Titoli in Autori

Like millions of women, Eve Ensler has been waiting much of her lifetime for an apology. Sexually and physically abused by her father, Eve has struggled her whole life from this betrayal, longing for an honest reckoning from a man who is long dead. After years of work as an anti-violence activist, she decided she would wait no longer; an apology could be imagined, by her, for her, to her.

Mordaz, imaginativo, de gran sentido del humor, sus obras reflejan, como pocos, su corrosivo pesimismo respecto a la condición humana. Principal exponente del teatro del absurdo junto a Samuel Beckett, este francés de alma irreverente se convirtió en un ícono y un autor de culto dentro del circuito teatral mundial. En este audiolibro, pretendemos que conozca sobre los avatares de su existencia.

Oltre cento interviste distribuite nell'arco di quattro decenni: il più imponente corpus disponibile di autocommenti calviniani. L'effetto è quello di un grande cantiere autobiografico: un'autobiografia in progress, mobile e sfaccettata, costruita per successive espansioni. Un'autopresentazione simile a un prisma rotante che prende forma davanti ai nostri occhi, senza mai consentire una visione completa e stabilizzata. Proprio così, forse, Calvino avrebbe desiderato apparire: coerente ma non inerte, dinamico senza essere dispersivo, e intento a un'assidua costruzione di sé.

In 2020, Claire Luchette in O, The Oprah Magazine described the beloved Italian novelist Elena Ferrante as “an oracle among authors”. Here, in these four crisp essays, Ferrante offers a rare look at the origins of her literary powers.

En este audiolibro, la escritora Laura Freixas aborda desde una sensibilidad especial y desde su experiencia como investigadora avezada en la literatura escrita por mujeres la figura de una de las escritoras más fascinantes de su tiempo: Clarice Lispector. Freixas pormenoriza en la vida de la autora, condicionada por su atractivo aspecto y por su posición como esposa de diplomático.

Science fiction dwells mostly in the realm of possibility, where mysteries proliferate nevertheless, meaning is never static, and “time and history have convinced us that things are not as they seem”. So, too, does all language, argues Samuel Delany, in his vigorous justification for the writing life. Chronicling his struggle with dyslexia, the evolution of his gay and Black identity during the AIDS crisis, and his experiences and relationships through five decades as a writer of fiction and nonfiction, Delany is a longtime observer of language’s inner workings.

How does an artist accomplish such an achievement, connecting deeply with an audience never met? In this groundbreaking book, one of our culture's beloved artists offers a detailed account of her own creative process, inspirations, and unexpected connections. Patti Smith first presents an original and beautifully crafted tale of obsession - a young skater who lives for her art, a possessive collector who ruthlessly seeks his prize, a relationship forged of need both craven and exalted. She then takes us on a second journey, exploring the sources of her story.

Charles M. Schulz, the most widely syndicated and beloved cartoonist of all time, is also one of the least understood figures in American culture. Now acclaimed biographer David Michaelis gives us an in-depth biography of the brilliant, unseen man behind Peanuts. It is the most American of...

Nearly a decade ago, infamous literary 'it' girl Caroline Calloway created the proposal for a book she called School Girl while cutting up lines of Adderall with her Cambridge student ID. She promised followers and publishers alike that her life was a perfect fairytale up until the day she went to rehab. As her 2015 book deal crumpled without a manuscript, Calloway was called a scammer, a fraud and a one-woman Fyre Fest, although during this time she managed to get and remain 'amphetamine-sober'. She also promised herself that she would never again sell a book without a finished manuscript.

Scrittrice, attrice di teatro, giornalista, donna emancipata e femme fatale: la francese Colette fu una delle donne più seducenti della prima metà del XX secolo. Una biografia ne racconta il lato più intimo e segreto.

Written with White’s signature honesty, irreverence, and wit, The Loves of My Life is the culmination of a legend's life and work, a delightful and moving tour of over seventy years of being unabashedly gay and in love with love in all its forms.

In the spring of 1972, Joyce Maynard, a freshman at Yale, published a cover story in The New York Times Magazine about life in the sixties. Among the many letters of praise, offers for writing assignments, and request for interviews was a one-page letter from the famously reclusive author, J.D. Salinger. At Home in the World is the story of a girl who loved and lived with J.D. Salinger, and the woman she became. A crucial turning point in Joyce Maynard's life occurred when her own daughter turned eighteen--the age Maynard was when Salinger first approached her.

Hansjörg Schneider erzählt vom Aargau, der Landschaft, die ihn geprägt hat. Von den sanften Hügeln und Auen und der kargen, autoritären Atmosphäre seiner Kindheit und Jugend in den Nachkriegsjahren. Von der Studentenzeit in Basel bis hin zum Aufbruch in ein Leben für die Literatur. Woher kommt ein Schriftsteller? Authentisch, berührend und kein bisschen milde zeichnet Hansjörg Schneider nach, wie er wurde, wer er ist.

Lord Byron was the most celebrated of all the Romantic poets. Troubled, handsome, sexually fluid, disabled, and transgressive, he wrote his way to international fame—and scandal—before finding a kind of redemption in the Greek Revolution. He also left behind the vast trove of thrilling letters (to friends, relatives, lovers, and more) that form the core of this remarkable biography.

Filósofo, místico y poeta indio, figura multifacética, Sri Aurobindo fue un tenaz activista y luchador por la independencia de la India, donde su mensaje caló muy hondo en toda la nación, al mismo nivel incluso, de Mahatma Gandhi. Su vida es un canto interminable a la resistencia.

Als Jean-Paul Sartre mit Simone de Beauvoir im Kranzler-Eck in Berlin Käsekuchen isst, Henry Miller und Anaïs Nin wilde Nächte in Paris erleben, F. Scott Fitzgerald und Frida Kahlo sich in leidenschaftliche Affären stürzen, fliehen Bertolt Brecht und Helene Weigel ins Exil. Genau das ist die Zeit, in der die Nazis die Macht in Deutschland ergreifen, Bücher verbrennen und die Gewalt gegen die Juden beginnt. 1933 enden die "Goldenen Zwanziger" mit einer Vollbremsung.

Una fascinante ventana abierta a la sala de máquinas de Padura, que permite al escuchante de este audiolibro curiosear por todo aquello que rodea y conforma su escritura. Los libros de Leonardo Padura están hechos de historia, y de literatura, y de humo de cigarro cubano, y del béisbol al que tan aficionado es el narrador de La Habana. La nueva obra de Padura es una celebración y un homenaje al género de la novela, del que se siente tan deudor. Aborda cuestiones en torno este invento que lleva ya cuatro siglos tratando las cuestiones de los humanos y siendo una herramienta de transformación de la sociedad y un reflejo de ella.

من منّأ لا يعرف الشاعر الفلسطيني محمود درويش؟! من منّا لم يردّد قصائده ويترنّم بأغنياتها؟ في هذا الكتاب سنقترب أكثر من درويش الإنسان..درويش المواطن الفلسطيني...

Samuel Langhorne Clemens known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was lauded as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," and William Faulkner called him "the father of American literature". His novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), the latter often called "The Great American Novel".

Mark Twain was the great American wit. There have been many novelists but only two great American wits, Mark Twain and James Thurber. Listen to Twain's great comments for the ages.