No se trata solo de abandonar las grandes palabras y sus ilusiones significativas (Revolución, Historia, Humanismo), siempre se ha tratado de otra cosa: pensar en movimientos imprevistos, entre diversos dispositivos, teóricos y prácticos, trazando diagonales, operando desplazamientos, cambios de terreno, redefiniciones de problemáticas, etcétera.
The first comprehensive biography of an extraordinary English poet and composer whose life was haunted by fighting in the First World War and, later, confinement in a mental asylumIvor Gurney (1890-1937) wrote some of the most anthologized poems of the First World War and composed some of the greatest works in the English song repertoire, such as "e;Sleep.
A richly illustrated cultural history of the midcentury pulp paperback"e;There is real hope for a culture that makes it as easy to buy a book as it does a pack of cigarettes.
The definitive biography of a leading twentieth-century French writerA leading exponent of the nouveau roman, Nathalie Sarraute (1900-1999) was also one of France's most cosmopolitan literary figures, and her life was bound up with the intellectual and political ferment of twentieth-century Europe.
Anyone who has come under the spell of Elisabeth Ogilvies novels to bound to wonder about this writer who, for more than fifty years, has crafted one memorable book after another: historical fiction, mysteries, young adult stories, even a gothic novel.
An engaging invitation to rediscover Henry Millerand to learn how his anarchist sensibility can help us escape ';the air-conditioned nightmare' of the modern worldThe American writer Henry Miller's critical reputationif not his popular readershiphas been in eclipse at least since Kate Millett's blistering critique in Sexual Politics, her landmark 1970 study of misogyny in literature and art.
Nabokov's dream diary, published for the first time-and placed in biographical and literary contextOn October 14, 1964, Vladimir Nabokov, a lifelong insomniac, began a curious experiment.
A memoir from the beloved author behind the multimillion-copy bestselling A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Handler's memoir, although subtle, ironic and full of dry wit, still pulses with that same childlike enthusiasm for books.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALISTA lyrical and authentic book that recounts the story of a border-town family in Brownsville, Texas in the 1980's, as each member of the family desperately tries to assimilate and escape life on the border to become realAmericans, even at the expense of their shared family history.
Luminous essays on translation and self-translation by an award-winning writer and literary translatorTranslating Myself and Others is a collection of candid and disarmingly personal essays by Pulitzer Prizewinning author Jhumpa Lahiri, who reflects on her emerging identity as a translator as well as a writer in two languages.
Real talk about transgender experiences from Gigi Gorgeous and GottmikIn this fabulous, fashion-forward guide, transgender icons Gigi Gorgeous and Gottmik discuss the ins and outs of being transgender with their honest, hilarious, and GORGEOUS tales of what it means to be true to oneself-and they've picked up a few friends along the way.
Heimito von Doderer (1896-1966), zeitlebens ein Außenseiter, ein Mann der «bewußten Debauche» und der subtilen psychologischen Wahrnehmung, ist ein Kronzeuge der österreichischen Selbstfindung.
Die erfolgreichste Börsenexpertin Deutschlands wird sie genannt und "Börsenoma" - bekannt durch ihre Kolumnen bei der BILD-Zeitung und durch Funk und Fernsehen.
Este libro es una etnografía de narrativas, espacios y eventos en los que mujeres que se identifican como feministas se reúnen, intercambian ideas e información, discuten, se oponen, organizan y realizan acciones, crean categorías para clasificar e interpretar la realidad, modifican el sentido de las palabras y acuñan términos a partir de los cuales se reconocen y reconocen allí una trayectoria compartida basada en experiencias comunes.
Este libro es producto del trabajo conjunto interdisciplinar e interuniversitario de las Universidades de Granada, (España) Luján y Comahue (Argentina) sobre temas referidos a los Estudios de las Mujeres vistas desde el enfoque de Género.
La obra que tiene en sus manos: Orden y progreso: Manuel Caballero y los generos periodisticos es un libro de historia fundamentadoen las transformaciones que estos gneros tendrn en el Porfiriato, particularmente a travs de uno de sus ms destacados artfices, Manuel Caballero, el primer periodista moderno en Mxico.
Luis Harss en su libro Los Nuestros, que presenta la alborada del movimiento conocido como el Boom Latinoamericano, describe a Gabriel García Márquez como "un hombre que puede naufragar sin ahogarse".
An amazing journey through the thriving worlds of fantasy and gamingWhat could one man find if he embarked on a journey through fantasy world after fantasy world?
A compelling collection of the life-changing writings of William JamesWilliam James-psychologist, philosopher, and spiritual seeker-is one of those rare writers who can speak directly and powerfully to anyone about life's meaning and worth, and whose ideas change not only how people think but how they live.
A magnificent one-volume abridgement of one of the greatest literary biographies of our timeJoseph Frank's award-winning, five-volume Dostoevsky is widely recognized as the best biography of the writer in any language-and one of the greatest literary biographies of the past half-century.
The entertaining story of four utopian writers-Edward Bellamy, William Morris, Edward Carpenter, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman-and their continuing influence todayFor readers reared on the dystopian visions of Nineteen Eighty-Four and The Handmaid's Tale, the idea of a perfect society may sound more sinister than enticing.
Dostoevsky's Democracy offers a major reinterpretation of the life and work of the great Russian writer by closely reexamining the crucial transitional period between the early works of the 1840s and the important novels of the 1860s.
