Jonathan Carroll Volgorde van de boeken (chronologisch)

Graham Patterson is a middling comedian whose career (and love life) has gone up in smoke. After buying a new car, he embarks on a cross country road trip to see his brother Joel, to try and figure what he should do with himself and his career. Midway, after his car breaks down, he enters a tattoo parlor, mesmerized by the unique beauty of the tattoo work on display. After paging through a catalog of styles, he chooses a very rare tattoo -- a bee inside a frog inside a hawk inside a lion-- that the tattooist's Japanese mentor created. It is a tattoo with strange qualities, to the extent that the tattoo will allow the protagonist to explore alternative versions of his own life and ultimately choose his preferred life. This was something the tattooist was once offered but she preferred to keep the life she had. From this moment on, Graham Patterson will no longer be a simple comedian on the path of decline, nor a man who has to decide whether to marry his partner with whom he is deeply in love, nor the great world-famous photographer that everyone knows and admires for the famous image depicting Mr. Breakfast. From this moment Graham Patterson will gain the opportunity to travel in three different lives, until he finally gets to choose one, the definitive one. At what price, though? And how to choose between fame and love?

Set in the 1940s, the story follows Davis Sterling, a privileged heir who shifts from a carefree lifestyle to a serious pursuit in sports writing, defying his father's expectations. His journey leads him to cover a baseball team, where he encounters the groundbreaking first white player in the Negro Baseball Leagues. Along the way, he also discovers love, challenging societal norms and personal ambitions. This narrative explores themes of identity, ambition, and the complexities of race in sports during a transformative era.

Эта преломленная в художественной форме исповедь человека, который сумел выбраться из бездны и уцелеть, протаранила все списки бестселлеров и заслужила восторженные сравнения с произведениями лучших писателей нового времени, от Мелвилла до Хемингуэя

Edited by Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio, "Stories" is a groundbreaking collection that features diverse tales from renowned authors. This anthology expands the boundaries of imaginative fiction, challenging misconceptions and showcasing the power of storytelling to transform perspectives and ignite appreciation for exceptional literature.

For connoisseurs of imaginative fiction, the novels of Jonathan Carroll are a special treat that occupy a space all their own. His surreal fictions, which deftly mix the everyday with the extraordinary, have won him a devoted following. Now, in Glass Soup, Carroll continues to astound . . . .The realm of the dead is built from the dreams--and nightmares--of the living. Octopuses drive buses. God is a polar bear. And a crowded highway literally leads to hell.Once before, Vincent Ettrich and his lover, Isabelle Neukor, crossed over from life to death and back again. Now Isabelle bears a very special child, who may someday restore the ever-changing mosaic that is reality. Unless the agents of Chaos can lure her back to the land of the dead--and trap her there forever.Glass Soup is another exquisite and singular creation from the author January magazine described as "incapable of writing a bad book much less an uninteresting one."

Een monumentaal appartementengebouw uit 1890 in New York wordt bewoond door excentrieke welgestelden die door trauma's uit het verleden geblokkeerd worden in hun relaties.

Vincent Ettrich, an engaging philanderer, discovers that he has died and come back to life - but he has no idea why. He gradually discovers that he was deliberately brought back to life by his one true love, Isabelle, so he could educate their son who, if correctly raised, would save the universe.

Frannie McCabe realizes something seriously weird is going on when the dead dog he buried keeps turning up again. The Sciavos, a couple whose domestic war has the police involved, disappear completely. And Frannie's teenage self arrives to help him sort out his mistakes - before its too late.

When bestselling novelist Sam Bayer decides it's time he wrote his "Great Book", he chooses as his subject the death of a teenage beauty, Pauline Ostrova - the 'Beehive'. The town of Crane's view never felt the same after he discovered her body, floating in the lake, over twenty years before. Her boyfriend, Edward Durant, was arrested for the murder, tried and imprisoned. He died in Sing Sing jail. Sam Bayer's new book will tell her story, bring her to life again, and restore something of what the town had lost. But, for Samuel Bayer, the journey into his past becomes a terrifying jolt into the reality of the present. Bayer's gesture of respect to his youth turns sour in the face of all that he unearths; for many of the people close to him, this leads to devastating - and fatal - consequences.

