Strange Meetings provides a highly original account of the War Poets of 1914-1918, written through a series of actual encounters, or near-encounters, from Siegfried Sassoon's first, blushing meeting with Rupert Brooke over kidneys and bacon at Eddie Marsh's breakfasts before the war, through famous moments like Sassoon's encouragement of Owen when both are in hospital at the same time; on to the poignant meeting between Edward Thomas's widow and Ivor Gurney in 1932; and the last, strange lunch and 'longish talk' of Sassoon and David Jones in 1964, half a century after the great war began.
En Hipervinculos, Danilo Albero persiste en el buen habito de cincelar apuntes, articulos, vinetas o como se los quiera llamar, en donde los viajes a sitios insospechados se mezclan con discusiones acerca del arte y la literatura, con apuntes sobre discos de vinilo, de peliculas en blanco y negro y en tecnicolor, con reflexiones en torno a libros clasicos y a textos desconocidos, con especulaciones referidas a la vida, a la muerte y a sus derivados.
In SALKIĆ VS ORWELL, writer Saidin Salkić turns his attention to his own novella, When Stalin Read Animal Farm, using it as a point of departure for a series of provocative literary essays on George Orwell, political allegory, historical memory, satire, censorship, empire, and the unstable relationship between fiction and power.
'Leanda de Lisle brings the story of nine days' queen, Lady Jane Grey and her forgotten sisters, the rivals of Elizabeth I, to vivid life in her fascinating biography' Philippa GregoryThe dramatic untold story of the three tragic Grey sisters, all heirs to the Tudor throne, all victims to their royal blood.
Clarence Thomas, Verfassungsrichter am Supreme Court, ist als schwarzer Nationalist auch Trumpist: Wie das zusammengeht, erklart der Rechtswissenschaftler Amadou Korbinian Sow.
Princesas y Guerreras narra en forma de cuento la historia de tres hermanas, trillizas y princesas en un reino fantastico y muy lejano, las cuales se ven envueltas en un viaje de aventuras, superacion y conocimiento personal.
Libro de cuentos donde se producen encuentros fantasticos con la musica, las cometas, el trompo, en la recreacion del juego y la amistad en los patios de las casas o en la zona de recreo de la escuela.
Im Essener Norden der 60er und 70er Jahre, zwischen Kiosken, Kneipen und Fuballstadien, wachst Schulabbrecher Uli im Schatten der Zeche Zollverein auf.
Jorge Isaacs: El caballero de los enigmas esta centrado en los grandes interrogantes que no han dejado de rodear a Jorge Isaacs, personaje envuelto en los velos de multiples leyendas.
Bis kurz vor seinem Tod im Dezember 1966 arbeitete Heimito von Doderer akribisch an seinem letzten Werk, dem Roman No 7/II: Der Grenzwald, in dem er Erinnerungen und Motive seines Schreibens seit der sibirischen Kriegsgefangenschaft 1916-1920 verarbeitete.
A mas de dos anos de la desaparicion de Gabriel Garcia Marquez los trabajos aqui reunidos presentan lecturas diversas de periodistas, profesores y escritores alrededor de la persona y la obra de mas relieve en la cultura colombiana, Si el titulo de este libro une el nombre del escritor a la conjuncion de literatura y memoria es porque el hijo mayor del telegrafista de Aracataca nos enseno a contemplar en sus tramas, metaforas e imagenes esa reunion de realidades e irrealidades que es nuestra historia.
'THE SUN' EBOOK OF THE WEEKFrom the brilliant author of 'Black Boxes' comes a gritty and heartfelt novella with a twist: 99 Reasons, 11 endings, your pick.
For almost three thousand years, the Odyssey has captured imaginations with seafaring adventure, romance, friendships, as well as feats of heroism and of bloody revenge.
Roger McGough is one of Britain's best loved poets and this collection 'charts [his] passage from youthful exuberance to the wry reflection of his later years.
'Sparkling, sharply observing, insights delivered with a light touch that puts us in a good mood, however dark the comedy' SpectatorHere are nineteen glittery new tales about the way we live now, as lovers, partners, children, parents.
A full-blooded, pacy biography of one of the most charismatic writers of the century, whose life and work were to inspire Hemingway, Steinbeck, Kerouac and Mailer.
A delightful compendium of musings from the master of life writing, the much-loved Blake Morrison, for those who practise the art of memoir, and those who read it.
An illuminating new essay collection from one of the most distinctive, exciting and acclaimed writers of her generation, Zadie Smith Zadie Smith is a wonderful essayist.
This new edition of The Only Astrology Book You'll Ever Need is packed with updated information on Sun signs, Moon signs, Ascending signs, the placement of Planets in your Houses, and the latest astronomical discoveries.
Something between a tale and a polemic, these "e;fables of reason"e; are feats of narrative compression and contain much of Voltaire's best and funniest writing.
Michael Ondaatje has called Sharon Olds's poetry 'pure fire in the hands' and cheered the 'roughness and humour and brag and tenderness and completion in her work as she carries the reader through rooms of passion and loss'.
