Titres dans Fiction biographique

Tadeusz Borowski’s concentration camp stories were based on his own experiences surviving Auschwitz and Dachau. In spare, brutal prose he describes a world where where the will to survive overrides compassion, and prisoners eat, work, and sleep a few yards from where others are murdered; where the difference between human beings is reduced to a second bowl of soup, an extra blanket, or the luxury of a pair of shoes with thick soles; and where the line between normality and abnormality vanishes.

Natascha Wodins Mutter sagte diesen Satz immer wieder und nahm doch, was sie meinte, mit ins Grab. Da war die Tochter zehn und wusste nicht viel mehr, als dass sie zu einer Art Menschenunrat gehörte, zu irgendeinem Kehricht, der vom Krieg übriggeblieben war. Wieso lebten sie in einem der Lager für "Displaced Persons", woher kam die Mutter, und was hatte sie erlebt? Erst Jahrzehnte später öffnet sich die Blackbox ihrer Herkunft.

Gibran's Jesus: The Son of Man is a portrayal of Christ through the eyes of His contemporaries - men and women who knew him as an enemy, friend, teacher, and Son.

The characters, including Mary Magdalen, Simon Peter, Pontius Pilate, and Barabbas are brought to life against the social, political, and religious realities of Palestine and Rome at that period.

Szabó Magda Mézescsók Cerberusnak című könyvének elbeszéléseiben - melyek közül e négy novellát, csakúgy mint korábban A muranói hattyú című hangoskönyvünk anyagát is, válogattuk - gyermekkorát, rokonai, szerettei alakját idézi meg. A múltidézés varázslatában családi titkokra is fény derül, így a címadó novellában például arra, hogyan sikerült a soha meg nem adott kölcsönök okozta űrt feltöltenie az édesanyának. A szerző gyönyörű nyelvezetével, lebilincselően izgalmas mesévé szelídítve ragadja magával az olvasót illetve a hallgatót.

Después de compartir toda una vida, el esposo de Bárbara muere. Ella, devastada por la situación, pierde el rumbo. A bordo de un crucero, decide abandonarlo todo, incluso a sí misma. Bárbara pasa las tardes llorando sobre cubierta acompañada de una libreta roja, en la que escribe sus memorias. De pronto, una misteriosa mujer se acerca a ella y de manera inesperada convierte su viaje en una oportunidad para aprender que, aunque las olas golpeen con fuerza, siempre habrá una razón para llegar a la orilla.

The latest novel from the bestselling author of Dollface and What the Lady Wants takes us deep into the tumultuous world of 1950s Chicago where a female journalist struggles with the heavy price of ambition... Every second of every day, something is happening. There’s a story out there buried...

Brought to you by Penguin. A darkly funny account of family life from the author of The Haunting of Hill House and The Lottery 'Sometimes, in my capacity as a mother, I find myself sitting open-mouthed and terrified before my own children' As well as being a master of the macabre, Shirley...

This is a story of philosophy, identity, and the powerful grip of travel, written by an iconic American author at the height of his fame, after spending ten days in France searching for his French heritage. Was the satori handed to him by a taxi driver, a waiter, a monsieur with a dazzlingly beautiful secretary, or while feeling fearful in the foggy streets at 3:00 a.m.? Or was it when hearing a requiem by Mozart in an old church, seeing trees in the Tuileries Garden, or while walking on a bridge over the River Seine?

Brought to you by Penguin. TYRANTS AREN'T BORN. THEY'RE RAISED. Travel to the heart of a Roman dynasty drenched in danger and intrigue in master storyteller Conn Iggulden's bold and brilliant return to Rome as he tells the story of NERO – last of the the Julio-Claudian emperors . . . ANCIENT...

She took on titans, battled generals, and changed the world as we know it… “Inspiring and essential reading.” –New York Times New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Dray returns with a captivating and dramatic novel about an American heroine Frances Perkins. Raised on tales of her...

The year is 1921. Lesley Hamlyn and her husband, Robert, a lawyer and war veteran, are living at Cassowary House on the Straits Settlement of Penang. When “Willie” Somerset Maugham, a famed writer and old friend of Robert’s, arrives for an extended visit with his secretary Gerald, the pair threatens a rift that could alter more lives than one. Maugham, one of the great novelists of his day, is beleaguered: Having long hidden his homosexuality, his unhappy and expensive marriage of convenience becomes unbearable after he loses his savings—and the freedom to travel with Gerald.

