Rom coms, meet cutes, mystery men, courageous women, and the happy endings of today draw a direct line to the words between the covers of Emilie Loring's romance novels.
A FASCINATING TRUE STORY OF FRIENDSHIP, INTRIGUE AND UNFORGIVABLE BETRAYAL, NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES Readers LOVE Capote's Women: 'A genuinely fascinating account of a great writer and his muses.
"e;The five marriages that Carmela Ciuraru explores inLives of the Wivesprovide such delightfully gossipy pleasure that we have to remind ourselves that these were real peoplewhose often stormy relationships must surely have been less fun to experience than they are for us to read about.
L'opéra imaginé par Hélène Dorion et écrit à quatre mains avec Marie-Claire Blais est ici offert dans son intégralité et présenté par les librettistes qui en racontent la mise au monde.
Julien Offray de La Mettrie (1709–1751), Gottseibeiuns der französischen Frühaufklärung, lebte als Arzt, Sozialreformer und klandestiner Autor und Philosoph gleich mehrere Leben, ehe er – von Diderot, Voltaire und dem halben intellektuellen Europa gehasst – in Potsdam seinen berühmten Pastetentod starb.
Wien, 1920: Die Monarchie ist Geschichte, die Erste Republik steht auf unsicheren Beinen, da beschließt der Bankier und dilettierende Schriftsteller Richard Kola, ein Verlagshaus zu gründen – nicht irgendeins, sondern das größte Österreichs.
A revelatory meditation on class and consumer culture, from 2022 Nobel laureate Annie Ernaux "e;A dryly charming look at the way the French live now, through the sharp eyes of its most acclaimed chronicler.
'Key to understanding Black British history' - The Sunday Times'Sharp and still relevant' - Zadie SmithOne of the great poets of modern times, and a deeply respected political and cultural activist and social critic, Linton Kwesi Johnson is also a prolific writer of non-fiction.
This is the first book to focus primarily on George Orwell's ideas about free speech and related matters - freedom of the press, the writer's freedom of expression, honesty and truthfulness - and, in particular, the ways in which they are linked to his political vision of socialism.
This is the first book to focus primarily on George Orwell's ideas about free speech and related matters - freedom of the press, the writer's freedom of expression, honesty and truthfulness - and, in particular, the ways in which they are linked to his political vision of socialism.
La correspondencia de José Ortega y Gasset con Victoria Ocampo, entre 1917 y 1941, ofrece una riquísima vertiente histórica y emocional en que fluyen afinidades, encuentros, disensos y transferencias personales que abarcan un extenso horizonte cultural y generacional a disposición del lector aficionado al género biográfico y de interés para investigadores y estudiosos del hispanismo internacional.
Stefan Zweig, reconocido como uno de los mayores biógrafos de todos los tiempos, examina con su habitual perspicacia y sutileza la vida y obra de tres grandes escritores, y queda fascinado por la lucidez de Tolstói, la imparcialidad de Casanova y la ambigüedad de Stendhal.
A Recommended Read from: The Los Angeles Times * Town and Country * The Seattle Times * Publishers Weekly * Lit Hub * Crime Reads * AlmaFrom the author of The Real Lolita and editor of Unspeakable Acts, the astonishing story of a murderer who conned the people around himincluding conservative thinker William F.
In the early fall of 1958, the notorious Olympia Press in Paris published a novel entitled Candy, an erotic, Rabelaisian satire loosely based on Voltaire's Candide by one Maxwell Kenton, pseudonym of its coauthors, Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg.
In his autobiography Mark Twain tells his story in his own way, freely expressing his joys and sorrows, his affections and hatreds, his rages and reverence-ending, as always, tongue-in-cheek: Now, then, that is the tale.
A unique 'autobiography'of one of the greatest storytellers of our times, Munshi Premchand, recreated from his works by the man regarded as 'Premchand's Boswell', Madan Gopal.
From the small town of Sialkot in pre-Partition Punjab, through the bustling streets of Delhi, to the scholarly environs of Cambridge and the bistros of Turin - Chaman Nahal walks us gently through his life.
'An inspiring and necessary book that challenges the narratives we set for our lives and reveals the beauty beyond them' CLEMENTINE FORDAlexandra Collier was a writer living in a light-filled Brooklyn brownstone in New York with the man she loved.
Sutherland House Classics is proud to bring back to print Julian Symons' The Tell-Tale Heart, an acclaimed and best-selling biography of Edgar Allan Poe, one of the most influential authors in the English language.
“This was Allen Ginsberg,” Gordon Ball declared after recounting intimate moments with the cultural icon and beloved Beat Generation poet on East Hill Farm, outside Cherry Valley, New York.
'My favourite person on the politics of parenthood' Pandora Sykes'Exhilarating, infuriating, urgent and human' Daisy Buchanan'A blazing, brilliant read .
The new memoir from prize-winning writer and filmmaker Xiaolu Guo - playful, provocative and original, it's her deeply personal take on striving for a life of her own'When it comes to spinning light and shadow on the complexities of living, loving and language, Xiaolu Guo is one of the most valuable writers in the world' DEBORAH LEVYThe world can seem strange and lonely when you step away from your family and everything you have tried to call your own.
