In ihrer „prototypischen" Erscheinungsform sind sowohl der Brief als auch das Epigramm gekennzeichnet durch Kürze und Beschränkung auf das Wesentliche.
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The most renowned of all works of Scandinavian literature and our most extensive source of Norse mythologyWritten in Iceland a century after the close of the Viking Age, The Prose Edda tells ancient stories of the Norse creation epic and recounts the battles that follow as gods, giants, dwarves and elves struggle for survival.
A big, glorious novel in every sense, this sprawling family saga is a funny and big-hearted epic from a seriously gifted wordsmith Marie ClaireRead the sweeping and enchanting new novel from the author of The Giant s HouseBertha is an enigma to everyone in Salford, Massachusetts ever since she was discovered unconscious in a New England cemetery with nothing but a bowling ball, a candlepin and fifteen pounds of gold on her person.
'A splendidly exciting and original story' Sunday Telegraph'Terrifyingly exciting suspense' Ian FlemingSet in Changi, the most notorious prisoner of war camp in Asia, King Rat is an heroic story of survival told by a master story-teller who lived through those years as a young soldier.
WINNER OF THE SWEDISH ACADEMY'S NORDIC PRIZE 2023Shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award'A terrific read.
La Covid-19 a déclenché une accélération technologique réelle : ce fut une invitation au changement théorique et méthodologique dans la conception de l’apprentissage.
Endlich Ordnung am nordischen GötterhimmelÜber die nordischen Göttermythen weiß man hierzulande meist deutlich weniger als über die griechischen und römischen.
Haunting and enigmatic, Virgil's Eclogues combined a Greek literary form with scenes from contemporary Roman life to create a work that inspired a whole European tradition of pastoral poetry.
Estas palabras, escritas por un hombre que espera a su hijo en un rincón perdido del Egeo, son el testimonio vívido y consciente de un escritor con sensibilidad humanística y gran conocimiento de Grecia: una insólita reflexión junto al mar sobre la singularidad y la magia de la lengua griega como exégesis del mundo; un libro heterodoxo y profundo; un relato poético y vibrante que, sin duda, cambiará en el lector su visión del lenguaje, de la historia de los griegos e, incluso, de la propia historia de la civilización.
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STEP INTO ANOTHER WORLD - OF MAGIC, MAYHEM, MONSTERS AND MANIACAL GODS - IN STEPHEN FRY'S MOMENTOUS SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, MYTHOS'A romp through the lives of ancient Greek gods.
The Saga of the Greenlanders and Eirik the Red s Saga contain the first ever descriptions of North America, a bountiful land of grapes and vines, discovered by Vikings five centuries before Christopher Columbus.
