En Cortejo y Epinicio, como en toda la obra de Rosenmann-Taub, la identificación con un mundo polifacético y multilateral se refleja en un lenguaje igualmente matérico y plástico, del que ninguna realidad, ninguna sustancia, están excluidas.
'I beg as soon as you get Fielding's Joseph Andrews, I fear in Ridicule of your Pamela and of Virtue in the Notion of Don Quixote's Manner, you would send it to me by the very first Coach.
Die Demokratie ist nicht nur, vielleicht nicht einmal primär von außen, sondern auch von innen bedroht – nicht zuletzt, meint Uwe Volkmann, weil der minimalistische Begriff, den sie sich von sich selbst macht, sie schwächt und nicht stärkt.
Avec son imagination et son humour, Victor Haïm propose son tout dernier opus sous forme d’une fable haletante… Une belle artiste de music-hall dévoile, avec une franchise décapante, sans tabous ni censure, les péripéties de sa vie tumultueuse au sein d’un cirque dirigé par un mari brutal, porte-drapeau des phallocrates de tous poils.
the first clear anatomy of a confused decade, the 1990s - 'Bracewell, with great verve and style, animates the cultural conversation', Greil Marcus'Michael Bracewell is the most adroitly gifted writer of his generation.
A tale of decadence and excess, great houses and wild parties, love and sexual intrigue, this biography of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, casts an astonishing new light on the nobility of eighteenth-century England.
An absorbing travel book, a meditation on geology, photography, Romanesque art and the romance of physical decline, The Slow Breath of Stone throws a mirror on Europe of the Middle Ages and its hold on us today.
Three acclaimed works for the stage by Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for LiteratureWritten from 1950s to the 1970s, the three plays collected here reflect the social and political concerns of the times, and are rich with Doris Lessing's characteristic passion and incisiveness.
A beautiful and touching memoir of Allison Glock's grandmother, this is both an extraordinary portrait of a truly remarkable woman and a engaging history of 20th century Appalachia.
An intimate portrait of London intellectual life, the breakdown of a marriage and the friendship between two women, 'What You Will' draws the reader into a spellbinding world of beauty and tension.
Esta obra es un lindo y resuelto testamento de cómo hasta un creyente incondicional puede perder el sentido de la vida, y de cómo puede gradualmente orientarse de nuevo Escrito tras la trágica muerte de su amada esposa como una ma-nera de sobrevivir los “difíciles momentos de la medianoche”, Una Pena en Observación relata los más sinceros pensamientos deC.
Max Arthur, bestselling author of the hugely popular 'Forgotten Voices' series, recaptures the day-to-day lives of working people in the Edwardian era.
The definitive history of a golden age in British show-business, Sunshine On Putty is based on hundreds of interviews with the leading comedians of the era, as well as managers, agents, producers, directors, executives and TV personalities.
Strange Days Indeed tells the story of how the paranoia exemplified by Nixon and Wilson became the defining characteristic of western politics and culture in the 1970s.
Unravel the meaning, origin, and usage of over 6,000 phrases from book and film titles, idioms and cliches, to nicknames, slogans and quotations with this modern and entertaining guide to wonderful phrases by one of the world's best-known wordsmiths.
From the bestselling author of 'The Queen's Conjuror', comes the story of Nicholas Culpeper - legendary rebel, radical, Puritan, and author of the great 'Herbal'.
The complete memoirs of a man of many talents and faces - the late, great Spike Milligan - affectionately recounted by his close friend and agent for 35 years, Norma Farnes.
This is the story of Alex James's transition from a leading light of the Britpop movement in the 1990s, to gentleman farmer, artisan cheese-maker and father of five.
A fascinating look at the remarkable life of Barbara Taylor Bradford, bestselling author of the unforgettable A Woman of SubstanceFrom the cobbled streets of Yorkshire to the sweeping avenues of Manhattan, Barbara's own story is as dramatic a tale as any one of her bestsellers.
An entertaining biography of Dickens by one of our finest actorsAcclaimed actor and writer Simon Callow captures the essence of Charles Dickens in a sparkling biography that explores the central importance of the theatre to the life of the greatest storyteller in the English language.
Scintillating, surprising, inventive fiction from one of the most talented writers in Britain - this is a superb collection of short stories from the acclaimed author of the Chaos Walking series and 'More Than This'.
The compelling continuation of Richard Wright's great autobiographical work, Black BoyAnyone who has read Richard Wright's Black Boy knows it to be one of the great American autobiographies.
Né en 1959 à Tétouan au Maroc, entre Tanger et Gibraltar, Benarroch émigre avec ses parents, à l'âge de treize ans, en Israël et vit depuis lors à Jérusalem.
