Essays & Letters 5

Thought-provoking and lyrical, The Notebook records the last year in the life of Jos� Saramago. In these pages, beginning on the eve of the 2008 US presidential election, he evokes life in his belov……続きを見る

A major writer and a leading figure in the public life of Rome, Seneca (c. 4BC-AD 65) ranks among the most eloquent and influential masters of Latin prose. This selection explores his thoughts on ph……続きを見る

Lena Dunham, acclaimed writer-director-star of HBO and Sky Atlantic’s ‘Girls’ and the award-winning movie ‘Tiny Furniture’, displays her unique powers of observation, wisdom and humour in this excep……続きを見る

Ein Schatz für alle Kafka-Liebhaber Über drei Jahrzehnte hat der große Kafka-Biograph Reiner Stach Daten rund um das Leben von Franz Kafka gesammelt: Er hat eine unendliche Fülle an Material zusamme……続きを見る

A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Irreverently funny ... kept me giggling all week.' Scotland on Sunday "Do you have a list of your books, or do I just have to stare at them?" Shaun Bythell is the owner of……続きを見る

Peter Wright has been a dancer, choreographer, teacher, producer and director in the theatre as well as in television for over 70 years. In Wrights & Wrongs, Peter offers his often surprising views ……続きを見る

Read this meditative and inspiring diary of Derek Jarman's famous garden at Dungeness, which is also a powerful account of his life as an HIV positive man in the 1980s. In 1986 Derek Jarman discover……続きを見る

**A perceptive introduction to the mind of one of German's greatest writers, in a new translation for the first time in 150 years 'The best German book there is' Nietzsche** By the turn of the ninet……続きを見る

Diese Aufzeichnungen sind eine Hommage an das Land, in das Heinrich Böll 1954 seine erste wirkliche Auslandsreise unternahm und das ihm in den darauffolgenden Jahren mehr und mehr zur Wahlheimat wur……続きを見る

本书是作者在大量研究晚清史料的基础上，写作的一部通俗有趣的史学小册子。主要叙述了晚清高官们的日常烦恼，包括自然气候、社会环境、人际关系、柴米油盐、生理疾病乃至心灵归宿等，展现了何汝霖、季芝昌、曾国藩……続きを見る

Vingt-huit lettres fictives datées du 19 avril au 16 juillet 1793, composées entre mai et juillet 1793. C’est dire que l’auteure écrit à chaud, en prise directe avec l’actualité: en janvier 1793, Lo……続きを見る

Saint Ambrose, also known as Aurelius Ambrosius, is one of the four original doctors of the Church. He was the Bishop of Milan and became one of the most important theological figure of the 4th cent……続きを見る

Lively exchange of letters between Christopher Lloyd and Beth Chatto, two long-established friends and distinguished gardeners. 続きを見る

Dreißigjährig, nach Jahren erfolgloser Arbeit an seinem ersten Romanprojekt «Ich, der Henker», den Bekenntnissen eines Naziverbrechers, entschließt Imre Kertész sich zu einer «nüchternen Selbstprüfu……続きを見る

**AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4'S BETWEEN OURSELVES, IN CONVERSATION WITH TARA FLYNN Laugh your socks off with this hilarious collection of tales, observations and flights of fancy from the No. 1 bestsell……続きを見る

GAIUS PLINIUS CAECILIUS SECUNDUS, usually known as Pliny the Younger, was born at Como in 62 A. D. He was only eight years old when his father Caecilius died, and he was adopted by his uncle, the el……続きを見る

For the first time, selections from Emily Dickinson's thirty-six year correspondence with her childhood friend, neighbor, and sister-in-law, Susan Huntington Dickinson, are compiled in a single volu……続きを見る

A new collection of poetry from an American literary legend, her first in twenty-five years Joyce Carol Oates is one of our most insightful observers of the human heart and mind, and, with her acute……続きを見る

Horas antes de partir hacia su segunda vuelta al mundo, J. J. Benítez recibe una carta procedente de EE. UU. La carta es abierta, pero no leída. Juanjo embarca en el Costa Deliziosa y, en plena nave……続きを見る

Lun Xun is a leading figure of modern Chinese literature. Writing in Vernacular Chinese as well as Classical Chinese, Lu Xun was a short story writer, editor, translator, literary critic, essayist, ……続きを見る

On June 23rd, 1950, Pavese, Italy's greatest modern writer received the coveted Strega Award for his novel Among Women Only. On August 26th, in a small hotel in his home town of Turin, he took his o……続きを見る

Еще одно дарование Гончарова, развернувшееся в последние годы – эпистолярное. Обладая тактом «критической деликатности», писатель резко выступал против того, чтобы письма знаменитых людей становилис……続きを見る

In 1924 when thirty-two-year-old Edmond Landry kissed his family good-bye and left for the leprosarium in Carville, Louisiana, leprosy, now referred to as Hansen's Disease, stigmatized and disfigure……続きを見る

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One of Germany's greatest poets, Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843) was also a prose writer of intense feeling, intelligence and perception. This new translation of selected letters an……続きを見る

T. S. Eliot writes the letters contained in this volume during a period of weighty responsibilities as husband and increasing demands as editor and publisher. He cultivates the support of prominent ……続きを見る

One of the most beloved authors in English literature, Jane Austen wrote myriad novels, stories and poems that illustrated her sophisticated sense of irony, humor and biting commentary on the societ……続きを見る

When Robert Browning first met the ailing Elizabeth Barrett in 1845 it must have seemed to him like something from a gothic novel. All but a prisoner to her strict, disciplinarian father, (who had f……続きを見る

‘Enchanting, often moving and sometimes hilarious’ Daily Mail Full of wit, hilarity, acute observation and a deeply held sense of duty, the Queen Mother’s letters give readers a vivid insight into t……続きを見る

Michael Palin's bestselling diaries of the 1980s. After a live performance at the Hollywood Bowl, The Pythons made their last performance together in 1983 in the hugely successful MONTY PYTHON'S MEA……続きを見る