for recovery. James has to fight to find his own way to confront the consequences of the life he has lived so far, and to determine what future, if any, he holds. It is this fight, told with the charismatic energy and power of One Flew over the Cuckoo''s Nest, that is at the heart of A Million Little Pieces: the fight between one young man’s will and the ever-tempting chemical trip to oblivion, the fight to survive on his own terms, for reasons close to his own heart. "

Joe Zanca, an ex-boxer turned private detective, is hired by a dying woman to find and bring back her missing teenage daughter