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Em Frantumaglia, a própria Elena Ferrante explica sua escolha de permanecer afastada da mídia, permitindo que seus livros tenham vidas autônomas. Defende que é preciso se proteger não só da lógica do mercado, mas também da espetacularização do autor em prol da literatura, e assim partilha pensamentos e preocupações à medida que suas obras são adaptadas para o cinema e para a TV.

In five short essays, the award-winning writer dissects the nervous condition of being not only Black, and not only a woman, but also quote-unquote "postcolonial". Weaving together the experiences, events, intersections and negotiations of her multifaceted identity, Dangarembga offers a powerful vision of Black liberation.

"Ognuno di noi si porta dentro un segreto. E passa la vita a girarci intorno. Talvolta se ne parla. Talvolta lo si sfoggia. Talvolta lo si nega. Eppure è sempre quel segreto che spiega tutto quello che si vive… L'amore, in fondo, è quel segreto che ci portiamo dentro." Michela Marzano conosce l'arte di parlare di sé, delle proprie esperienze, delle proprie vicende, per spiegare sentimenti universali in cui è impossibile non riconoscersi. Sa bene che, sull'amore, di libri ce ne sono tanti; ha letto i filosofi, i poeti, i romanzieri.

This program has been updated with a new epilogue written and read by the author. A sharp and provocative new essay collection from the award-winning author of Freedom and The Corrections The essayist, Jonathan Franzen writes, is like “a fire-fighter, whose job, while everyone else is fleeing...

Fue una destacada poetisa, diplomática y pedagoga chilena, calificada como una de las principales figuras de la literatura chilena y latinoamericana, siendo además la primera latinoamericana y mujer americana en ganar el Premio Nobel de Literatura, el cual recibió en 1945.

昭和45年11月25日、三島由紀夫、自衛隊市ヶ谷駐屯地で割腹、介錯される――。一人の作家がクーデターに失敗し自決したにすぎないあの日、何故あれほど日本全体が動揺し、以後多くの人が事件を饒舌に語り記したか。

شاعر ماجن وشعر جميل ونفس متمردة.. يصوغ العقاد سيرة أبي نواس، الشاعر الذي تفرّد في عصره، شاعراً ومفكراً، محطّماً قيود المجتمع، ومُحلّقاً في عالم الشعر.

On a beaucoup écrit sur Mark Twain. Cependant, peu de choses ont été faites pour entendre ses propres mots, pensées et sentiments concernant sa vie, ses défis et ses succès. La série En ses propres termes vise précisément ce but, en commençant par présenter l'homme qui était le plus grand esprit de son époque et l'auteur des Aventures de Huckleberry Finn, le grand roman américain, des Aventures de Tom Sawyer, le grand roman pour garçons, et de La Tragédie de Pudd'nhead Wilson, un bijou méconnu sauf pour les lecteurs avertis.

This explosively entertaining memoir abounds in gossip, satire, historical apercus, and trenchant observations. Vidal’s compelling narrative weaves back and forth in time, providing a whole view of the author’s celebrated life, from his birth in 1925 to today, and features a cast of memorable characters - including the Kennedy family, Marlon Brando, Anais Nin, and Eleanor Roosevelt.

منذ زمن طويل كان يراودنى حلم إصدار موسوعة عن العظماء والروَّاد، ولكنى كنت أتردد، ذلك بسبب انشغالى فى إنجاز مؤلفاتى التى صدرت تباعاً فى علم النفس والتربىة، وعندما...

In this new collection, recorded live, on-location from Massachusetts to California, David Sedaris reflects on what it means to be a foreigner, a brother, a lifelong friend, in essays that are "among the best of his career" (Publishers Weekly, starred review). 'Very little makes me laugh. I...

تمضي نوال سعداوي في سرد مذكراتها كطبيبة كانت بحاجة في لحظة من اللحظات إلى من يداويها، يداوي آمالها التي انبعثت مع لحظات انبثاق أنوثتها، وآلامها التي تفجرت مع تفجر...

From The Murder of Roger Ackroyd to Magpie Murders, and related diversions including cryptic crosswords and Cain’s Jawbone, The Murder Game examines the games authors played with their readers and the importance of puzzles in Golden Age whodunits. With books flourishing in the 1920s and ’30s...

A través de recuerdos dejados por los acontecimientos, las palabras y las cosas, Annie Ernaux nos hace sentir el paso de los años, desde la posguerra hasta hoy. Al mismo tiempo, inscribe la existencia en una nueva forma de autobiografía, impersonal y colectiva.

Listen to an exclusive interview with YouTube sensation and all-round nice guy Oli White as he releases his debut novel, Generation Next..

In Traversal, Maria Popova traverses the border between life and death, chance and choice, chemistry and consciousness: what makes a body a person? Popova illuminates our various instruments of reckoning with these questions - our telescopes and our treatises, our postulates and our poems - through the intertwined lives, loves and legacies of visionaries both celebrated and sidelined by history, people born into the margins of their time and place who lived to write the future: Mary Shelley, Walt Whitman, Frederick Douglass, Fanny Wright.

Renowned as a novelist, journalist, and humorist, Mark Twain is not only one of the most widely read and admired American writers, he is also among the most quoted. Wit and repartee permeate his work — from the short, light pieces to his great novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and even later, in dark meditations on the human condition where his humor takes on a cynical, satirical twist.

Столетняя Зоя Борисовна описывает лишь то, чему сама была свидетелем и в чем участвовала. Последнюю четверть века она ведет записи, хронику самых интересных событий и попутно вспоминает свою жизнь. Эти записи уникальны. То, о чем она рассказывает, нигде больше прочитать нельзя, и никто другой об этом не расскажет.

Jonathan Franzen's Freedom was the runaway most-discussed novel of 2010, an ambitious and searching engagement with life in America in the twenty-first century. In The New York Times Book Review, Sam Tanenhaus proclaimed it "a masterpiece of American fiction" and lauded its illumination...

Esta es la historia de una familia que amaba reunirse, comer, beber, reír, bailar y discutir. Que amaba el sol y el hedonismo de los días de verano. Este es el testimonio abrumador de una mujer que se atreve a revelar un secreto que guardó durante años. Un secreto que ahoga la memoria, que...