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Bloomsbury presents Take Six Girls by Laura Thompson, read by Jilly Bond. 'Wonderfully readable... Emphasises their sheer extraordinariness and celebrates them' MAIL ON SUNDAY. The eldest was a razor-sharp novelist of upper-class manners; the second was loved by John Betjeman; the third was a...

The New York Times bestselling author of Begin Again confronts America’s unfinished story in this blistering reassessment of race, freedom, and the myths that bind us. “A thoughtful, insightful, beautifully written book that is timely and welcomed in these perilous times.”—Bryan...

I am now growing in years, and — since I understand that Shakespeare and Mr. Emmons are deceased — it is not impossible that I may even die. It has occurred to me, therefore, that I may as well retire from the field of Letters and repose upon my laurels. But I am ambitious of signalizing my abdication of the literary sceptre by some important bequest to posterity; and, perhaps, I cannot do a better thing than just pen for it an account of my earlier career.

今、もう一度振り返ってみると、深き淵には、澄んだ美しい水が湧き出ていたような気がします――。四肢の自由を失い絶望の淵にいた青年教師が、筆をくわえて綴った生命の記録。感動の輪を広げた超ロングセラーが、発刊４０周年を記念して生まれ変わりました。

Anita è stata una bambina solitaria, affidata alla televisione per lunghe giornate mentre i suoi giovanissimi genitori si costruivano la propria vita: batterista con un noto gruppo musicale lui, ricercatrice universitaria lei. Anita diventa adulta nei decenni in cui l'Italia diventa teledipendente, e dagli anni degli studi alle prime esperienze di lavoro le sue disavventure, i suoi amori, le sue scelte corrono parallele alla realtà che da sempre l'assorbe, quella del piccolo schermo.

40 Jahre nach dem Erscheinen ihrer chinesischen Familienchronik »Wilde Schwäne« legt Jung Chang die lange erwartete Fortsetzung des legendären Weltbestsellers vor: In »Fliegt, Wilde Schwäne« erzählt sie die Geschichte ihrer Familie – und damit auch die Geschichte Chinas – vom Ende der Mao-Ära und dem Beginn der Reformen unter Deng Xiaoping bis in die Gegenwart Xi Jinpings weiter: China hat sich von einem heruntergekommenen und isolierten Staat zu einer Weltmacht entwickelt, die die Vormachtstellung der Vereinigten Staaten herausfordert.

A selection of the lively letters between one of the world’s greatest literary critics and the poets, novelists, and scholars he most admired Bringing together a collection of Harold Bloom’s letters to and from eight of his favorite contemporary writers, Heather Cass White provides an...

Daphne du Maurier (May 13, 1907-April 19, 1989) was an English novelist, biographer and playwright. Many of du Maurier's novels have been successfully adapted into films, including the novels "Rebecca," "Frenchman's Creek," "My Cousin Rachel" and "Jamaica Inn," and the short stories "The Birds" and "Don't Look Now". Du Maurier spent much of her life in Cornwall, England, where most of her works are set. As her fame increased, she became more reclusive. The following audio is from a tv interview in 1971 and 1977.

This collection of 59 short poems consists of verses, some of them incomplete, which remained unpublished at the time of Shelley’s death. Some of them have become the best known of Shelley’s shorter works. The poems were collated and edited by Mary Shelley, who also wrote an introduction to...

Dans Ghost Stories, d'une intimité rare, Siri Hustvedt se livre pour la première fois sur le grand amour de sa vie, Paul Auster. Elle y célèbre leur longue et magnifique vie à deux, et nous plonge dans les recoins les plus secrets de leur mythique couple d'écrivains new-yorkais. Ghost Stories est aussi la chronique de la disparition de l'être aimé, convoquant souvenirs, lectures et traces écrites — autant de tentatives pour affronter l'absence, et accueillir les signes de l'au-delà.

Pour sa création, le festival « Autour de Mme de Staël » a invité le spectacle d'Alain Carré mettant en scène à partir de leur correspondance amoureuse, Benjamin Constant et Germaine de Staël. Elle naît à Paris en 1766. Il naît à Lausanne en 1767. Ils se rencontrent en 1794 et ne se quitteront plus jusqu'à la mort de Germaine en 1817. Dans une admiration réciproque, la plume à la main, ils partageront et façonneront les idées littéraires, philosophiques et politiques de cette époque mouvementée que fut l'après-révolution française, la Terreur, le Directoire, l'Empire.

Kolchoz è la vera storia di una famiglia che abbraccia quattro generazioni, ripercorrendo oltre un secolo di storia russa e francese, fino alla guerra in Ucraina. Emmanuel Carrère la affronta personalmente, con una consumata abilità narrativa che rende la loro storia la nostra storia. Ci rapisce con il suo immenso talento in questa straordinaria saga familiare, dove l'intimo si intreccia brillantemente con l'universale.

Maud Steiner, fille d'un père architecte Prix de Rome et d'une mère sculpteur, a grandi dans les années 60, à Saint-Germain-des-Prés dans la toute haute bourgeoisie et aristocratie française. Après le suicide de son frère Fabien, elle cherche durant quinze ans une explication à son geste et à sa propre incapacité de trouver le sommeil. Au cours d'un travail thérapeutique, des images surgissent et l'amnésie se dissipe.