In un'estate greca calda e bruciante, una scrittrice inglese arriva ad Atene per tenere un seminario. Il suo sarà un soggiorno denso di incontri e lunghe conversazioni: con il ricco imprenditore conosciuto sull'aereo che la invita in barca; con l'amico che ha scoperto a proprie spese come realizzare i sogni possa trasformarsi in una condanna; con una donna per la quale la bellezza ha finito col diventare un ostacolo in amore.

Hannah aime courir. Le long de la ligne verte, elle avale les kilomètres de chemin quatre fois par semaine. Dans ces moments, elle est libre, forte, entraînée. Loin de la douleur et de l'humiliation. Hannah est la fille d'Olga, prostituée ukrainienne. Et pour Olga, pour toutes les femmes qui vendent leur corps, elle décide de ne plus avoir honte. De relever la tête et de raconter son histoire, au rythme de sa course.

Diego salta desde un quinto piso y desde entonces esa imagen no deja de taladrarle la cabeza a su hermana: seis segundos y un cuerpo estrellándose contra el suelo. Es ella quien echa la vista atrás y cuenta la historia de los dos hermanos. Su llegada al mundo en un hogar en el que la vida nunca fue justa. Los años que pasaron en México con sus abuelos, mientras su madre se buscaba la vida en España, y era ella, aún niña, quien se hacía cargo de Diego. La etapa en Madrid, una ciudad que no entendían y que tampoco los entendía a ellos.

First, he led his own uprising. Then he captured a forsaken king. Henry had no intention of taking the crown for himself; it was given to him by popular acclaim. Alas, it didn't take long to realize that that having the kingship was much less rewarding than striving for it. Only three months after his coronation, Henry IV had to face a rebellion led by Richard's disgruntled favorites. Repressive measures led to more discontent. His own supporters turned against him, demanding more than he could give.

For fans of Philippa Gregory and Alison Weir, bestselling author C. W. Gortner effortlessly weaves history and drama in this captivating novel about one of the world’s most notorious families. Glamorous and predatory, the Borgias fascinated and terrorized fifteenth-century Renaissance Italy...

Un alternarsi di emozioni, di colpi di scena, un grande romanzo in cui si ride, si piange, e si riflette.La storia di un giovane che troverà il vero amore, dopo errori e delusioni.La parte in cui è ritratta la giurisprudenza dell’epoca è a dir poco un romanzo nel romanzo.Uno fra i più bei romanzi dell’800 e dei nostri tempi. Musiche originali di Ivan Genesio.

Album, Promotion, Tour. Beinahe zwanzig Jahre lang bestimmt die Dynamik des Musikbetriebs Judith Holofernes' Leben. In dieser Zeit wird sie, mit Wir sind Helden und ihrem Soloprojekt, zu einer der bekanntesten und prägendsten Sängerinnen ihrer Generation. In ihren autobiografischen Texten blickt sie jetzt zurück - und zeigt sich als feinsinnige Erzählerin. Mit großer Klarheit und Zartheit und dem ihr eigenen Witz schreibt Holofernes über Fluch und Segen des frühen Erfolgs der Helden; über die Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Frontfrausein.

Au retour d'un séjour marquant à Berlin, Diane Meur, fidèle à son goût pour les filiations, décide de mener l'enquête sur Abraham Mendelssohn, banquier oublié de l'histoire, qui servit de pont entre le Voltaire allemand et un compositeur romantique plus précoce encore que Mozart. Mais comment ne pas remonter d'abord à l'origine, à Moses, le petit infirme du ghetto, qui à onze ans maîtrisait Torah et Talmud, à quatorze ans partit seul sur les routes rejoindre à Berlin un professeur bien-aimé ? Comment, en pleines années 2010, ne pas se passionner pour cet apôtre de la tolérance, grand défenseur de la liberté de culte et d'opinion ?

Narrated by Colman Domingo, Rachel Weisz, Michael Cera, Juan Diego Botto, Norbert Leo Butz, Taylour Paige, and Edoardo Ballerini “A major literary talent’s virtuosic debut” (Kaveh Akbar, New York Times bestselling author), the iconoclastic, two-time Academy award-winning writer and...