New Releases by Justin Torres

Justin Torres is the author of Blue Hour (2024), Blackouts (2023), Eft (2022), Vie animale (2022), Hijo Del Altisímo (2017), Child of the Most High (2017).

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Blackouts

release date: Oct 10, 2023
Blackouts
Winner of the National Book Award Winner of the California Book Award Winner of Tournament of Books Out in the desert in a place called the Palace, a young man tends to a dying soul, someone he once knew briefly but who has haunted the edges of his life: Juan Gay. Playful raconteur, child lost and found and lost, guardian of the institutionalized, Juan has a project to pass along, one built around a true artifact of a book—Sex Variants: A Study of Homosexual Patterns—and its devastating history. This book contains accounts collected in the early twentieth century from queer subjects by a queer researcher, Jan Gay, whose groundbreaking work was then co-opted by a committee, her name buried. The voices of these subjects have been filtered, muted, but it is possible to hear them from within and beyond the text, which, in Juan’s tattered volumes, has been redacted with black marker on nearly every page. As Juan waits for his end, he and the narrator recount for each other moments of joy and oblivion; they resurrect loves, lives, mothers, fathers, minor heroes. In telling their own stories and the story of the book, they resist the ravages of memory and time. The past is with us, beside us, ahead of us; what are we to create from its gaps and erasures? A book about storytelling—its legacies, dangers, delights, and potential for change—and a bold exploration of form, art, and love, Justin Torres’s Blackouts uses fiction to see through the inventions of history and narrative. A marvel of creative imagination, it draws on testimony, photographs, illustrations, and a range of influences as it insists that we look long and steadily at what we have inherited and what we have made—a world full of ghostly shadows and flashing moments of truth. A reclamation of ransacked history, a celebration of defiance, and a transformative encounter, Blackouts mines the stories that have been kept from us and brings them into the light.

Eft

release date: Dec 29, 2022
Eft
This book deals with a different technique that may work better for you: eft tapping. It is effective, easy to learn and quick to do: you can already feel better after just a few minutes! Also, eft is a simple self-help technique so you don''t need an expensive therapist. In this book you will learn how to do a standard eft tapping session to work on any issue you may have. Additionally, the book focuses on a few specific issues, providing tapping sequences and scripts to help you: Here is a preview of what you''ll learn... History of eft Tapping and steps in locating the tapping points Tapping affirmations Benefits of tapping Tapping for weight loss, stress management, overcoming addictions, eliminating headaches Using eft to attract wealth And much, much more! During this workshop we will work together to combining coaching and eft, or the emotional freedom technique, to identify and eliminate the limiting beliefs and stories that are holding you back from reaching your dreams and goals. I will not only show you how to overcome the bad, but i will show you how to harness the positivity and sense of achievement so that you can continue on from here on out to be the most successful woman you can be.

Vie animale

release date: Jan 20, 2022
Vie animale
« On en voulait encore. [...] On avait des os d''oiseaux creux et légers, on voulait plus d''épaisseur, plus de poids. On était six mains qui happaient et six pieds qui trépignaient ; on était des frères, des garçons, trois petits rois unis dans un complot pour en avoir encore. » La famille, c''est la jungle. Les parents s''aiment, se battent. Au milieu du chaos, trois enfants tentent de grandir. La meute observe les fauves. Quand le père danse, les petits l''imitent. Quand la mère dort, ils apprennent à rester silencieux. La vie animale est âpre. Mais l''imaginaire est sans limite. Avec ce premier roman impressionnant, Justin Torres impose une langue, un rythme, un lyrisme électrique. Traduit de l''anglais (États-Unis) par Laetitia Devaux