Ein Ehemann findet den imaginären Freund seiner Frau, der ihr als Kind Gesellschaft geleistet hat, in ihrem Zuhause; ein angesehener Professor für amerikanische Literatur wird ausgewählt, um ein dreiunddreißigster Teil Gottes zu werden; ein Paar entdeckt eine fantasievolle und nur scheinbar harmlose Möglichkeit, seine etwas eingeschlafene Sexualität aufzufrischen; ein Mann verliert ein Bein, um das Leben seines Hundes zu retten, der ihm auf seine Weise danken wird; ein Haus trauert um das Verschwinden des Glücks aus seinen Räumen; ein Mädchen erschafft eine wunderschöne Mutter, um die Männer, die sie mag, zu verführen. In den neunzehn visionären Parabeln von "Die panische Hand" verwandelt sich die alltägliche Normalität plötzlich in einen Albtraum: unsere Träume werden zu Geschichten und die Obsessionen der Welt, in der wir leben - Geld, Mode, Identität, Sex - werden mit einer guten Portion Magie entschärft. Jonathan Carroll kehrt die Realität um, indem er paradoxe und doch glaubwürdige Erzählungen schafft und eine Welt zum Leben erweckt, die von Monstern bewohnt wird, die "mit riesigen Fäusten an die Tür unseres Herzens klopfen und darum bitten, befreit zu werden".

Jonathan Carroll powraca, aby oczarować czytelników swoimi surrealistycznymi mieszankami baśniowego opowiadania, codziennego realizmu i wysokiej napięcia niepokoju. Narrator "Czarnego koktajlu", Ingram York, stracił swojego towarzysza w ostatnim trzęsieniu ziemi w Los Angeles. W trakcie pustych dni żalu poznaje Michaela Billę, dziwnego osobnika, który najbardziej kocha opowiadać historie. Wśród nich jest wspomnienie jego dzieciństwa, kiedy jako dziecko był obiektem drwin z powodu swojej tuszy i niezgrabności; oraz jak wiele dla niego znaczyła przyjaźń Deixa, ulubionego towarzysza Michaela, najwięcej brutalnego i awanturniczego chłopca w szkole. Chłopak, który teraz wrócił, aby zobaczyć Michaela. Chłopak, który ma wciąż piętnaście lat. Od tego spotkania, łańcuch dziwnych wydarzeń wciąga Ingrama w narastający niepokój i horror. Aż w końcu, obserwując dłonie, protagonista odkrywa, że linie, które je przecinają, nie są niepowtarzalne i że jego tożsamość jest pomnożona, dzielona. Jonathan Carroll powraca z "Czarnym koktajlem" do swoich czarnych egzystencjalnych zagadek i do uderzenia skrzydła pisarstwa oraz narracyjnej mądrości bez równych.

Mąż odnajduje w domu wyimaginowanego przyjaciela żony, który towarzyszył jej w dzieciństwie; szanowany profesor literatury amerykańskiej zostaje wybrany na trzydziestego szóstego Boga; para odkrywa fantazyjny i pozornie niewinny sposób na ożywienie swojej nieco wygaszonej seksualności; mężczyzna traci nogę, by uratować życie swojemu psu, który w odwecie odpłaci mu na swój sposób; dom opłakuje zniknięcie szczęścia z własnych pokoi; dziewczynka tworzy piękną matkę, by uwieść mężczyzn, którzy jej się podobają. W dziewiętnastu wizjonerskich parabola "Tu i ćwierć" codzienna normalność nagle zamienia się w koszmar: nasze marzenia stają się opowieściami, a obsesje świata, w którym żyjemy - pieniądze, moda, tożsamość, seks - zostają złagodzone przez sporą dawkę magii. Jonathan Carroll odwraca rzeczywistość, tworząc paradoksalne, a jednocześnie wiarygodne opowiadania, dając życie światu zamieszkałemu przez potwory, które "pukają ogromnymi pięściami do drzwi naszego serca, prosząc o uwolnienie".

Jonathan Carroll verzaubert die Leser erneut mit seinen surrealen Mischungen aus Märchen, alltäglichem Realismus und hochgradiger Unruhe. Der Erzähler von Schwarzer Cocktail, Ingram York, hat seinen Partner beim letzten Erdbeben in Los Angeles verloren. In den leeren Tagen der Trauer lernt er Michael Billa kennen, einen seltsamen Charakter, der mehr als alles andere Geschichten liebt. Unter diesen ist die Erinnerung an seine Kindheit, als er als Kind von anderen wegen seines Übergewichts und seiner Ungeschicklichkeit gemobbt wurde; und wie wichtig ihm damals die Freundschaft zu Deix war, Michaels Lieblingskamerad, der gewalttätigste und streitsüchtigste Junge der Schule. Der Junge, der jetzt zurückgekehrt ist, um Michael wiederzusehen. Der Junge, der immer noch fünfzehn Jahre alt ist. Aus diesem Treffen heraus entfaltet sich eine Kette bizarrer Ereignisse, die Ingram in einen Anstieg von Angst und Schrecken verwickelt. Bis er, während er die Handflächen betrachtet, entdeckt, dass die Linien, die sie durchziehen, nicht unwiederholbar sind und dass seine Identität multipliziert und geteilt ist. Jonathan Carroll kehrt mit Schwarzer Cocktail zu seinen dunklen existenziellen Rätseln und dem Höhenflug einer unvergleichlichen Schreibkunst und Erzählweise zurück.

