検索キーワード： 著者 "Mario Puzo" すべてのカテゴリー

പരിചയപ്പെടാം, ഒരേസമയം ഏകാധിപതിയും നിഷ്ഠുരനും കൊലയാളിയും കുടുംബസ്‌നേഹിയും പരോപകാരിയുമായ ഡോണ്‍...

To Don Raymonde Aprile's children he was a loyal family member, their father's adopted "nephew.” To the FBI he was a man who would rather ride his horses than do Mob business. No one knew why Aprile, the last great American Don, had adopted Astorre Viola many years before in Sicily; no one...

The Last Don is Mario Puzo at his finest - a masterful saga of the last great American crime family, the Clericuzios, and their powerful reach into Hollywood and Las Vegas. Domenico Clericuzio is a wise and ruthless man who, in his old age, is determined to create a life free from criminal activities for his grandchildren. But as he strives to establish his heirs in legitimate society, secrets from his family's past spark a vicious and bloody war between cousins.

De wet van de maffia is eenvoudig: je bent loyaal, of je bent dood. In het naoorlogse New York is de Corleone-familie een kracht om rekening mee te houden. Maar zelfs de machtigste families kunnen niet ontsnappen aan verraders. Wanneer de gevreesde Don Vito Corleone wordt neergeschoten, belandt zijn familie op een kruispunt. Zijn zoon Michael wordt gedwongen om zijn plaats in het familiewezen in te nemen. Wat begint als een wraakactie, groeit uit tot een allesomvattende oorlog voor macht, controle en overleving.

美国纽约五大黑势力集团之一的维托・考利昂一家采用多种极端手段，实现了在整个美国黑暗势力团体中的独尊地位……美國紐約五大黑勢力集團之一的維托・考利昂一家採用多種極端手段，實現了在整個美國黑暗勢力團體中的獨尊地位……

Lucia Santa has traveled 3,000 miles of dark ocean, from the mountain farms of Italy to the streets of New York, hoping for a better life. Instead, she finds herself in Hell's Kitchen, in a bad marriage, raising six children on her own. As Lucia struggles to hold her family together, her daughter confronts the adult world of work and romance while her eldest son is drawn into the Mafia. Meanwhile, her youngest son aspires to American pursuits she cannot understand.

The Godfather (Baba) adlı başyapıtın yazarı Mario Puzo'nun Mario Cleri takma adıyla yazdığı bu romanda 2. Dünya Savaşı'nda Nazilerin eline düşen, üstün hafızaya sahip şifreleme uzmanı Amerikalı bir subayın yıllar sonra Avrupa'ya dönerek başlattığı insan avı anlatılıyor. İşkencecilerinin peşine düşen Amerikalı Avrupa'nın farklı kentlerinde iz sürüyor.

Suskunluk Yasası yani Omerta Mario Puzo’nun Baba romanıyla kapısını araladığı Sicilya kökenli mafya dünyasının kendine has ahlak anlayışının temeli, organizasyonun kalbine ulaşmayı engelleyen çok katmanlı ve sıkı yapının gerektiğinde kanla yoğurulan harcıdır. Onu gerçek bir Sicilya mafyözü olarak yetiştiren Don Aprile’nin öldürülmesi sonrasında Puzo’nun sıra dışı karakteri Astorre Viola farklı amaçlarla ailesinin bankalarını ele geçirmek isteyen FBI'a, New York mafyasına ve Kolombiya uyuşturucu karteline karşı bir strateji savaşı başlatıyor.

Şiddet dolu, katı, kırılan ama bükülmeyen bir gelenek. Gerekirse kanla korunan alternatif bir ahlak. Bir jest olarak ölünen ve öldürülen, stilize bir savaş... Hatırlanacak ve unutulacak ne çok şey var.

Tras toda una vida consagrada al mundo del crimen, Don Raymonde Aprile decide ceder el testigo al joven Astorre, su mano derecha. De esta manera, pretende preservar la intachable trayectoria de sus hijos, que han vivido al margen de la Mafia, y dedicarse a supervisar los bancos internacionales que posee.

