Piro - Fiction & Literature 6

The heartwarming story behind J.K. Rowling's rise to fameーand the answers to Harry Potter fans' most burning questions! Harry Potter is loved throughout the world, and so is his creator. Joanne Kat……続きを見る

Winner of the Elizabeth Agee Prize in American Literature Since his death in Alabama in 1992, the work of American writer Richard Yates has enjoyed a renaissance, culminating in director Sam Mendes’……続きを見る

Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977), a writer of world renown, grew up in a culturally refined family with diverse interests. Nabokov’s father, Vladimir Dmitrievich (1870–1922), was a distinguished jurist ……続きを見る

Diavolina, a cselédből lett orvos évtizedekig szolgálta Gorkijt, feleségeit, szeretőit és az akkor már világhírű íróhoz csapódó vendégek hadát, majd ő lett Alekszej ápolója és utolsó szerelme. Spiró……続きを見る

Une rencontre improbable... Décembre 1944. C'est la contre-offensive allemande dans les Ardennes belges. Pris de panique, un curé confie Renée, une petite fille juive de 7 ans, à deux soldats améric……続きを見る

Named One of The Wall Street Journal’s Ten Best Fiction Books of 2015 Epic Praise for Captivity: “Captivity is a complex and fast-paced tale of Jewish life in the early first century, a sort of swor……続きを見る

Lesz a jövőben egy Magyarország. Múltjában közösnek mutatkozik az általunk ismert hazával, viszont a mi mostani jelenünk ebben a regényben már a közelmúlt. Olyan múlt ez, amely nem hozott megoldások……続きを見る

Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize’s 25th Anniversary Winner of Winners award What accounts for Shakespeare’s transformation from talented poet and playwright to one of the greatest writers who eve……続きを見る

Esszék remekművekről, kivételes emberekről, színházról, térségünkről és kilátásainkról. Spiró György otthonos terepe az esszé. Ezekben az írásokban közérthetően, szenvedélyes racionalizmussal és ere……続きを見る

Dans un monde à la dérive, une femme en fuite, une fillette murée dans le silence, et une ancienne demeure habitée d'un secret. Bruxelles, dans un avenir proche. Ebola III a plongé l'Europe dans le ……続きを見る

Dans un monde à la dérive, une femme en fuite, une fillette murée dans le silence, et une ancienne demeure habitée d'un secret. Bruxelles, dans un avenir proche. Ebola III a plongé l'Europe dans le ……続きを見る

je ne suis pas complice de la démesure je demeure enseveli sous les jours obscurs Le poète que l'on croyait disparu revient à nous, et une obsessionnelle et troublante mélancolie l'accompagne, déses……続きを見る

Focusing on the "long" nineteenth century, from the French Revolution to the beginnings of Modernism, this book examines the significance of memory in this era of turbulent social change. Through in……続きを見る

When Elizabeth Montoya becomes the target of an obsessed fan, she is determined this unfortunate situation will not change who she is. Bracing herself against the antics of this disruptive woman, sh……続きを見る

Murder at the Second Lily Pond is an entertaining read on a coast-to-coast flight. Sadie Weinstein, cute, zany, and the most unlikely sleuth imaginable gets a call in her grocery in Brooklyn from he……続きを見る

Deanna Shapiro looks back at the Jewish immigrant family that shaped her with honesty, understanding, forgiveness, and admiration. Moving with ease and grace between poetry and prose, she addresses ……続きを見る

Jim Carlsons most vivid memories of childhood are of his estranged fathers obsession with parring the Savage. Located on the island of Caramus, the 458-yard, par 4, 16th hole at Wild Links has presu……続きを見る

A FLICKERING FLAME is a compelling tale about Jeffrey Shulman, a brilliant pathological liar, an emotionally scarred man with a rare condition named by psychiatrists as Pseudologia fantastica. It is……続きを見る

When in 1492 Christopher Columbus set out for Asia but instead happened upon the Bahamas, Cuba, and Hispaniola, his error inaugurated a specifically colonial modernity. This is, Security and Terror ……続きを見る

Eddy, una sera, mentre torna a casa, dei rumori attirano la sua attenzione: spinto da improvviso coraggio, riesce a sventare quello che sembra essere un omicidio ma cade accidentalmente in una botol……続きを見る

Lin-Manuel Miranda created the Broadway hit-musical of the decade in Hamilton. His earlier production In The Heights set theater audiences dancing to a hip hop/ Latin beat. And if you have children ……続きを見る

Un voyage aux confins des terres iroquoises, une quête de soi et de l'Homme. Hiver 1663. Armand, marquis de Canilhac, est prêt à tout pour retrouver le saphir entrevu au cou de cette jeune Amérindie……続きを見る

A simple and accurate guide to speaking in a General American (GenAm) dialect. Covers pronunciation, intonation, American lingo, phonetics and practical exercises, as well as phrases useful for impr……続きを見る

Methuselah, the oldest person who has ever lived, goes on a quest for truth, expanding the Bible with humor. He writes, My best marriage was to Sheilabenautumn, a living doll. I called her She. She ……続きを見る

This book is for those who savor the journey and are willing to put their lives under a microscope to explore how the pieces fit together. How do you come to define who you are? How do you fill the ……続きを見る

Tra i vicoli e i rumori di una splendida Aversa anni ’70 inizia la storia di Nando che, dopo aver trascorso la sua infanzia immerso nella bellezza delle piccole cose (il profumo del ragù, i giochi i……続きを見る

L'histoire vraie du new-yorkais Billy Gawronski, qui, en 1928, âgé d'à peine 17 ans, embarqua clandestinement à bord d'une expédition scientifique en Antarctique dirigée par l'explorateur Richard Ev……続きを見る

La vita può essere l’immagine di un bel ricordo, ma una felicità apparente potrebbe anche nascondere un pensiero, un attimo che non vorresti ricordare, quell’attimo che ti ha distrutto la vita, ha s……続きを見る

An American in Paris falls in love with two women, one of whom he can only only imagine, in this wonderful debut. As he settles into his new office in Paris, American academic Trevor Stratton discov……続きを見る

„Nemrég egy alföldi kisvárosba hívtak író-olvasó találkozóra. Összejöttek vagy negyvenen, felolvastam néhány rövid írást, és beszélgettünk jó két órát. Két idős hölgy ült épp velem szemben, mind a k……続きを見る