A surrealistic novel of people's perception of death. Ian McGann meets death is a dream, while Wyatt Leonard, who is dying of leukemia, meets death in a novelty store. As for Emmy Marhoun, three years after being killed she can still be seen walking about, unaware she is dead because she doesn't know the difference between life and death anymore

The acclaimed author of "The Land of Laughs" presents an astoundingly imaginative novel that traverses the fine line between our world and an invisible world of magic, in the story of a prize-winning architiect who is hired by a wealthy sultana to build a billion-dollar dog museum.

Returning to her class reunion, Miranda Romanac has her heart set on meeting James Stillman, her first boyfriend, once again. Her life's never quite measured up to the ideal he represented for her but she is devastated to learn that he died three years before, in a car crash. Her life settles back into routine in New York, and she meets the fabulous Frances Hatch, mistress of many of the great in Paris in the twenties, and at the same time starts an affair with a married man. At which point she sees James Stillman, waving to her across the street. And her life changes forever. Confronted, literally, by the lives she's ruined one way or another, she learns the horrifying truth about herself and her own immortal existence.

Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here Just as the the word "weird" has many implications and shades of meaning, so too does the latest--weird--work by this gifted and perplexing writer. As Carroll ( Bones of the Moon ; Sleeping in Flame ) himself says, "Life has a habit of turning dark corners." Applied here, this observation seems an understatement: these convoluted corners are both light and dark, are many, varied and constantly challenging. Flashing back and forth in time, the story concerns the apparent suicide of filmmaker Philip Strayhorn, whose bizarre Midnight series has attained cult status. Strayhorn's best friend, Weber Gregston, a filmmaker with a more intellectual bent, is drawn into a dizzying series of events by a videotape that Philip leaves him. The wickedly imaginative twists and turns that follow are only one facet of this intriguing tale, which seems at times like a framework on which to hang a myriad of metaphysical notions. What, for instance, is one to make of a tattoo of a crow that comes alive in an airplane lavatory? Carroll's style is elegant; his writing is by turns disturbing, fey, sardonic, grim--frequently within a single paragraph. The unexpected lies at the heart of this novel, and readers seeking a provocative and stimulating--though not always easy--read will be rewarded. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Walker Easterling is a retired actor turned successful screenwriter living in the Vienna of strong coffee, fascinating friends, and mysterious cafes. When he falls in love with Maris York, a beautiful artist who creates cities, his life becomes alive in fantastic and unsettling ways. As Walker's love for Maris grows, his life gets more and more bizarre-he discovers he can see things happening just before they happen, and at the same time feels an incredibly strong tug from his past-so a friend steers him to Venasque, an odd little man reputed to be a powerful shaman. Venasque helps Walker discover and unravel his many interconnected past lives, and it is soon clear that an unresolved conflict from these past lives has resurfaced, and now threatens to undo Walker and Maris's love.At once lyrical, frightening, funny, and sexy, Sleeping in Flame is a spellbinding tale where reality and fantasy merge in astonishing convolutions of magic and suspense. It confirms that Jonathan Carroll is one of the very few novelists who-by constantly surprising us-give us an entirely new perspective on our world. It is no wonder that he is generally considered to be the most original and provocative novelist of his generation.

Cullen James is a young woman whose life dictates her dreams-and whose dreams control her life.In her first dream, she found the perfect man-and the same thing promptly happened in life. Now, she has begun to dream dreams set in Rondua, a fantasy world of high adventure, full of tests of her courage and strength. Slowly and quietly, her dream world is spilling over into her New York City reality and beginning to threaten everything she loves in life. Her friends are gathered to help her-but even her newfound courage may not be enough.

For schoolteacher Thomas Abbey there was no writer to equal Marshall France, a legendary author of children's books who hid himself away in the small town of Galen and died of a heart attack at the age of forty-four. Tom and his girlfriend Saxony, wanting to write France's biography, arrive in Galen, where they discover the writer's fiercely protective daughter Anna is waiting for them. Before long, they realise that this idyllic little town and its inhabitants - both human and animal - are not quite what they seem: France's magic has spread beyond the printed page . . .

Living in Vienna, Joseph Lennox, a young American writer haunted by the specter of his overbearing brother's tragic death, finds himself erotically, and ominously, involved with the strange and manic Paul and India Tate.