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Cargando... All My Friends Are Superheroes (1999 original; edición 1999)por Andrew Kaufman
Información de la obraAll My Friends Are Superheroes por Andrew Kaufman (1999)
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. This book is tiny but it is so wonderful. All things of thought made solid. Loved it. ( ) This book reminded me of [b:Demons in the Spring|2109935|Demons in the Spring|Joe Meno|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1348200991s/2109935.jpg|2115340] - the same sparse but affecting prose, universal themes explored through cute (some would say twee) yet melancholy magical realism. This book is about Tom, a regular man who is friends with the superhero crowd. Most of the superpowers are not entirely useful or desirable, but are typically just normal characteristics enhanced or accentuated (Stress Bunny, who absorbs everyone else's worries; Mistress Cleanasyougo, who folds all her laundry, does all her dishes, and always says what is necessary; Mr. Opportunity, who knocks on doors, yet so few answer). Tom's wife is hypnotized (by her ex), and Tom becomes invisible to only her. It's a sort-of absurd, slightly saccharine, tea-coloured story about loneliness and loss and love. Plus it's set in Toronto which I love. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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HTML: All Tom's friends really are superheroes. There's the Ear, the Spooner, the Impossible Man. Tom even married a superhero, the Perfectionist. But at their wedding, the Perfectionist was hypnotized (by ex-boyfriend Hypno, of course) to believe that Tom is invisible. Nothing he does can make her see him. Six months later, she's sure that Tom has abandoned her. So she's moving to Vancouver. She'll use her superpower to make Vancouver perfect and leave all the heartbreak in Toronto. With no idea Tom's beside her, she boards an airplane. Tom has until the wheels touch the ground in Vancouver to convince her he's visible, or he loses her forever. The tenth anniversary edition of Andrew Kaufman's perennial favourite, All My Friends Are Superheroes, includes a new catalogue of superheroes and gorgeous illustrations by Tom Percival. .No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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