Un año después de cometer el acto más salvaje de su vida, Domenico Clericuzio, capo de la última gran familia de la Mafia, toma una determinación: la generación de sus nietos vivirá ajena al mundo del crimen. Desde su espectacular mansión en Long Island, el Don controla negocios de Las Vegas y de Hollywood que le permitirían legitimar su fortuna.

Corre el año 1950. El exilio de Michael Corleone en Palermo está a punto de acabar, y su padre, Don Vito, le ha encomendado una misión: debe volver a América con un hombre que se ha convertido en un mito popular, un forajido acosado por el Gobierno, las clases altas y la Mafia. Su nombre es Salvatore Giuliano, un moderno Robin Hood que, tras enfrentarse en su juventud a una patrulla de carabineri, se vio forzado a refugiarse en las montañas.

Ein Jahrhundertfilm. Eine Legende. DAS Buch über die Mafia -- Don Vito Corleone, Oberhaupt der mächtigsten New Yorker Mafiafamilie, herrscht über das Netzwerk des New Yorker Untergrunds -- dann wird er, weil er es ablehnt, ins Rauschgiftgeschäft einzusteigen, bei einem Attentat schwer verletzt und ein blutiger Bandenkrieg bricht aus, in dem sich Don Vitos Sohn Sonny beweisen muss. Doch der eigentliche Held der Geschichte ist Michael Corleone -- im Film gespielt von Al Pacino.

“A splendid piece of crime fiction . . . a fitting cap to a tremendous career . . . Through it all, Puzo keeps the heat on and keeps the reader enthralled with his characters and his story.”—The Denver Post To Don Raymonde Aprile’s children, he was a loyal family member, their father’s...

In this entertaining and insightful essay, Mario Puzo chronicles his rise from struggling writer to overnight success after the publication of The Godfather. With equal parts cynicism and humor, Puzo recounts the book deal and his experiences in Hollywood while writing the screenplay for the...

Two-time Academy Award® winner Mario Puzo is known around the world for his brilliant book The Godfather, widely considered the finest novel ever written about the Mafia. Two years before Puzo published that iconic work, he released Six Graves to Munich under the pseudonym Mario Cleri. During World War II, intelligence officer Michael Rogan lost everything —including his family—to brutal Nazi interrogators. Now 10 years have passed, and Michael is returning to Europe to exact his revenge.

The sequel to Puzo's epic and brutal Mafia classic The Godfather. Once again Puzo brings the history of the Corleone family to life. Michael Corleone's exile in Sicily is ending, but on the instructions of his father, The Godfather, he must bring back to him the young man known as Salvatore Giuliano - if he can find him.

New York, 1933. Die Aufhebung der Prohibition steht bevor und zwischen den Gangsterbossen der Stadt entflammt ein brutaler Verteilungskampf. Vito Corleone ist bereits stark, doch noch längst nicht der mächtige, alles beherrschende Pate. Mit allen Mitteln verteidigt er sich gegen die brutalen Angriffe seiner Konkurrenten. Während er versucht, seine Familie zu schützen, kommt sein ungestümer ältester Sohn hinter die wahren Machenschaften seines Vaters und drängt darauf, ins Familiengeschäft einzusteigen.

Efterkrigstidens ruinbyer i det besatte Tyskland er hjemsted for en skyggeverden, hvor korruptionen og desperationen lever side om side, og den eneste gyldige valuta er amerikanske cigaretter. For dem kan du til gengæld købe hvad som helst. Amerikaneren Walter Mosca vender tilbage til dette Tyskland efter krigen, for at genfinde den kvinde han elskede, og opbygge et nyt liv.

"Vis mig en spiller, så vil jeg vise jer en taber, og vis mig en helt, så vil jeg vise jer et lig". "Tåber dør" fortællingen om de miljøer hvor drømme og håb enten bærer en til stjernerne eller brister drastisk. Om gamblingens højborg Las Vegas, om Hollywoods brutale, men raffinerede filmmiljø og om New Yorks litterære jungle. Det er her tåberne lever og dør. På casinoet på Hotel Xanadu i Las Vegas mødes en gruppe mænd, som ikke tidligere kender hinanden.