Irène Coran nous raconte, à travers un minutieux choix de textes de l'auteur, le « Je » de Colette.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Unspeakable and The Problem with Everything comes a new collection of must-listen essays. "For the last five or six years, on many afternoons around 4 or 5 pm, I've been overcome with the sensation that my life is effectively over. Note the...

En este libro, González Rodríguez narra cómo, a partir de una conversación con una compañera de trabajo, le fue posible corroborar la teoría del investigador Robert Wright, quien defiende el papel del impulso reproductivo en los distintos intereses amorosos de hombres y mujeres, pero también nos comparte sus memorias de un acercamiento infructuoso con una alumna de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras —en el tiempo en que él mismo cursó ahí la carrera de lenguas modernas— o nos cuenta su larga investigación para desentrañar el significado de la expresión 'güi-güí'.

Guendalina Middei torna a farci innamorare della letteratura, stavolta accompagnandoci nei segreti degli autori più amati di sempre. Dickinson, Hemingway, Calvino,ma anche Van Gogh, Bulgakov, Darwish e Deledda, sono i protagonisti di sette originalissimi racconti con cui Middei ci accompagna...

"Pioneira" – adjetivo amplo que se aplica a muitas das facetas de Antonieta de Barros, escritora, jornalista e política brasileira nascida em 1901 em Florianópolis – então chamada "Desterro". A força de sua escrita segue firme nos dias de hoje, e o leitor pode senti-la nessa seleção de crônicas cuidadosamente selecionadas do livro "Farrapos de ideias", assinado sob o pseudônimo de "Maria da Ilha".

L'entusiasmo davanti al tabellone delle partenze alla stazione di Porta Nuova. Le fragole con panna ma senza fragole. Le barzellette sugli zombie. La scuola. I pomeriggi al parco. Paolo Nori rievoca episodi e momenti dell'infanzia di sua figlia (è lei la "piccola Battaglia"): teneri, esilaranti e pieni di saggezza come quelli che solo i bambini sanno regalare. Il flusso della memoria si dispiega ininterrotto in una serie di quadri scolpiti con l'inconfondibile stile di Nori, tra flusso di coscienza e humour, in questa edizione completamente rivista e aggiornata.

Drawing on formerly inaccessible notebooks and manuscripts, This Dark Night constructs a portrait of Brontë, her famous writing sisters Charlotte and Anne, and the effect of their sisters’ and mother’s tragic deaths. In the first full-length biography in over twenty years, renowned scholar Deborah Lutz sketches the days of a woman crafting otherworldly fiction while running her father’s parsonage: writing interweaving with household work, daydreaming, and exploring the rough-hewn outdoors.

Sir Rabindranath Tagore nació en Calcuta, India, el 7 de mayo de 1861. Fue un poeta bengalí, filósofo, artista, dramaturgo, músico, novelista y autor de canciones que fue premiado con el Premio Nobel de Literatura en 1913, convirtiéndose en el primer hindú laureado con este reconocimiento. La poesía domina la reputación literaria de Tagore, pero también escribió novelas, ensayos, historias cortas, diarios de viaje y teatro. Se le atribuye la introducción de este género en la literatura bengalí. Murió en Santiniketan, India, el 7 de agosto de 1941.

Consapevole di aver trascorso anni di bevute colossali - cantati e celebrati anche nei suoi libri - Mauro Corona sente che è arrivato il momento di mettere in guardia i giovani perché non prendano con leggerezza, e tantomeno con esaltazione, l'alcol, nemico subdolo e accattivante.

A lively and captivating journey through the world of the Transcendentalists, America’s first group of public intellectuals, whose visionary ideas reinvented our culture and politics and remain an inspiration today. “An impeccable and often dazzling behind-the-scenes look at the Concord...

Wenn der Alltag zum Hamsterrad wird, brauchen wir mehr als nur eine Pause. Wir brauchen eine Anderszeit. Zeit, um Unbekanntes zu erkunden, verborgene Leidenschaften erneut zu entfachen und anderen Menschen wieder mal ganz offen zu begegnen. Bestsellerautor Stefan Maiwald verlässt seine kuschelige Komfortzone und zieht von der Insel Grado in die vibrierende Großstadt Triest. Mit einem Augenzwinkern begibt er sich auf die Sinnsuche in Italien: Gelten die Glücksprinzipien aus seinem sandigen Wohlfühltempel auch an fremden Orten?

Astrid Lindgrens Figuren revolutionierten die Kinderliteratur. Jahrzehntelang begleitete sie dieser Schmerz, sie setzte sich bis ins hohe Alter für Frieden, Gerechtigkeit und die Rechte von Kindern ein und prägte mit ihrem Engagement und ihrem Werk ein ganzes Jahrhundert. Jens Andersen blickt in dieser umfassenden Biografie hinter die Fassade ihres weltweiten Erfolgs und erzählt das Leben der beliebten Bestsellerautorin neu.