Ergebnis für "The Essays" in Literatur & Belletristik

The sequel to the bestselling and highly acclaimed The House of God Years after the events of The House of God, the Fat Man has been given leadership over a new Future of Medicine Clinic at what is now only Man's 4th Best Hospital, and has persuaded Dr. Roy Basch and some of his intern cohorts...

Wer Karl Kraus im Literaturbetrieb des frühen 20. Jahrhunderts kannte, verehrte oder verabscheute ihn - Gleichgültigkeit löste er jedenfalls nicht aus. Mit nur 25 Jahren gründete Kraus in Wien die Zeitschrift Die Fackel, mit der 1899 seine steile Karriere als Journalist und Kritiker, Dramatiker und Satiriker begann. Bis zu seinem Tod im Jahr 1936 galt er als scharfzüngigster Beobachter des kulturellen und politischen Zeitgeschehens. Seine Worte richteten sich gegen die Verlotterung der Sprache, gegen Phrasendrescher und Kriegstreiber, gegen Korruption und Heuchelei.

Classic warped and wonderful stories from a “genius” (The New York Times) and master storyteller. Brief, intense, painfully funny, and shockingly honest, Etgar Keret’s stories are snapshots that illuminate with intelligence and wit the hidden truths of life. As with the best writers of...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Lincoln in the Bardo and the story collection Tenth of December, a 2013 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction. In a profoundly strange country called Inner Horner, large enough for only one resident at a time...

Set during a doom-fated vacation to the Oregon coast, The Disappointment follows a couple trying to hold close to one another while a bent reality—warped by personal losses and an ever-increasing drift toward the surreal—threatens to unravel them It’s the night before a much-needed...

From the authors of the bestselling Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar . . ., a new book on the meaning of death (and life, too)...

For over ten years, Sue Townsend has written a monthly column for Sainsbury"s Magazine, which covers everything from hosepipe bans and Spanish restaurants to writer"s block and the posh middle-aged woman she once met who"d never heard of Winnie the Pooh. Collected now for the first time, they...

Seit einem Vierteljahrhundert schreibt Stefan Schwarz für die Kult-Zeitschrift „Das Magazin“. Stil und Ideenreichtum dieses „einzigen ernstzunehmenden Kolumnisten in Ostdeutschland“ (so die „Titanic“) haben es auch Jürgen von der Lippe angetan, der seit Jahr und Tag immer wieder mal in seinen „Was liest du?“-Shows aus diesen Kolumnen vorliest. Für dieses Hörbuch hat er nun etliche seiner Stefan-Schwarz-Lieblingstexte zusammengestellt für ein kurzweiliges und manchmal überraschendes Hörvergnügen.

The New Yorker magazine named Matt Klam one of the twenty best young writers in America, and the seven stories that comprise Sam the Cat are all the proof we need. Knowing, perceptive, and wickedly funny, Matt Klam loves his characters but spares them nothing: the swaggering womanizer Sam falls...

A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland From Being a Burden to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Public, commonly referred to as A Modest Proposal, is a Juvenalian satirical essay written and published anonymously by Jonathan Swift in 1729. Swift suggests in his essay that the impoverished Irish might ease their economic troubles by selling children as food. By doing this he mocks the authority of the British officials.

Collected fables and short stories from literary legend and iconic American humorist James Thurber, performed by Keith Olbermann ""James Thurber was a comedic genius. His fables are not simply parodies of Aesop. They are wry, accurate, and powerful reflections of ourselves, our foibles, our...

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY TIME, NPR, AND ELECTRIC LITERATURE A 2026 CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARDS FINALIST A 2026 NOTABLE BOOK BY THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2025 BY LIT HUB, THE OC REGISTER, THE MILLIONS AND MORE NAMED A BEST BOOK OF AUGUST 2025 BY...

"Si escuchas con atención un relato, nunca volverás a ser el mismo, puesto que ese relato se introducirá en tu corazón y, como si fuera un gusano, acabará royendo todos los obstáculos que se oponen a lo divino. Por eso, aunque leas los relatos de este libro sólo para pasar el rato, no hay ninguna garantía de que alguno de ellos no acabe deshaciendo tus defensas y explote cuando menos lo esperes. ¡Estás avisado!"

"There is sweetheartedness and wisdom and eloquence and transcendence in his stories because these virtues exist in abundance in Etgar himself... I am very happy that Etgar and his work are in the world, making things better." --George Saunders There's no one like Etgar Keret. His stories take...

“Hopeful, funny, and full of wisdom. A meditation on fatherhood by one of our most perceptive writers.” —Tara Westover, author of Educated “With playfulness and sharp insight, [Zambra] turns everyday moments into something unforgettable, blending wit and heart in every page.” —Los...

Goodboy is a darkly funny, searing debut novel that asks: What does it mean to be a good man? Lars is enlightened. He takes ice baths, meditates, journals, and has a cute rescue dog. He even volunteers every week! A former Hollywood agent turned producer, Lars can finally pursue his passions...

Few authors in America write with such sheer love of story, language, and imagination as T.C. Boyle, and nowhere is that passion more evident than in his inventive, wickedly funny, and widely praised short stories. In After the Plague, Boyle speaks of contemporary social issues in a range of...

A heartwarming debut introduces readers to the adventures of its overachieving porcine narrator Blending the sophisticated satire of Jonathan Swift with the charming exuberance of a Pixar film, Pyg tells the story of Toby, a truly exceptional pig who lived in late eighteenth-century England...

“Funny, moving. . . I defy anyone to finish this story without tears in their eyes.” —Graeme Simsion, bestselling author of The Rosie Project What would you do if you knew you only had 100 days left to live? For Lucio Battistini, it’s a chance to spend the rest of his life the way he...

Winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor “[T]his poised and playful debut novel is a sly satire on foodie culture and the modern hype machine. . . . As tart as ‘artisanal citrus,’ as sharp as a chef’s knife, The Lemon is both a gleeful foodie sendup and an incisive takedown of the...