Titoli in Autori

J. R. R. Tolkien: The Mind Behind the Rings, you'll get a never-before-seen look at the man, the artist, and the believer behind some of the world's most beloved stories. Join bestselling author Mark Horne as he explores lasting impact of the kind of creative freedom that can only come from...

Bloomsbury presents Places of Mind by Timothy Brennan, read by Gordon Griffin. **WINNER OF A PALESTINE BOOK AWARD 2021** Drawing on extensive archival sources and hundreds of interviews, Timothy Brennan’s Places of Mind is the first comprehensive biography of Said, one of the most...

Friedrich Hölderlin: Von seinen Zeitgenossen unterschätzt, von seinen Bewunderern zum Mythos erhoben Friedrich Hölderlin ist der große Unbekannte unter den Klassikern der deutschen Literatur: ein Genie des Zusammenwirkens von philosophischer, religiöser und poetischer Kraft. Ein...

"La vie est une hécatombe. 59 millions de morts par an. 1,9 par seconde. 158.857 par jour. Depuis que vous lisez ce paragraphe, une vingtaine de personnes sont décédées dans le monde - davantage si vous lisez lentement. L'humanité est décimée dans l'indifférence générale. Pourquoi tolérons-nous ce carnage quotidien sous prétexte que c'est un processus naturel ? Avant je pensais à la mort une fois par jour. Depuis que j'ai franchi le cap du demi-siècle, j'y pense toutes les minutes."

“Magical prose stylist” Michael Chabon (Michiko Kakutani, New York Times) delivers a collection of essays—heartfelt, humorous, insightful, wise—on the meaning of fatherhood. For the September 2016 issue of GQ, Michael Chabon wrote a piece about accompanying his son Abraham Chabon, then...

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER A literary tour de force that chronicles a prize-winning author's descent into an almost suicidal depression. "Compelling ... Harrowing ... a vivid portrait of a debilitating disorder ... It offers the solace of a shared experience."—The New York Times A work of...

From a searing new literary voice, a raw, compulsively readable memoir about a young man seeking hope, community, and ultimately recovery from addiction in a series of halfway houses and boys’ homes—the first book to so vividly capture this world. In his late teens Tom Macher rebelled...

Céleste Albaret fut la gouvernante et la seule confidente de Marcel Proust pendant les huit dernières années de son existence, durant lesquelles il acheva l'écriture de son chef-d'œuvre - elle est d'ailleurs une des clefs du personnage de Françoise dans "La Recherche". Jour après jour elle assista dans sa vie, son travail et son long martyre, ce grand malade génial qui se tua volontairement à la tâche.

Gore Vidal: Sexually Speaking presents the author’s often provocative and always engaging thoughts on sexuality. Here, fourteen essays and three rare, vintage interviews published over the past four decades tackle hot-button topics such as gay American founding fathers, sex and the Catholic church, gay bashing and the U.S. Congress, and bedding Jack Kerouac. 

'A huge, fizzing omnium-gatherum of a book . . . marvellous' Daily Telegraph 'Witty, wise and elegant . . . a classic of history itself' The Spectator 'Grave and witty, suave yet pointed . . . full of energy' Hilary Mantel 'An enthralling investigation . . . consistently entertaining' The Times...

John Ernst Steinbeck (February 27, 1902 - December 20, 1968), born in Salinas, CA, was an American writer who won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception."

John Steinbeck, Literaturlegende: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten.

Este volumen reúne los dos libritos que Javier Marías dedicara, en el centenario de sus respectivos nacimientos, a los escritores que tal vez más influencia han ejercido en la literatura en español de la segunda mitad del siglo XX: William Faulkner y Vladimir Nabokov. Además de los personales ensayos y semblanzas con que les rinde homenaje, Marías nos permite ver aquí su importante faceta de traductor: sus versiones de la poesía de estos dos maestros son inigualables.

De un estilo crudo y frontal, este talentoso francés fue un novelista y dramaturgo que además de poeta, músico de jazz, ingeniero y traductor, escribió teatro, letra y música de canciones, cuentos y novelas. Tanto sus admiradas diez novelas como sus actuaciones de jazz lo elevaron a la fama en la literatura y en la música.

Un giorno, all'improvviso, il cuore è impazzito, il petto è diventato pesante, il respiro si è fatto corto. L'ansia è entrata nella mia vita. Poi le giornate sono diventate salite troppo faticose per essere affrontate. Meglio fermarsi, arrestare il corpo e la mente. La depressione è iniziata. "Il giorno sbagliato perfetto" è il racconto del periodo di cura che l'autrice Giulia Palmieri ha dedicato a se stessa. O forse questo libro autobiografico è la cura stessa, il risultato dell'uso della scrittura come strumento per ripercorrere il momento più buio e raccontare come la luce sia tornata.

Shakespeare: The Illustrated Edition is an exquisitely illustrated, updated edition of Bill Bryson’s bestselling biography of William Shakespeare that takes the reader on an enthralling tour through Elizabethan England and the eccentricities of Shakespearean scholarship. With more than 100...

An intimate journey across America, as told by one of its most beloved writers To hear the speech of the real America, to smell the grass and the trees, to see the colors and the light—these were John Steinbeck's goals as he set out, at the age of fifty-eight, to rediscover the country he had...

Laurence Biava est peut-on dire amoureuse de François Mauriac. Sa façon d'en parler, avec x fois le verbe aimer est renforcée par le suivi des parcours de l'auteur et des messages d'ailleurs nombreux qu'il livre sur Malagar.

Thoreau's classic account of the solitary life, describing his attempts to simplify his life and sort out his priorities by living alone in a cabin beside Walden Pond for nearly two years, is one of the most influential books ever written. The bible of the environmental movement, Walden vividly portrays Thoreau's reverence for nature, and his understanding of the idea that nature is made up of crucially interrelated parts.

El mundo que habitó Ramón López Velarde, quebrado por la Revolución mexicana y por la separación sibilina entre la provincia y la metrópoli fingida oposición entre costumbre y decadencia—, es uno de los periodos más complejos de la historia de México. Contubernio de voces, reflejo...