Eclipse (Italian Edition)

by Stephenie Meyer, Luca Fusari (Translator), Federica D'Alessio (Translator), Chiara Marmugi (Translator)

Overview

Mentre Seattle è funestata da una serie di strani omicidi e una vampira malvagia continua a darle la caccia, Bella Swan si trova ancora una volta in serio pericolo. È arrivato per lei il momento delle decisioni e dei sacrifici: basterà il fidanzato Edward a farle dimenticare il migliore amico Jacob? Troverà il coraggio necessario a diventare una Cullen? Obbligata a scegliere fra l’amore e l’amicizia, è consapevole che la sua decisione rischia di riaccendere la millenaria lotta fra vampiri e licantropi. Nel frattempo l’esame di maturità è alle porte e per Bella il momento della verità si avvicina… Travolgente e sensuale come i precedenti episodi della saga, Eclipse è un romanzo in cui il desiderio, soffuso eppure inesorabile, si mescola a una forte dose di suspense mentre avvenimenti inaspettati sconvolgeranno per sempre le regole degli umani e degli immortali.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788864113074
Publisher:	Fazi Editore
Publication date:	10/16/2010
Series:	Twilight Saga (Foreign Language Editions) Series , #3
Sold by:	eDigita
Format:	eBook
Pages:	528
File size:	565 KB
Language:	Italian

About the Author

Stephenie Meyer: figlia della borghesia americana degli stati dell’Ovest, Stephenie Meyer si considera una nativa dell’Arizona. Da adolescente frequenta il liceo a Scottsdale (Arizona, appunto), un luogo, afferma lei, in cui le ragazzine si fanno la plastica al naso e nel parcheggio della scuola si trovano per lo più delle Porsche. Si laurea in inglese e ci tiene a sottolineare che il suo interesse si è sempre concentrato sulla letteratura più che sulla scrittura creativa, soprattutto perché ha sempre ritenuto leggere libri un “non lavoro”! Oggi si ricorda di tutte le frasi ironiche che si dicevano a chi si laureava in Inglese, cui si prediceva un futuro nell’industria alimentare dei fast food e, da autrice di bestseller quale oggi è, rinvia una risata beffarda. Stephenie Meyer è sposata da oltre dieci anni e ha tre figli maschi: Gabe, Seth e Eli. Nella formazione letteraria di Stephenie gli autori che hanno avuto su di lei maggiore influenza sono stati, tra gli altri: Orson Scott Card, Jane Austen, William Shakespeare, Maeve Binchy, Charlotte Bronte, Daphne DuMaurier, L.M. Montgomery, Louisa May Alcott, Eva Ibbotson, William Goldman, Douglas Adams, Janet Evanovich. Ma oltre agli scrittori, un altra fondamentale fonte d’ispirazione è la musica, “non posso scrivere senza” dice Stephenie, e la musa preferita è il gruppo dei Muse. Oltre a loro, altre band molto amate sono i Linkin Park, My Chemical Romance, Coldplay, The All American Rejects, Travis, The Strokes, Brand New, U2, Kasabian, Jimmy Eat World, e i Weezer. Twilight è il primo volume di una saga “vampiresca” dedicata all’amore impossibile e folgorante tra Bella, ragazzina come tante ma dalla sensibilità fuori dal comune e Edward, un vampiro bello come un eroe dell’antichità classica… Twilight e New Moon hanno scalato le classifiche di Stati Uniti, Spagna e Germania. In Italia Fazi Editore sta pubblicando l’intera saga.

Hometown:

Phoenix, Arizona

Date of Birth:

December 24, 1973

Place of Birth:

Hartford, Connecticut

Education:

Brigham Young University, Bachelor's in English.

Website:

http://www.stepheniemeyer.com

Editorial Reviews

The legions of readers who are hooked on the romantic struggles of Bella and the vampire Edward will ecstatically devour this third installment of the story begun in Twilight, but it's unlikely to win over any newcomers. Jake, the werewolf met in New Moon, pursues Bella with renewed vigilance. However, when repercussions from an episode in Twilightplace Bella in the mortal danger that series fans have come to expect, Jake and Edward forge an uneasy alliance. The plot patterns have begun to show here, but Meyer's other strengths remain intact. The supernatural elements accentuate the ordinary human dramas of growing up. Jake and Edward's competition for Bella feels particularly authentic, especially in their apparent desire to best each other as much as to win Bella. Once again the author presents teenage love as an almost inhuman force: "[He] would have been my soul mate still," says Bella, "if his claim had not been overshadowed by something stronger, something so strong that it could not exist in a rational world." According to Meyer, the fourth book should tie up at least the Edward story, if not the whole shebang. Ages 12-up. (Aug.)

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Publishers Weekly

Gr 9 Up -In Stephenie Meyer's sequel (Little, Brown, 2006) to New Moon (Little, Brown, 2006) and the third title in her popular vampire series, Edward and Bella are back and the sexual tension between them has grown even stronger as Bella prepares to graduate from high school and enter into her new life as a vampire. But what about her longtime close friend Jacob (a werewolf)? How can she choose between him and Edward, and what will happen if, and when, she does? Ilyana Kadushin skillfully brings Bella to life, sharing her struggle to decide between her love for Edward and her friendship for Jacob, while striving to maintain the peace between the vampire Cullens and the werewolf Blacks. The narration easily distinguishes between characters. Fans of Meyer's previous titles will enjoy this one and eagerly await the release of Midnight Sun .-Cindy Lombardo, Tuscarawas County Public Library, New Philadelphia, OH

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School Library Journal

It's the countdown to graduation and immortality for Bella, since the events of New Moon (2006) have convinced boyfriend Edward to let her join him in vampirism. While Bella desires only to leave this mortal coil, Edward wants her to try college and marriage first. Bella knows that becoming a vampire will forever sever her ties to best friend Jake, who's a werewolf and therefore an ancient racial enemy of all things vampiric. Luckily-and predictably-a gathering of bloodthirsty, vengeful vampires is headed straight for Bella. To protect her, the vegetarians of Edward's vamp coven need to stop trading racial epithets with the werewolves and work with them, instead. Bella wants the villains to be defeated so she can return to her everyday life of high school, anticipating immortality and fighting Edward's determination to avoid premarital sex. Unsettling racially charged characterizations are offset by messages of overcoming difference and working together. Fans of Bella's angst-drenched love triangle will gobble this entry up, and the open-ended conclusion paves the way for Jake's story to come. (Fantasy. YA)

Kirkus Reviews

Praise for Eclipse:
"Move over, Harry Potter." - USA Today"

Has a hypnotic quality that puts the reader right inside the dense, rainy thickets of [Forks]" - People Magazine"

The legions of readers who are hooked on the romantic struggles of Bella and the vampire Edward will ecstatically devour this third installment" - Publishers Weekly"

[Stephenie Meyer is] the world's most popular vampire novelist since Anne Rice" - Entertainment Weekly"

Meyer's trilogy seethes with the archetypal tumult of star-crossed passions, in which the supernatural element serves as a heady spice." - The New York Times

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