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Este es el mejor libro del mundo. Hay mil razones para amarlo. Léelo y descubre la tuya.
¿De qué trata La princesa prometida? Bueno, es una historia de espadachines y de combates. Trata de amor eterno, de odio inmortal y de venganzas despiadadas. En esta novela salen algunos gigantes, un montón de villanos y de héroes, cinco o seis hermosas mujeres, monstruos bestiales y otros amables, y muchas aventuras y huidas y capturas. Hay muerte, mentiras, verdad, milagros e incluso algún que otro beso.
Tras la muerte de su amado Westley, la bella Buttercup se compromete con Humperdinck, un malvado y mentiroso príncipe, para evitar una guerra. Pero, antes de la boda, una banda de mercenarios formada por Íñigo Montoya, el mejor espadachín del mundo; Vizzini, el hombre más inteligente del mundo; y Fezzik, el más fuerte, secuestra a la joven, y un misterioso pirata retará a los secuestradores para hacerse con la princesa.
La princesa prometida lleva generaciones maravillando a jóvenes y mayores por igual, combinando fantasía, diversión, humor e inteligencia con una habilidad deslumbrante. Este es uno de los grandes clásicos de la literatura universal, un brillante homenaje a la novela de aventuras.
"Aún recuerdo el delicioso rato que pasé leyendo La princesa prometida de William Goldman en una biblioteca del norte de Londres […] Enseguida quise escribir precisamente eso: un cuento de hadas para adultos."
Neil Gaiman
"Un clásico moderno, un cuento de hadas y una novela de aventuras en un solo libro sobre una hermosa heroína, un pirata, duelos y maravillas: una saga sobre el verdadero amor."
The New York Times
"Una de las novelas más divertidas, inteligentes, originales y conmovedoras que he leído en mucho tiempo."
Los Angeles Times
"Una fábula deliciosa que contiene todas las películas de aventuras de las sesiones de los sábados por la tarde, como si las hubieran escrito los hermanos Marx y los Monty Python."
Newsweek
"Nada sobra en La princesa prometida. Es una narración vibrante e inteligente, que te arrastra sin trampas y es moderna y atemporal."
The Sunday Times
No one knows the writer's Hollywood more intimately than William Goldman. Two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter and the bestselling author of Marathon Man, Tinsel, Boys and Girls Together, and other novels, Goldman now takes you into Hollywood's inner sanctums...on and behind the scenes for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President's Men, and other films...into the plush offices of Hollywood producers...into the working lives of acting greats such as Redford, Olivier, Newman, and Hoffman...and into his own professional experiences and creative thought processes in the crafting of screenplays. You get a firsthand look at why and how films get made and what elements make a good screenplay. Says columnist Liz Smith, "You'll be fascinated.
If you want to know why a no-name like Kathy Bates was cast in Misery, it's in here. Or why Linda Hunt's brilliant work in Maverick didn't make the final cut, William Goldman gives you the straight truth. Why Clint Eastwood loves working with Gene Hackman and how MTV has changed movies for the worse,William Goldman, one of the most successful screenwriters in Hollywood today, tells all he knows. Devastatingly eye-opening and endlessly entertaining, Which Lie Did I Tell? is indispensable reading for anyone even slightly intrigued by the process of how a movie gets made.
A tale of true love and high adventure, pirates, princesses, giants, miracles, fencing, and a frightening assortment of wild beasts—The Princess Bride is a modern storytelling classic.
As Florin and Guilder teeter on the verge of war, the reluctant Princess Buttercup is devastated by the loss of her true love, kidnapped by a mercenary and his henchman, rescued by a pirate, forced to marry Prince Humperdinck, and rescued once again by the very crew who absconded with her in the first place. In the course of this dazzling adventure, she'll meet Vizzini—the criminal philosopher who'll do anything for a bag of gold; Fezzik—the gentle giant; Inigo—the Spaniard whose steel thirsts for revenge; and Count Rugen—the evil mastermind behind it all. Foiling all their plans and jumping into their stories is Westley, Princess Buttercup’s one true love and a very good friend of a very dangerous pirate.
Clássico que deu origem ao filme cult dos anos 1980 e que inspira referências pops até hoje, passando por The Big Bang Theory, Shrek e Gilmore Girls.
Buttercup é uma camponesa que se apaixona perdidamente por Westley, o jovem humilde que trabalha na fazenda do pai dela. Juntos, eles descobrem o amor verdadeiro, mas um trágico acidente envolvendo um navio pirata os separa.
