Italian Shoes

Author : Henning Mankell
Publisher : New Press/ORIM
ISBN 13 : 1595585087
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Italian Shoes written by Henning Mankell and published by New Press/ORIM. This book was released on 2005-12-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling author of the Kurt Wallander series delivers a “short, beautiful, and ultimately life-affirming novel” about the path to self-acceptance (Booklist). From the prize-winning “master of atmosphere” comes the surprising and affecting story of a man well past middle age who suddenly finds himself on the threshold of renewal (The Boston Globe). Living on a tiny island that is surrounded by ice during the long winter months, Fredrik Welin is so lost to the world that he cuts a hole in the ice every morning and lowers himself into the freezing water to remind himself that he is alive. Haunted by memories of the terrible mistake that drove him to this island and away from a successful career as a surgeon, he lives in a stasis so complete that an anthill grows undisturbed in his living room. When an unexpected visitor disrupts this frigid existence, Frederik begins an eccentric, elegiac journey—one that displays the full height of Henning Mankell’s storytelling powers. A deeply human tale of loss and redemption, Italian Shoes is “a voyage into the soul of a man” expertly crafted with “snares that Mankell has hidden with a hunter’s skill inside this spectral landscape” (The Guardian). “Beautiful.” —The Boston Globe “A fine meditation on love and loss.” —The Sunday Telegraph “Intense and precisely detailed. . . . A hopeful account of a man released from self-imposed withdrawal.” —The Independent “The creator of police detective Kurt Wallander presents a tale of mortal reckoning in which all the deaths are natural but none the less powerful.” —Kirkus Reviews

Author : Frank G. Paci
Publisher : Guernica Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781550711707
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Italian Shoes written by Frank G. Paci and published by Guernica Editions. This book was released on 2002 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This rich narrative follows a young man through Italy as he searches for his ancestral roots as well as his own identity. His pilgrimage, one that becomes sacred to the aspiring author as he searches for an authentic voice, takes him through Venice, Florence, Rome, and the Italian countryside where he works with peasants and follows the ancient traditions of blood and wine, leading him to rethink his philosophy and reevaluate the direction of his life.

Author : United States. Department of Commerce and Labor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 824 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shoe and Leather Trade in Italy and Austria-Hungary written by United States. Department of Commerce and Labor and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Henning Mankell
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0525435093
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book After the Fire written by Henning Mankell and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henning Mankell's last novel, about an aging man whose quiet, solitary life on an isolated island off the coast of Sweden is turned upside down when his house catches fire. Fredrik Welin is a former surgeon who retired in disgrace decades earlier to a tiny island on which he is the only resident. He has a daughter he rarely sees and his mailman Jansson is the closest thing he has to a friend, and to an adversary. He is perfectly content to live out his days in quiet solitude. One autumn evening, he is startled awake by a blinding light--only to discover that his house is on fire. With the help of Jansson, he escapes the flames just in time wearing two left boots. Dawn reveals that everything he owns is now a smoldering pile of ash and his house is destroyed--forcing him to move into an abandoned trailer on his island. A local journalist, Lisa Modin, who wants to write a story about the fire, comes into his life. In doing so, she awakens in him something that he thought was long dead. Soon after, his daughter comes to the island with surprising news of her own. Meanwhile, the police suspect Fredrik of arson because he had a sizable insurance claim on his house. When Fredrik is away from the archipelago, another house goes up in flames and the community realizes they have an arsonist in their midst. After the Fire is an intimate portrait of an elderly recluse who is forced to open himself up to a world he'd left behind.

Author : Hugo Jacomet
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780500022863
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Italian Gentleman written by Hugo Jacomet and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-12 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London may have Savile Row and Paris its luxury houses, but nowhere can compete with the essence of Italy's nonchalant elegance: sprezzatura. This book presents the most in-depth look at the designers, tailors and artisans who for generations have defined the very notion of Italian style. From such fabled names as Rubinacci and Kiton to highly sought-after global brands like Zegna, more than fifty iconic Italian menswear houses are featured for their individual style and commitment to upholding the values of quality and timelessness. Featuring lavish photographs, with close-ups of subtle, exquisite details, most taken specially for this publication, The Italian Gentleman explores the world behind the finished garments - the ateliers and hidden shops where legends are born. Including iconic brands alongside fabric mills, shirting, accessories and shoemaking, this timely publication is a tribute to true Italian style with today's modern man in mind.

Author : Giovanni Gastel
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0789339706
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Italian Shoes written by Giovanni Gastel and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world of Italian footwear interpreted through playful visual pairings by fashion photographer Giovanni Gastel. A fitting tribute to the excellence of Italian manufacturing, for all those who love elegance and creativity, and for all women who love shoes. In a sequence of beautiful shots, Gastel juxtaposes shoes with common objects that evoke them by their shape, color or texture. Pairings of great elegance, witty and unusual, highlight the creativity of the shoe designs. With an introduction by fashion journalist Giusy Ferre.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1512 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hide and Leather with Shoe Factory written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 1512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Nona Faustine
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781913620516
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book White Shoes written by Nona Faustine and published by . This book was released on 2021-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: White Shoes' is a collection of self-portraits taken in locations around New York that were central to the city's once pivotal - and now largely obscured and unacknowledged - involvement in the slave trade. Nona Faustine depicts herself at the sites of slave auctions, burial grounds, slave-owning farms, and the coastal locations where slave ships docked, posing nude apart from a pair of white high-heeled shoes. Documenting herself in places where history becomes tangible, Faustine acts as a conduit or receptor, in solidarity with people whose names and memories have been lost but are embedded in the land. Through quiet but defiant self-representation, Faustine responds to a history of depiction of Black people that is shaped by subjugation, phrenology, and pseudo-science. Her complex large-format images refer and respond to a range of sources including daguerrotypes of slaves and photographs commissioned by naturalists, while her nudity - expressive of fearless self-possession as well as vulnerability - subverts the legacy of Black and female nudes in Western art. Running throughout the images, the talismanic white shoes that give the series its name suggest the many adaptations to dominant White culture that were and are still demanded of people of colour. At once historical and speculative, White Shoes confronts the relationship between the visible and invisible, between what is displayed and what is kept from view. Includes newly commissioned texts by Pamela Sneed, Jessica Lanay, Jonathan Michael Square and Seph Rodney, together with an interview of the artist by Jessica Lanay

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1728 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shoe and Leather Reporter written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 1728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 702 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Shoemaking written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: