Literary 98

Richard Adams, author of 'Watership Down' and described recently as a legend of literature, was born in Newbury in 1920 as the replacement for a baby brother who died in the great influenza epidemic……続きを見る

Kann man wirklich Gott im Alltag begegnen? Lässt sich die Arbeit in Gebet verwandeln? Ist das nicht alles illusorisch, gar überspannt? Scott Hahn ist da anderer Meinung und sagt warum. Erfrischend o……続きを見る

Demonic to Divine: The Double Life of Shulamis Yelin is a weaving of the Montreal writer’s stories and selected diary excerpts and family photographs revealing a far-reaching creative personality wh……続きを見る

Hoffmann von Fallersleben ist als Verfasser der deutschen Nationalhymne sowie vieler Kinderlieder ("Alle Vögel sind schon da", "Ein Männlein steht im Walde") bekannt. Doch darüber hinaus gibt es noc……続きを見る

Jean-Claude Germain’s second volume of Montreal memoirs chronicles his coming of age: his draconian Jesuit education on the fringes of the city’s Red Light District, followed by his liberating disco……続きを見る

Un homme, à trente-trois ans, se fâche avec tous ses amis. Que s'est-il passé ? Est-ce lui qui a changé, ou eux ? Est-ce le nouvel amour qui est entré, sa……続きを見る

 John Mahon has been writing for over 75 years, as a newspaper man, journalist, author, He has a personal philosophy which might not be yours, but many of his stories have human interest and co……続きを見る

'I here lay down to you the truth, and nothing but the truth: the naked and plain truth, which is here exposed so bare that the very pudenda are not covered, and affords many passages that would rai……続きを見る

Aubrey tells us that from an early age he liked to talk to old people, ‘as living histories’. Since the biographer was born in 1626, many of the human chronicles he consulted would have had fresh me……続きを見る

This volume of fourteen interviews covers the prolific and rich career of author Jerome Charyn (b. 1937). Four of the interviews appear in English for the first time, and two interviews appear here ……続きを見る

"Gets it all in: the boozing and drugging…but also the intelligence, the loyalty, the inherent decency." ーJonathan Yardley, Washington Post Hunter S. Thompson detonated a two-ton bomb under the sta……続きを見る

Toni Morrison's visionary explorations of freedom and identity, self and community, against the backdrop of African American history have established her as one of the foremost novelists of her time……続きを見る

Dieses eBook: "Bettina von Arnim - Die Biografie" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. Bettina von Arnim (1785-1859) war ein……続きを見る

A literary gem – a portrait from life of Franz Kafka – now with an ardent preface by Francine Prose, avowed “fan of Janouch’s odd and beautiful book.” Gustav Janouch met Franz Kafka, the celebrated ……続きを見る

"Smart, knowing, and deeply reported, the definitive history of one of modern American humor’s wellsprings." ーKurt Andersen, author of Fantasyland, host of NPR’s Studio 360 Labor Day, 1969. Two rec……続きを見る

An affectionate and very funny gallery of twenty great world authors from the pen of "the most subtle and gifted writer in contemporary Spanish literature" (The Boston Globe). In addition to his own……続きを見る

“How long it’s taken for these two mad, bad and dangerous writers to get together!”ーAlan Cheuse, San Francisco Chronicle Acclaimed biographer of James Joyce, Edna O’Brien has written a “jaunty” (Th……続きを見る

The definitive edition of the lettersーmany previously unpublishedーof England’s greatest comic writer. P. G. Wodehouse wrote some of the greatest comic masterpieces of all time. So, naturally, we f……続きを見る

Muriel Spark’s bracingly salty memoir is a no-holds-barred trip through an extraordinary writer’s life. It is no surprise that one of Muriel Spark’s most lively and entertaining works would be her o……続きを見る

"An irresistible book about Grub Street, authorship and the literary marketplace."ーWashington Post Book World Jason Epstein has led arguably the most creative career in book publishing during the p……続きを見る

Of Richard Hugo's Making Certain It Goes On, David Wagoner has written: "Richard Hugo spared himself (and us) no pains or joys in making the wonderful, vigorous original poems brought together in th……続きを見る

Published to coincide with the release of the HBO film Hemingway and Gellhorn, starring Nicole Kidman and Clive Owen. Michael Reynolds was the supreme biographer of Ernest Hemingway. HBO’s film conc……続きを見る

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize Finalist for the National Book Circle Critics Award "A testament to the power of creativity in language, lifeーand love." ーHeller McAlpin, Washington Post No other w……続きを見る

"A triumphant success. . . . His prose is confident, clear . . . occasionally perfect." ーDennis Potter, The Times (London) "It is impossible to suppose that this ‘Life' will ever be superseded . . ……続きを見る

A revealing portrait of the dramatic life of writer and intellectual Mary McCarthy. From her Partisan Review days to her controversial success as the author of The Group, to an epic libel battle wit……続きを見る

**A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist 'Biography' A groundbreaking biography of the most pioneering and accomplished African-American writer of the nineteenth century.** Born into slavery ……続きを見る

A hilarious comedy of errors and a delightful love story by England's most improbable sex symbol. Little did retired professor John Bayley realize when he lost Iris Murdoch, his beloved wife of fort……続きを見る

The Golden Sovereign, first published in 1957, concludes Mr. Church's autobiographical record, begun with Over the Bridge, that magical re-creation of an Edwardian childhood. The new volume exactly ……続きを見る

Acclaimed as the greatest dramatist of all time, William Shakespeare needs little introduction. Or does he? Going beyond Shakespeare the writer and actor, Graham Holderness explores the fact and fic……続きを見る

For 16-year-old Jan Kamienski, life as he knows it ends when Germany invades Poland on September 1, 1939. After a great deal of hardship, he joins the Polish Resistance and eventually, in 1941, is s……続きを見る