Ergebnis für "Exil" in Kunst & Literatur

Arno Geiger erzählt von seinem Vater, dem die Erinnerungen langsam abhanden kommen...

Eine spannende Zeitreise ins Schicksalsjahr berühmter Frauen. Unda Hörner folgt den Spuren berühmter Frauen in zwölf lebendig erzählten Kapiteln durch das Jahr 1939: Hannah Arendt gelingt die Flucht nach New York, Helene Weigel zieht mit dem Brecht-Tross nach Schweden. Marlene Dietrich nimmt die amerikanische Staatsbürgerschaft an, Erika Mann veröffentlicht mit Bruder Klaus ein Who's who der deutschen Kultur im Exil.

Martha Gellhorn died in February 1998, just shy of her 90th birthday. Well before her death, she had become a legend. She reported on wars from Spain in the 1930s to Panama in the 1980s, and her travel books have become classics. Her marriage to Ernest Hemingway and affairs with legendary lovers like H. G. Wells, and her relationship with two presidents, Roosevelt and Kennedy, reflect her campaigns against tyranny and deprivation, and her outrage at the corruption and cruelty of modern governments.

"How could I have known then with no maps acquired and my bags not yet packed that my journey had already begun? ...The tools of a traveler are compass and map. They calculate distances covered and destinations sought but cannot measure the consequences of experiences on a human heart," writes...

A memoir of danger, oppression, and international politics by a survivor of the Eritrean dictatorship. A view into a secretive country and the uneasy alliances of Africa, and a story of family resilience.

Escritas durante el destierro que Napoleón Bonaparte impuso a la autora, estas memorias registran con acuidad, ironía y elegancia los vaivenes sociales, políticos y militares de Europa durante el ascenso y apogeo del emperador francés.