Perfect Little World - A Novel

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

'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.

Baby, You're Gonna Be Mine - Short Stories

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

"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

" 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.

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