Biography: writers

Although his hilariously entertaining stories have touched the hearts of generations of children, there was much more to beloved author Roald Dahl than met the eye.

Harry Potter and Beyond explores J.

The story of Ted Lewis carries historical and cultural resonances for our own troubled timesTed Lewis is one of the most important writers you've never heard of.

Novelist Anne Bernays and biographer Justin Kaplan -- both native New Yorkers -- came of age in the 1950s, when the pent-up energies of the Depression years and World War II were at flood tide.

Tells the story of the author's quest to discover Brunetto Latini's legacy, through his influence on Dante Alighieri, his famous pupil.

Taha Hussein's classic autobiographical novelThe Dayshelped usher in the era of modern Arabic writing and remains one of the most influential and best-known works of Arabic literatureFor the first time, the three-part autobiography of one of modern Egypt's greatest writers and thinkers is available in a single paperback volume.

Although his hilariously entertaining stories have touched the hearts of generations of children, there was much more to beloved author Roald Dahl than met the eye.

The first book-length study of the life and writings of the critically acclaimed Southern writerRandall Kenan is an American author best known for his novel A Visitation of Spirits and his collection of stories Let the Dead Bury Their Dead, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, was a nominee for a Los Angeles Times Book Prize for fiction, and named a New York Times Notable Book.

The American daughter of Egyptian Jewish immigrants journeys in search of belonging from Brazil to New Orleans and beyond—includes recipes and photos!

'Against the white sand, the contours of my father's body were well defined, emphasized its existence in a world where everything was liquid, where the blue of the sea melted into the blue of the sky with nothing between.

Meeting Lori Bakker today-a young woman with a bright, outgoing personality, you could hardly imagine her as a teenager living a life of flagrant sexual promiscuity and drug abuse.

Kenneth Burke and His Circles consists of original papers focusing on the intellectual circles in which Burke participated during his long career.

The American daughter of Egyptian Jewish immigrants journeys in search of belonging from Brazil to New Orleans and beyond—includes recipes and photos!

We must see to it that we put the best of ourselves in our letters; for there is nothing to suggest that we shall see each other again soon.

Born in Ireland in 1667, Jonathan Swift defiantly clung to his Englishness.

Master of magic realism, distinguished journalist and film critic, friend of world leaders ranging from Fidel Castro to Pres.

A journalist, columnist, humorist and musician, Miles Kington began his writing career at Punch, where he created Franglais, a hugely popular fictional language, before going on to write a daily column for The Times, followed by the Independent.

A collection of compelling short stories filled with moral values and valuable life lessons.

William Faulkner was the greatest American novelist of the twentieth century, yet he lived a life marked by a pervasive sense of failure.

In A Daughter of Isis, Nawal El Saadawi painted a beautifully textured portrait of the childhood that moulded her into a novelist and fearless campaigner for freedom and the rights of women.

Dont Call Me Clarence!

All my life I have been taken captive by birds.

Max Blecher's work of autobiographical fiction employs poetic prose to explore his ideas of self-identity and the body.

Mornings with Mailer is a tender and affectionate view of the protean author at the end of the Big Novel that was his life.

So streitbar, angriffig und zugleich sprachsensibel ist kaum eine andere Schweizer Autorin.

A novel is a long narrative in literary prose.

Max Blecher's work of autobiographical fiction employs poetic prose to explore his ideas of self-identity and the body.

A portrait of an American thinker with contributions by Barbara Kingsolver, Bill McKibben, Sven Birkerts, Wes Jackson, and more: "e;A masterful collection.

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Coco is a Kings Cross chihuahua.

In A Daughter of Isis, Nawal El Saadawi painted a beautifully textured portrait of the childhood that moulded her into a novelist and fearless campaigner for freedom and the rights of women.

The Mahfouz Dialogs records the memories, views, and jokes of Naguib Mahfouz on subjects ranging from politics to the relationship between his novels and his life, as delivered to intimate friends at a series of informal meetings stretching out over almost half a century.