Titres dans Fiction biographique

Ein heldenhafter Abenteurer? Ein geistreicher Berater der Mächtigen? Oder doch nur ein einfacher Betrüger? Die einzige Romanbiografie über eine der schillernsten Figuren des Mittelalters: Marco Polo. Ist dieser Mann ein Held, ein Genie oder nur ein Lügner? Diese Fragen gehen dem Geschichtenerzähler Rustichello durch den Kopf, als er der Erzählung seines Mitgefangenen Marco Polo lauscht. Hat dieser Marco es wirklich bis an den Hof des Kublai Khan geschafft?

Inspiré par l’artiste antillaise Marie Martinez, surnommée la Malibran noire, le récit met en scène une narratrice universitaire qui fait des recherches sur ce personnage. Son travail est perturbé par l’irruption dans sa vie d'une chanteuse qui pourrait bien avoir quelque chose à voir avec l'artiste que Nadar photographia du temps de sa splendeur, mais aussi de sa déchéance. Le texte de Marie N’Diaye retrace au prix de multiples détours, le parcours méconnu de la chanteuse Maria Martinez.

THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE The intimate, sweeping tale of one Palestinian man’s restless search for home the world over, as the pendulum of fate swings between loss and life, grief and euphoria, regret and hope "Generations are...

It’s the turn of the twentieth century and Pamela ‘Pixie’ Colman Smith is a young woman of stark contradictions: plucky yet naïve, artistically gifted despite lacking classical training, fascinated by the esoteric but sceptical of the world around her. After the deaths of her beloved mother and her troubled but well-intentioned father, Pixie finds herself in the complex, political world of fin-de-siècle art, trying to get her stunning work seen and to forge a name and a path for herself in life.

“They are waiting for me to die.” But Nila will neither die nor live as expected. When a horrific fire in India ravages her legs and spirit, she finds an unlikely champion in a higher caste boy. Since they cannot marry, they vow: “If Not You… then no one.”

Against this rapidly shifting landscape, Tennyson Bouguereau - freed man, devoted brother, nascent singer, conflicted soldier and wanted man - journeys to find meaning and belonging. From the relative safety of home in Tennessee with his sister Rosalee, he is offered the possibility of a whole new life in Nashville, until a surprising trip to Victorian England changes everything.

"Una vita" è il primo romanzo di Italo Svevo, il primo scrittore italiano a interessarsi alle teorie psicoanalitiche di Freud. Il romanzo è la parabola esistenziale di un sognatore, Alfonso Nitti, giovane impiegato di banca che considera il suo disagio sociale una malattia e fantastica del successo come riscatto ma é negato all'azione e quindi destinato all'inevitabile fallimento.

Manuel Kaminski ist ein Maler von Weltrang, seit Langem zurückgezogen lebend, es heißt, er sei erblindet. Der Kunsthistoriker Sebastian Zöllner will nun eine Biografie über den großen Mann schreiben, für die eigene Karriere verspricht er sich davon einiges. Doch ist Eile geboten, denn wer weiß, wie viele Jahre dem betagten Künstler in seinem Domizil in den Alpen noch gegeben sind.

Milano, fine Ottocento. Quando varca per la prima volta la soglia dell’orfanotrofio, Angelo Rizzoli ha otto anni, indossa un maglione più grande di un paio di misure e delle scarpe da adulto che lo fanno camminare come una papera. Il funzionario che lo registra all’ingresso scrive sulla scheda d’ammissione: ‘Una vita di stenti’. In quel piccolo mondo pieno di regole – e di punizioni – Angelo è felice: povero tra i poveri, impara che per fare strada bisogna compiere sacrifici, correre dei rischi e, soprattutto, credere in se stessi.

Paris, 1936. When Dora Maar, a talented French photographer, painter and poet, is introduced to Pablo Picasso, she is mesmerized by his dark and intense stare. Drawn to his volcanic creativity, it isn't long before she embarks on a passionate relationship with the Spanish artist that sometimes includes sadism and masochism, and ultimately pushes her to the edge. The Paris Muse is the fictionalized retelling of this disturbing love story, as we follow Dora on her journey of self-discovery and expression.

The celebrated and beloved New York Times bestselling author of the modern classic Fun Home presents a laugh-out-loud, brilliant, and passionately political work of autofiction, adapted for audio by the author herself and brought to life with a full cast star-studded cast including Alison...

Niclas Seydack erzählt warmherzig von einer kalten Zeit. Dauerkrise, digitaler Aufbruch und eine neue Sensibilität—während die Millennials erwachsen werden, ist die Welt mehrmals eine andere geworden. Nur Wetten, dass..? feiert immer neue Comebacks.

"Quan ets menuda, no t’imagines que res pot anar malament. Lo futur és un bufet lliure infinit, és tot teu, és inabastable, és etern, i morir-te et passarà, però en una altra vida. Hi ha gent que ja ho sap, que ho té fotut, perquè han tingut la mala sort d’haver nascut en un país en guerra o un entorn desfavorable. En este món de merda per desgràcia en tenim milions i milions i milions d’exemples, de xiquets amb un futur complicat. Però no era el meu cas. Jo donava per feta la vida fàcil. La felicitat, potser. Sí, donava la felicitat per segura. A mi, la vida m’aniria de cara."

Una novela inolvidable sobre una mujer de un talento excepcional. La historia real de la orquesta de Vivaldi y su verdadera estrella, Anna Maria della Pietà. En la esplendorosa Venecia del siglo XVIII, la desesperación y la miseria nunca están lejos. A través de un agujero en la pared , las niñas huérfanas son abandonadas en el Ospedale della Pietà cada día.

Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson. Before they were household names, these budding legends called Sue’s Nashville apartment—lovingly dubbed the “Boar’s Nest”—home. Sue’s place was an intimate staging ground where a new breed of singer-songwriters—wounded souls, wayward upstarts—would spur each other on to tap into something bigger, realer.

Juliane Bressin hat sich eine fast perfekte Welt geschaffen: treuer Mann, zwei wohlerzogene Kinder, Vollwertkost, Biomüll, Bullerbü. Warum also nicht »drei ganz normale Kinder« aufnehmen, die übergangsweise eine Pflegefamilie suchen? Doch bald nach Ankunft der Kinder stürzt Julianes hellblauer Himmel ein. Was haben die kleinen Wesen mit thailändischen Wurzeln erlebt? Woran ist der Vater gestorben, und warum liegt die Mutter im Koma?

L’opera al nero è la storia di un personaggio immaginario, Zenone, medico, alchimista, filosofo, dalla nascita illegittima a Bruges nei primi anni...

Five Days in November, 1920: As the body of the Unknown Soldier makes its way home from the fields of Northern France, three women are dealing with loss in their own way: Hettie, who dances for sixpence a waltz at the Hammersmith Palais; Evelyn, who toils at a job in the pensions office, and Ada, a housewife who is beset by visions of her dead son. One day a young man comes to her door. He carries with him a wartime mystery that will bind these women together and will both mend and tear their hearts.

A New York Times Bestseller Winner of the 2014 Kirkus Prize Winner of the 2014 New England Book Award for Fiction A Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award One of Kirkus Reviews’s Best Books of the 21st Century (So Far) A Best Book of the Year for: The New York Times Book Review...

Sad Tiger is built on the facts of a series of devastating events. Neige Sinno was seven years old when her stepfather started sexually abusing her. At nineteen, she decided to break the silence that is so common in all cultures around sexual violence. This led to a public trial and prison for her stepfather, and Sinno started a new life in Mexico.