|
Showing 1 - 4 of
4 matches in All Departments
New York, 1933. The city and the nation are in the depths of the
Great Depression. The crime families of New York have prospered in
this time, but with the coming end of Prohibition, a battle is
looming that will determine which organizations will rise and which
will face a violent end.
For Vito Corleone, nothing is more important that his family's
future. While his youngest children, Michael, Fredo, and Connie,
are in school, unaware of their father's true occupation, and his
adopted son Tom Hagen is a college student, he worries most about
Sonny, his eldest child. Vito pushes Sonny to be a businessman, but
Sonny-17 years-old, impatient and reckless-wants something else: To
follow in his father's footsteps and become a part of the real
family business.
An exhilarating and profound novel of tradition and violence, of
loyalty and betrayal, The Family Corleone will appeal to the
legions of fans who can never get enough of The Godfather, as well
as introduce it to a whole new generation.
In Wolf Moon Blood Moon, Ed Falco considers love and the loss of
love, what we have today and what we remember of yesterday, the
promise of youth and the disappointments and pleasures of aging. By
turns whimsical, meditative, and poignant, these poems examine the
joys and sorrows of living. The first section offers a meditation
on loss, as the author explores bereavements both personal and
remote. From an elderly mother and her stroke-impaired son
struggling to have a simple conversation, to a man coping with the
breakup of his marriage, to strangers caught in the public
tragedies of a flood or an act of mass violence, these are poems
acknowledging that loss is inevitable, infused with grief, and
borne with courage. The second section explores the turbulence,
sensuality, and mysteries within a particular life. Speakers in
these poems contemplate aging while on their way to see a Broadway
play, recall a father's violence and a mother's selflessness, and
explore the complexity of a world that seems impossible to
comprehend. Together, the two sections suggest a poet looking back
in contemplation.
New York, 1933. The city and the nation are in the depths of the
Great Depression. The crime families of New York have prospered in
this time, but with the coming end of Prohibition, a battle is
looming that will determine which organizations will rise and which
will face a violent end.
For Vito Corleone, nothing is more important than his family's
future. While his youngest children, Michael, Fredo, and Connie,
are in school, unaware of their father's true occupation, and his
adopted son Tom Hagen is a college student, he worries most about
Sonny, his eldest child. Vito pushes Sonny to be a businessman, but
Sonny-17 years-old, impatient and reckless-wants something else: To
follow in his father's footsteps and become a part of the real
family business.
An exhilarating and profound novel of tradition and violence, of
loyalty and betrayal, THE FAMILY CORLEONE will appeal to the
legions of fans who can never get enough of "The Godfather," as
well as introduce it to a whole new generation.
|
|