New Releases by Rick Moody

Examining the pictorial, literary, and musical world that Wilco conjure up on record and on stage this book is created in collaboration with Jeff Tweedy, Wilco and Tony Margherita. Primarily visual, The Wilco Book shows what Wilco does, how they do it and where it all comes together. The band narrates the book in the form of long captions accompanying the images. Just as the band assembles its disparate talents, this book coheres in the end to reveal a 40 minute CD of original, unreleased songs. This truly is a translation of the band''s sensibility from sound into print.

A New York des bouches se rencontrent. Untel embrasse une telle, qui embrassera tôt ou tard tel autre, qui embrasse le monde. Un expert en affaires de négligence et de préjudice moral découvre que son mariage est en ruine lorsqu''il met sa femme sur écoute. Soixante-dix doses d''acide ont donné à Lucy la possibilité de bâtir trois versions de sa vie rêvée. Elle les raconte sans discrimination. Autant de personnages qui se croisent, se retrouvent, se perdent dans un dédale physique et mental, hantés par le désir, le désespoir et la folie. Autant de combinaisons aléatoires qui leur permettent de combler les trous d''un puzzle existentiel et sexuel. Écrites avec une virtuosité remarquable, les onze nouvelles de Rick Moody opèrent comme des déflagrations. Elles nous disent que la souffrance éprouvée dans le corps et l''esprit est le lot commun des êtres abandonnés à l''absurdité de leur propre condition.

1972. Une banlieue résidentielle dans l''Est des Etats-Unis. Benjamin Hood et Janey Williams se préparent, une fois de plus, à tromper leurs conjoints respectifs. Janey sort de la chambre d''amis, entre dans la salle de bains. Pendant ce temps, à l''étage au-dessus, leurs enfants s''apprêtent à vivre leur première expérience sexuelle. Tout va bien. II suffira pourtant de quelques jours pour que cette paisible communauté suburbaine se retrouve sens dessus - dessous, dévastée par l''irruption simultanée de l''échangisme et d''une tempête d''une force inouïe. Désormais, plus rien ne sera comme avant. Tempête de glace est d''abord une comédie, étincelante comme le givre qui enrobe les paysages du New Jersey, les nimbant d''un éclat féerique, tandis que les images du Watergate défilent à la télévision. Avec, en fond sonore, les premières chansons de Lou Reed et des New York Dolls. Mais c''est aussi une réflexion sur la fin d''une certaine Amérique, et un drame poignant. Au-delà de la reconstitution virtuose des années 70, ce roman implacable met en lumière l''irresponsabilité d''une génération et ses effets sur la génération suivante. Adapté au cinéma par Ang Lee (The Ice Storm, 1998), Tempête de glace est le deuxième roman de Rick Moody. Son dernier livre, The Black Veil, paraîtra à l''Olivier en 2004.

Becky Wright is a typical teenager who has boy problems. She does not have a date for the Christmas dance. All she needs is a little bit of advice from someone older and wiser - a Reliable Source. Surely her older sister Angela is a Reliable Source . After all, Angela writes pornographic novels, so she must know all there is to know about boys and dating There is only one problem with Becky''s plan. Her parents have forbidden her seeing Angela, whom they believe is a corrupting influence. But Becky is a determined and resourceful young lady. She finally finds a way to meet her sister, but in doing so, she learns that Angela has more than dating wisdom to impart. Angela is privy to the skeletons in the family closet. The advice that Angela can give Becky will either get her into more trouble with her parents...or save her from harm. Will Becky get the help from her sister in time or is it already too late?

Alice tem 23 anos, está desempregada e sem perspectivas profissionais. A banda de punk rock em que ela tocava guitarra, Critical Ma$$, desmantelou-se quando perdeu o baterista. Sua relação com o namorado, o bombeiro hidráulico Dennis, é tão tediosa quanto a vida na cidade de Haledon, Nova Jersey. Lane, o problemático irmão de Dennis, refugia-se na casa da mãe depois de passar um tempo abusando das drogas em Nova York. Max, o melhor amigo de Lane, trabalha como instalador de TV a cabo. Nas horas vagas, ele é traficante e bebe nos bares. O músico L.G. decide esquecer o sonho de se tornar astro do rock e vira gerente de uma loja de tapetes. Neste livro, o autor constrói um painel ácido e comovente da juventude suburbana que descobre a vida adulta. Dificuldade de se expressar, falta de motivação, rebeldia e ceticismo são temas em comum no cotidiano deles. Mas há também as tentativas desajeitadas de amar, superar os medos e ser feliz.

Paperback is the ideal format for this acclaimed anthology in which twenty-one prominent American writers -- all of whom came of age in the baby boom and Generation X years -- look at the New Testament with a fresh eye toward its meaning for them, and for us, today. These thought-provoking essays will reassure, excite, and inspire anyone who has felt the need to approach spirituality in a personal or unorthodox way. With an introduction by Rick Moody and an afterword by Darcey Steinke, Joyful Noise includes contributions from: Madison Smartt Bell -- April Bernard -- Catherine Bowman -- Joseph Caldwell -- Benjamin Cheever -- Lydia Davis -- Jeffrey Eugenides -- Eurydice -- Coco Fusco -- Lucy Grealy -- Barry Hannah -- bell hooks -- Jim Lewis -- Ann Patchett -- Ann Powers -- Joanna Scott -- Lisa Shea -- Stephen Westfall -- Kim Wozencraft Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Exploração emocional das forças descontroladas que regem o cotidiano, ''América Púrpura'' nos faz mergulhar na realidade de uma família americana em agonia- um filho que se vê obrigado a cuidar da mãe doente depois que o marido a abandonou. Pressionado pelas circunstâncias, Hex Raitliffe vê suas boas intenções serem tragadas por um fluxo desenfreado de forças antagônicas- uma delas seu alcoolismo incontrolável. Hex enfrenta o padrasto, revê um amor do passado e se esforça para satisfazer as necessidades de sua mãe. O que começa como uma missão de pura compaixão acaba deflagrando velhos ressentimentos, confusão, ódios inconfessos e revelações dolorosas. Narrado do ponto de vista de seus personagens, ''América Púrpura'' é o retrato vivo e inesquecível de uma família em sua essência, com suas esperanças, segredos, paixões, tragédias, disputas, medos e, pairando sobre todos, a sombra da morte.

The first novel by the acclaimed author of The Ice Storm and Purple America traces a group of friends in Haledon, New Jersey, through one spring in their rocky passage toward adulthood. They are out of school, trying to start a band, trying to find work - looking for something to do in the degraded terrain of their suburban hometown. Garden State captures the lyricism of stark lives in an intense and unforgettable story of friendship and betrayal. With a new preface by the author.

On the occasion of the paperback release of Demonology, Back Bay Books takes pleasure in making all four of Rick Moody''s acclaimed earlier works of fiction available in handsome new paperback editions.