Hijo Del Altisímo

release date: Dec 09, 2017
Hijo Del Altisímo
¿Alguna vez has oído el dicho "eres un hijo de Dios" y te preguntas a ti mismo, qué significa exactamente eso? Si somos hijos de Dios, ¿por qué muchos de nosotros caminamos derrotados en el mundo de hoy? ¿No sería genial despertar todos los días sabiendo con plena confianza la autoridad y el poder que tenemos como creyentes en Jesús? ¿Cómo podemos aprender a caminar en la autoridad que Dios nos ha dado? Muchos de nosotros tenemos estas preguntas y exigimos respuestas. Muchos de nosotros no solo queremos saber, sino también necesitamos saber quiénes somos en Cristo Jesús. Hijo Del Altisímo está escrito para enseñar a la iglesia el verdadero significado de la vida bíblica. Es con el propósito de construir un carácter piadoso y vivir nuestras vidas para glorificar a Dios y caminar en autoridad espiritual. Cuando leas este libro, no solo aprenderás lo que significa ser un hijo de Dios según los estándares bíblicos, sino también cómo vivir una vida que sea lo más agradable para él y que represente quién es.

Child of the Most High

release date: Nov 10, 2017
Child of the Most High
Have you ever heard the saying "you are a child of God" and asked yourself, what exactly does that mean? If we are children of God, why do many of us walk in defeat in today''s world? Wouldn''t it be great to wake up everyday knowing with full confidence the authority and power we hold as believers in Jesus? How can we learn to walk in the authority God has given us? Many of us have these questions and demand answers. Many of us not only want to know, but need to know who we are in Christ Jesus. Child Of The Most High is written to teach the church the true meaning of biblical living. It is for the purpose of building Godly character and living our lives to glorify God and walk in spiritual authority. When you read this book, you will not only learn what it means to be a child of God by biblical standards, but how to live a life that is most pleasing to him and represents who He is.

Biz Hayvanlar

release date: Mar 01, 2016

Mi, állatok

release date: Feb 15, 2016
Mi, állatok
„A Mi, állatok olyan, akár egy fekete gyémánt: szívszaggató és gyönyörű, a legkülönösebb regény, amit valaha olvastam” – írja Michael Cunningham a fiatal, első kötetes szerző 2011-ben nagy port kavart szépirodalmi bestselleréről. A regény középpontjában a család áll, annak minden szépségével és szörnyűségével együtt – vagyis egy család, az író-narrátoré: a Puerto Ricó-i apa és a fehér anya szinte még maguk is gyerekek, de már van három fiuk, akikkel egyik napról a másikra élnek, kegyetlen, követelőző, viharos szeretetben. A fiúk vadulnak, csavarognak, szilaj játékokban dolgozzák fel sérelmeiket, és ugyanezt teszik a kamasz szülők is. Az apa időnként eltűnik, kétségbeesésbe taszítva az otthon maradottakat, de csak hogy aztán újra előkerüljön, és újrakezdődjön a vérre menő játék meg a harc... A rövid, novellaként is olvasható fejezetek kaleidoszkópjából - melyek végig megőrzik egyfajta robbanásközeli állapot magasfeszültségét – lassan kirajzolódik a narrátor saját, külön fejlődéstörténete, az útja, amelyet végigjárva végül megtalálja a saját fájdalmas, senkiéhez sem hasonlítható igazságát.

Chirp: Sandnado

release date: Jan 01, 2016
Chirp: Sandnado
Explorers Chirp, Squawk, and Tweet get into trouble as they cross the hottest desert on the planet. Not only are they completely lost... they''ve also run out of water!Chirp and his friends Squawk and Tweet love going on adventures together. Today, they''ve traded in their playhouse for sun hats and desert boots.The good news is that Tweet sees a watery oasis up ahead. The bad news is that these three thirsty explorers must get through a terrible sandstorm — a giant sandnado! — in order to reach it...

Chirp: Treasure Trap

release date: Jan 01, 2016

Chirp: Knights of the Awesome Castle

release date: Jan 01, 2015
Chirp: Knights of the Awesome Castle
Three brave knights to the rescue! Chirp and his friends Squawk and Tweet love going on adventures together. Today, they''ve traded in their playhouse for a castle — a castle they defend from a fire-breathing creature! How will the brave knights in shining armor outsmart the dreaded beast? To find out, join Sir Chirp, Sir Tweet, and Sir Squawk in a heroic adventure, complete with knights, castles, and...a sheep dragon?

