Mathilda - Mary Shelley - Narrating from her deathbed, Matilda tells the story of her unnamed father's confession of incestuous love for her, followed by his suicide by drowning; her relationship with a gifted young poet called Woodville fails to reverse Matilda's emotional withdrawal or prevent her lonely death.
En las entrañas de la modernidad, donde la tecnología evoluciona a ritmo acelerado y las fronteras entre lo posible y lo inimaginable se disuelven, una sombra siniestra se levanta en el horizonte de la imaginación humana: el fin del mundo.
Sulle ali della libellula è la meno impressionante, più toccante e intensa esplorazione della regressione a una vita passata di cui un lettore possa fare esperienza, ricca di indicazioni, spunti di saggezza e speranza per chiunque ha perso una persona cara o cerca un modo per superare un lutto.
'Heart-swelling, heart-breaking and all-round unforgettable - this is the campervan journey everyone will love this summer' Shari Low Mother, daughter, wife and friend.
Both a memoir and an investigation, Swimming in a Sea of Death is David Rieff's loving tribute to his mother, the writer Susan Sontag, and her final battle with cancer.