'A brilliant insight into life in the air and on the ground' Observer
In February 1945, British and American bombers rained down thousands of tons of incendiaries on the city of Dresden, killing an estimated 25,000 people and destroying one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. The controversy that erupted shortly afterwards, and which continues to this day, has long overshadowed the other events of the bomber war, and blighted the memory of the young men who gave their lives to fight in the skies over Germany.
Journey's End neither condemns nor condones the bombing of Dresden, but puts it in its proper context as part of a much larger campaign. To the young men who flew over Germany night after night there were other much more pressing worries: the V2 rockets that threatened their loved ones at home; the brand new German jet fighters that could strike them at speeds of over 600mph. They lived life at a heightened tempo during these final unforgiving months of the bomber war when no quarter was given on either side.
As the climactic volume in Kevin Wilson's acclaimed bomber war trilogy, Journey's End chronicles the brutal endgame of a conflict that caused such devastation and tragedy on both sides.

Journey's End

"Hands down my favorite book of the year." -- Ann Patchett, New York Times bestselling author of The Dutch House and Commonwealth From the New York Times bestselling author of The Family Fang comes his first short story collection in nearly a decade, combining his signature quirkiness with his keen eye for emotional complexity to explore the fraught relationship between parents and children. "Wildfire Johnny" is the story of a man who discovers a magic razor that allows him to travel back in time. "Scroll Through the Weapons" is about a couple taking care of their underfed and almost feral nieces and nephews. "Signal to the Faithful" follows a boy as he takes a tense road trip with his priest. And "Baby, You're Gonna Be Mine, " the title story, is about a narcissistic rock star who moves back home during a rough patch. These stories all build on each other in strange and remarkable ways, showcasing Wilson's crackling wit and big heart. Filled with imagination and humor, Baby, You're Gonna Be Mine is an exuberant collection of captivating and charmingly bizarre stories that promise to burrow their way into your heart and soul."Wildfire Johnny" will be the first project in development with "The Great" actor Nicholas Hoult and MRC Television.

Baby, You're Gonna Be Mine - Stories

A debut short story collection in the tradition of writers like Kelly Link, Aimee Bender, and George Saunders-strange, imaginative, and refreshingly original-now back in print as part of Ecco's "Art of the Story" Series, and with a new introduction from the authorKevin Wilson's characters inhabit a world that moves seamlessly between the real and the imagined, the mundane and the fantastic. "Grand Stand-In" is narrated by an employee of the Nuclear Family Supplemental Provider-a company that supplies "stand-ins" for families with deceased, ill, or just plain mean grandparents. And in "Blowing Up On the Spot, " a story singled out by Ann Patchett for Ploughshares, a young woman works sorting tiles at a Scrabble factory after her parents have spontaneously combusted. Southern gothic at its best, laced with humor and pathos, these wonderfully inventive stories explore the relationship between loss and death and the many ways we try to cope with both.

Tunneling to the Center of the Earth - Stories

"Caleb et Camille Fang sont des artistes qui ont dédié leur vie à la performance et aux happenings. Annie et Buster, leurs deux enfants, ont toujours fait partie – parfois contre leur gré – de leurs œuvres. Une fois adultes, ils s’aperçoivent que le chaos de leur enfance les a rendus quelque peu inadaptés à la société.Alors qu’ils sont contraints de revenir dans la maison familiale, ils vont être confrontés au chef-d’œuvre couronnant la carrière de leurs parents, une mise en scène dépassant toutes les précédentes… Les Fang devront bientôt choisir ce qui leur importe le plus : leur art ou leur famille, au risque de voir leurs chemins se séparer à tout jamais."(c) Pocket

La Famille Fang

Perfect Little World is an unforgettable exploration of what it means to be family from New York Times bestselling author, Kevin Wilson. Aren't the best families the ones we make for ourselves?Isabelle Pool is fresh out of high school, pregnant with her art teacher's baby, and totally on her own. Izzy knows she can be a good mother but without any money or family to fall back on, she's left searching. So when she's offered a space in The Infinite Family Project - a utopian ideal funded by an eccentric billionaire - she accepts. Isabelle joins nine other couples, all with children the same age as her newborn son, to raise their children as one extended family in a spacious, secluded compound in Tennessee. But can this experiment really work - or is their 'perfect little world' destined to go horribly wrong?