Em poucos anos, Buttercup se torna a mulher mais bonita de todos os reinos e acaba sendo pedida em casamento pelo sádico príncipe Humperdinck. Mas nada, nem um poderoso príncipe amante da caça, é capaz de separar esse amor, e o destemido Westley volta para resgatar sua princesa que foi prometida a outro.
Em uma paródia aos épicos clássicos, William Goldman escreve um divertido romance com direito a tudo que o gênero tem a oferecer: piratas, duelo de esgrima, traições, tramas políticas da realeza e um romance apaixonante. Esta edição de luxo em capa dura traz os textos extras que William Goldman escreveu para as edições comemorativas de 25 e 30 anos da obra original — que misturam ficção e realidade e ajudam a compor o universo emblemático que transformou a obra em um fenômeno.
At Columbia University, Thomas “Babe” Levy, a postgrad history student and aspiring marathon runner, is working to clear his late father’s name after the scandal of his suicide, triggered by the McCarthy hearings and accusations of Communist affiliations.
In Paraguay, Dr. Christian Szell, former Nazi dentist and protégé of Josef Mengele, has been in exile for decades. Infamous as the “White Angel of Auschwitz,” he’s leaving his South American sanctuary to smuggle a fortune in gems out of New York City.
Meanwhile, in London’s Kensington Gardens, an international assassin known only as Scylla has completed a hit. A man with too many secrets and twice as many enemies, Scylla has become a target himself, with only one place left to turn.
Then, when Babe’s revered older brother, Doc, pays him a fateful and unexpected visit, it sets in motion a chain of events plunging Babe into a paranoid nightmare of family betrayal, international conspiracy, and the dark crimes of history. Now, the marathon man is running for his life, and closer to answering a single cryptic and terrifying question: “Is it safe?”
William Goldman’s Marathon Man was adapted by the author for the award-winning 1976 film starring Dustin Hoffman and Laurence Olivier. Upon its publication, the Washington Post called it “one of the best novels of the year,” and it remains a powerful, horrifying read. In the words of #1 New York Times–bestselling author Harlan Coben: “I found myself racing through it. You could have put a gun to my head, and I wouldn’t have been able to put [Marathon Man] down.”
This ebook features a biography of William Goldman.
Corky is a brilliant entertainer with a bright future ahead of him. He has good looks, many women, and enormous talent. He also had a secret and a certainty: a secret that must be hidden from his public at all costs; and a certainty that the dark forces of magic were out to destroy him.
“Fascinating . . . This dazzling psychological thriller cannot be put down! . . . The most imaginative and enjoyable novel I've read since Marathon Man. . . . [A] bizarre journey into the world of illusion.”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“Kept me up half the night. . . . A brilliantly alarming novel!”—Cosmopolitan
Raymond Euripides Trevitt grows up virtually alone in the small town of Athens, Illinois, until a new boy moves in next door. His name is Zachary Crowe, but he goes by Zock. They’re as different as two midwestern boys can be, but their friendship will go on to shape—if not define—both of their lives.
In the early days, Ray takes Zock hiking and Zock teaches Ray about poetry. They run away to Chicago, hide out in movie theaters, and watch Gunga Din over and over. By high school, it’s clear that Ray is no student while Zock is destined for Harvard. Still, they grow up side-by-side, through adolescence, double-dating, and first love. But during a summer visit home, a tragic accident leaves Ray racked with guilt. Alone once again, Ray discovers that in the depths of despair, resilience and hope are waiting to be found.
The Temple of Gold launched the career of bestselling novelist and Academy Award–winning screenwriter William Goldman, best known for Marathon Man and The Princess Bride.
This ebook features a biography of William Goldman.
William Goldman, the versatile author who gave us classic thrillers like Marathon Man, the immortal comedy of The Princess Bride, and the infamous Hollywood tell-all Adventures in the Screen Trade, offers a beautiful and sweeping novel inspired by his own coming-of-age, set against the backdrop of the New York theater world.
In Boys and Girls Together, five friends—each of them young, creative, ambitious, and troubled—make their way to Manhattan in pursuit of their dreams. Aaron, the playwright; Walt, the director; Rudy and Jenny, both actors; and Branch, their producer, all come together to struggle, fight, love, create art, and face the hard truths of life. A popular sensation when it was first published in 1964, Boys and Girls Together remains a masterwork of heartbreaking emotional honesty.
This ebook features a biography of William Goldman.
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