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An insightful, witty look at Virginia Woolf through the lens of the extraordinary women closest to her. How did Adeline Virginia Stephen become the great writer Virginia Woolf? Acclaimed biographer Gillian Gill tells the stories of the women whose legacies—of strength, style, and...

In the summer of 1885, three Frenchmen arrived in London for a few days’ shopping. One was a Prince, one was a Count, and the third was a commoner with an Italian name, who four years earlier had been the subject of one of John Singer Sargent’s greatest portraits. The three men's lives play out against the backdrop of the Belle Epoque in Paris. The beautiful age of glamour and pleasure more often showed its ugly side: hysterical, narcissistic, decadent and violent, a time of rampant prejudice and blood-and-soil nativism, with more parallels to our own age than we might imagine.

This short biography of William Shakespeare by world famous writer Bill Bryson brims with the author’s inimitable wit and intelligence. Includes an exclusive Q&A session with the author. Shakespeare’s life, despite the scrutiny of generations of biographers and scholars, is still a thicket...

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The Pigeon Tunnel. Written and read by John le Carré. 'Out of the secret world I once knew, I have tried to make a theatre for the larger worlds we inhabit. First comes the imagining, then the search for reality. Then back to...

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, a remarkable novel about Henry James, the American-born novelist and a connoisseur of exile. 'A triumph' – The Observer 'A masterly achievement' – The Independent In January 1895 Henry James anticipates the opening of his first play, Guy Domville, in...

'Any story that starts will also end.' As a writer, Ann Patchett knows what the outcome of her fiction will be. Life, however, often takes turns we do not see coming. Patchett ponders this truth as she explores family, friendship, marriage, failure, success and what it all means. Ranging from the personal to the sublime, each essay transforms the particular into the universal, letting us all see our own worlds anew.

Zehn Tage Schweigen: Adam Fletchers komisch-schmerzhafter Roadtrip zu sich selbst. Stell dir vor, du sprichst mit einem Wurm – und er antwortet dir! Adam und Evelyn stecken in einer Sackgasse fest. Ihr Kinderwunsch ist seit zwei Jahren unerfüllt, ihre einst so ungetrübte Beziehung droht ihnen zu entgleiten. Hinter seinem Rücken meldet sie ihn für einen Vipassana-Retreat an: Zehn Tage Schweigen, zehn Tage Meditieren, zwölf Stunden am Tag! Ohne Bücher, ohne Handy, ohne Internet! Er hat noch nie meditiert, kriegt den Lotussitz nicht hin und schwört, dass seine Seele keine dunklen Ecken kennt.

Gestern war ich noch mitten im Leben, heute bin ich draußen und mit dem konfrontiert, was wir alle wissen, die meisten irgendwie verdrängen. Doch für mich nicht mehr möglich ist, dieses Wissen auszublenden: dass wir alle sterben müssen. Das Mistviech in meinem Körper hämmert mir dieses Wissen ja ohne Unterlass in den Kopf: Ich hab' Dich im Griff! Und ich würde es gerne anbrüllen: Komm raus, Du blödes Viech! Ob Bestrahlung, Chemo es zermürben, erwürgen?

Speak, Memory, first published in 1951 as Conclusive Evidence and then assiduously revised in 1966, is an elegant and rich evocation of Nabokov’s life and times, even as it offers incisive insights into his major works, including Lolita, Pnin, Despair, The Gift, The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, and The Luhzin Defense.

When Jan Morris joined the 1953 Everest expedition and was first to get news of the ascent back to London, she became the most famous journalist in the world. So began a glittering career covering the Eichmann trial, interviewing Che Guevara and scooping the story of Suez collusion. Morris transitioned in the early seventies and documented the experience in Conundrum. She was a pioneer and her books, including Venice and the Pax Britannica trilogy, have inspired readers across the globe.

From the bestselling author of The Circle and What Is the What, the true story of a young Yemeni-American man, raised in San Francisco, who dreams of resurrecting the ancient art of Yemeni coffee but finds himself trapped in Sana'a by civil war. Mokhtar Alkhanshali grew up in San Francisco, one...

Franz Kafka (1883-1924) ist einer der bedeutendsten Erzähler in deutscher Sprache. Werke wie Die Verwandlung, Der Hungerkünstler, Der Prozess sind immer wieder aufs Neue verstörend und gleichzeitig faszinierend. Zutiefst zerrissen und einsam, schrieb Franz Kafka ausschließlich nachts und fühlte sich zeitlebens unverstanden.

'Think of the Bible and Homer, think of Shakespeare and think of me,' wrote Gertrude Stein in 1936. Admirers called her a genius, sceptics a charlatan: she remains one of the most confounding—and contested—writers of the twentieth century. In this literary detective story, Francesca Wade delves into the creation of the Stein myth.

In this Very Short Introduction Ritchie Robertson covers the life and work of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832): scientist, administrator, artist, art critic, and supreme literary writer in a vast variety of genres. Looking at Goethe's poetry, novels, and drama pieces, as well as his travel writing, autobiography, and essays on art and aesthetics, Robertson analyzes some of the key themes in his works: love, nature, religion, and tragedy.

Botho Strauß erzählt, wovon er noch nie erzählt hat: von seiner Kindheit und Jugend, von den Orten und Landschaften, in denen er aufgewachsen ist, von seinen Erinnerungen an die prägenden, frühen Jahre, von seinem Vater. Botho Strauß erzählt die Geschichte seiner Herkunft. Botho Strauß wurde im Dezember 1944 in Naumburg geboren. Der Vater verließ in den 1950er Jahren Hab und Gut, ging in den Westen, nach Bad Ems, fing mit sechzig Jahren wieder von vorn an.

Shlomo Graber hat drei Konzentrationslager überlebt und sich trotzdem gegen den Hass auf die Täter und für Vergebung entschieden. Die ergreifende, unglaubliche Geschichte einer Kindheit und Jugend in unmenschlicher Zeit. Bis heute vermittelt Graber kommenden Generationen im Dialog Werte wie Toleranz, Respekt und Nächstenliebe.

A #1 New York Times bestseller and the eagerly anticipated sequel to the Pulitzer Prize–winning Angela’s Ashes, this masterpiece from Frank McCourt tells of his American journey from impoverished immigrant to brilliant teacher and raconteur. Frank McCourt’s glorious childhood memoir...

Stationen einer Jugend: Wenige Jahre vor Ausbruch des Ersten Weltkrieges unehelich geboren, wird der Junge in ein "Militär-Knaben-Erziehungs-Institut" gesteckt, dessen preußischer Militärgeist ihm tief zuwider ist. Auch die anschließende Schule verstärkt seine Außenseiter-Rolle. Erst als er die Literatur entdeckt, hat er seine Welt gefunden.

"Cosa fa della vita che abbiamo un'avventura felice?" si chiede Tiziano Terzani in questa eccezionale opera inedita, che racconta con la consueta potenza riflessiva l'esistenza di un uomo che non ha mai smesso di dialogare con il mondo e con la coscienza di ciascuno di noi. In un continuo e appassionato procedere dalla Storia alla storia personale, viene finalmente alla luce in questi diari il Terzani uomo, il padre, il marito: una persona curiosa e straordinariamente vitale, incline più alle domande che alle facili risposte.

Joanne "Jo" Rowling is known to readers the world over as J.K. Rowling, author of the best-selling book series of all time. The creator of Harry Potter was once a single mother writing in cafés and living on welfare, who experienced a fairytale-like rise from poverty and obscurity to becoming one of the richest and most influential women on the planet. And following her controversial stances in the cultural and political war over transgender rights, Rowling found herself a pariah in circles that had previously adored her.