Perfect Little World

Mr. and Mrs. Fang called it art.Their children called it mischief.Performance artists Caleb and Camille Fang dedicated themselves to making great art. But when an artist’s work lies in subverting normality, it can be difficult to raise well-adjusted children. Just ask Buster and Annie Fang. For as long as they can remember, they starred (unwillingly) in their parents’ madcap pieces. But now that they are grown up, the chaos of their childhood has made it difficult to cope with life outside the fishbowl of their parents’ strange world.When the lives they’ve built come crashing down, brother and sister have nowhere to go but home, where they discover that Caleb and Camille are planning one last performance–their magnum opus–whether the kids agree to participate or not. Soon, ambition breeds conflict, bringing the Fangs to face the difficult decision about what’s ultimately more important: their family or their art.

La famille Fang

C'est le présent qui nous fait interroger le passé. La valeur du passé ne réside pas uniquement dans la description ou l'énumération de ses faits ou événements mais surtout dans l'éclairage qu'il permet de jeter sur le présent. Dans cet ouvrage, nous traitons de l'évolution des communications en retraçant l'émergence des principales techniques de la communication humaine telles que la parole, l'écriture, l'imprimerie, ainsi que les moyens modernes de la communication électronique comme la radio, la télévision et la communication informatisée. Nous nous intéressons particulièrement aux contextes d'émergence et d'évolution des médias de communication compris à la fois comme lien social et comme technique de la société. Il s'agit d'une analyse des formes de société soutenues et autorisées par les formes de communication, ainsi que d'une analyse des techniques de communication qui sont l'actualisation des formes de société. Cette analyse est divisée en cinq grands points : l'introduction présente la perspective et la problématique du sujet, la première partie est consacrée à la communication dans les sociétés anciennes, la deuxième partie, à la communication dans les sociétés prémodernes, la troisième partie, à la communication dans les sociétés modernes, et, enfin, la conclusion générale rappelle les grandes lignes de la problématique de l'histoire des communications.

Une histoire des médias de communication

Soon to be a major film starring Nicole Kidman and Jason Bateman'Funny, smart, ingenious, moving, altogether great' Nick HornbyWorld famous Caleb and Camille Fang have dedicated their lives to great performance art. But for their children, Annie and Buster, their 'art' is an embarrassment. As soon as the children grow up they flee home, desperate to escape the chaos of their parents' world. But when the lives they've built come crashing down, brother and sister have no choice but to go back. And whether the kids agree to participate or not, Caleb and Camille are planning one last performance that will finally determine what's more important: their family or their art.

The Family Fang - Film tie-in

" Mon Dieu, ce livre est génial ! Un roman sans prétention qui fait l'effet d'une bombe... Vous riez tellement fort que vous ne vous rendez même pas compte que vous avez soudain pris feu. "

The New York Times

Lorsque la blonde, belle et riche Madison écrit à son amie d'enfance, Lillian, c'est pour lui demander de s'occuper des jumeaux de son mari, nés d'une première union. Petite particularité : ils prennent feu quand ils sont en colère. Lillian, qui jongle entre deux petits boulots et vit toujours chez sa mère, accepte de venir en aide à son ancienne camarade. Le temps d'un été, celle qui a cruellement manqué d'amour va apprendre à les connaître, les aimer, pour les aider à (peut-être) rester calmes.
Dans ce roman singulier, Kevin Wilson nous offre une comédie tour à tour grinçante et émouvante sur l'amour, les liens familiaux et la différence. On navigue entre incongruité, tendresse et amitié.

Les enfants sont calmes

'Wildfire Johnny' is the story of a man who discovers a magic razor that allows him to travel back in time. 'Scroll Through the Weapons' is about a couple taking care of their underfed and almost feral nieces and nephews. 'Signal to the Faithful' follows a boy as he takes a tense road trip with his priest. And 'Baby, You're Gonna Be Mine', the title story, is about a narcissistic rock star who moves back home during a rough patch. These stories all build on each other in strange and remarkable ways, showcasing Wilson's crackling wit and big heart. Filled with imagination and humour, Baby, You're Gonna Be Mine is an exuberant collection of captivating and charmingly bizarre stories that promise to burrow their way into your heart and soul.

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