Chirp: Thar She Blows

release date: Jan 01, 2015

Chirp: Astro-birds

release date: Jan 01, 2015
Chirp: Astro-birds
Chirp and his friends Squawk and Tweet love going on adventures together. Today, they''ve traded in their playhouse for a spaceship... which they''ve accidentally flown into the middle of an asteroid field!

Chirp: a River Leaks Through it

release date: Jan 01, 2015

Chirp: Ghost Town

release date: Jan 01, 2015

Chirp: Waddle of the Penguins

release date: Jan 01, 2015
Chirp: Waddle of the Penguins
While traveling to the South Pole, penguins Chirp, Squawk, and Tweet make clever use of toothpicks to climb an ice floe and escape a killer whale.

Emeis ta thēria

release date: Jan 01, 2014

My, zvířata

release date: Jan 01, 2013

Vi dyra

release date: Jan 01, 2013
Vi dyra
Denne romanen handler om tre brødres oppvekst. De tre krangler, lager drager av søppel og gjemmer seg når foreldrene slåss. Moren og faren deres er fra Brooklyn. Han er puertoricaner, hun er hvit. Livet i familien skildres som komplisert.

Nosotros los animales

release date: Apr 26, 2012
Nosotros los animales
Un debut aclamado por la crítica americana. La vida de la familia Torres es un caos. El padre, puertorriqueño «Paps», y la madre, nacida en Brooklyn «Ma», deciden tener tres hijos pese a su precaria situación laboral. Les darán una educación peculiar que se desarrollará entre trabajos basura, problemas en el barrio y anécdotas familiares íntimas y divertidas. En ese marco, solo el cariño y el amor entre ellos harán posible que sobrevivan en esa jungla que es la ciudad. Pero la principal jungla de la historia es la de la infancia, porque los tres niños, los verdaderos protagonistas de la novela, se comportarán como pequeños animales en continuo aprendizaje: travesuras, extrañas conversaciones con los adultos, juegos, inocencia y destellos de esa inteligencia tan lúcida y en ocasiones impropia de los niños pequeños. El componente autobiográfico hace aún más interesante este relato, pues retrata a la perfección la vida en las afueras de Nueva York a finales de los ochenta y las oportunidades que esta ciudad ofrecía a los habitantes del colectivo latino. Este libro presenta un universo en el que el lector se siente cómodo, ya que es cercano y está cargado de imágenes de gran belleza ylirismo, y consigue hablar del amor y del cariño en la familia sin utilizar el discurso cursi o manido al que estamos acostumbrados.

Wij, de wilden

release date: Jan 09, 2012
Wij, de wilden
Drie broertjes worstelen zich door hun kinderjaren. Ze zijn elkaars beste vriend maar ook elkaars grootste vijand. Ze houden tomatengevechten in de keuken, bouwen vliegers van afval en spelen verstoppertje wanneer hun ouders ruzie maken. Het is niet eenvoudig in deze familie te overleven. De liefde tussen hun Puerto Ricaanse vader en blanke moeder is hevig en bij vlagen destructief. Er heerst altijd chaos en het leven is wreed en fascinerend tegelijk. Het jongste broertje neemt de lezer moeiteloos mee in hun turbulente bestaan. Maar gaandeweg verliest hij zijn onbevangenheid en komt tot het besef dat hij zijn leven een radicale wending moet geven.

Noi, gli animali

release date: Jan 01, 2012

Wij, de wilden / druk 1

release date: Jan 01, 2012
Wij, de wilden / druk 1
De drie zoons van een Puertoricaanse vader en een Amerikaanse moeder worden, doordat beide ouders werken, vaak aan hun lot overgelaten, wat leidt tot een sterke onderlinge band, maar ook tot spanningen.

We the Animals

release date: Jan 01, 2011
We the Animals
A debut novel that is a brilliant exploration of a close, complicated family and the struggle between brotherhood and becoming an individual
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