検索キーワード： 芸術・文学

Autobiografia autora Psów wojny, Dnia Szakala, Akt Odessy, Pięści Boga i Czwartego protokołu. Filmowe wersje tych książek biły kasowe rekordy popularności. Frederick Forsyth – podróżnik, jeden z najbogatszych pisarzy wszech czasów, mieszkający na przemian w ekskluzywnej rezydencji pod Londynem i zamku Enniskerry w Irlandii (jeżeli akurat nie podróżuje po świecie). SZPIEG, WSPÓŁPRACOWNIK TAJNYCH SŁUŻB, IDOL, CELEBRYTA. Jego opowiadania mogłyby z powodzeniem służyć jako podręcznik przeprowadzania zbrojnego przewrotu, porwania czy przemytu broni na wielką skalę.

Upon her mother’s death from Alzheimer’s, Annie Ernaux embarks on a daunting journey back through time, as she seeks to “capture the real woman, the one who existed independently from me, born on the outskirts of a small Normandy town, and who died in the geriatric ward of a hospital in the suburbs of Paris.” She explores the bond between mother and daughter, tenuous and unshakable at once, the alienating worlds that separate them, and the inescapable truth that we must lose the ones we love.

Nobel Prize winner Han Kang’s first work of nonfiction published in English—an intimate, inspiring collection of writings on the connections between her life and art. What is love? It is the gold thread connecting between our hearts. In this light-filled and multifaceted book, Han Kang draws...

Part deeply personal memoir, part masterclass in storytelling, Plot Twist is a refreshingly honest look at the life of a writer whose stories have thrilled us for decades. With 100 million books in print worldwide and over twenty blockbuster television and film adaptations of his work, Harlan...

In the late 1970s Ondaatje returned to his native island of Sri Lanka. As he records his journey through the drug-like heat and intoxicating fragrances of that "pendant off the ear of India", Ondaatje simultaneously retraces the baroque mythology of his Dutch-Ceylonese family. An inspired travel narrative and family memoir by an exceptional writer.

Embark on a journey through the life behind the mother of cozy mysteries like Murder on the Orient Express and And Then There Were None with this captivating literary biography and stunning celebration of Agatha Christie. Step into the world of history’s most legendary mystery and crime...

#1 New York Timesbestselling author Harlan Coben offers a look behind the curtain at his own writing process in an inspiring, candid memoir filled with indispensable insights and techniques. “For aspiring writers, Harlan’s advice, stories, and anecdotes are wise, proven, and valuable. For...

A selection of the lively letters between one of the world’s greatest literary critics and the poets, novelists, and scholars he most admired Bringing together a collection of Harold Bloom’s letters to and from eight of his favorite contemporary writers, Heather Cass White provides an...

Discover how Jorge Luis Borges forever redefined Argentine literature and transformed its reach across the world. In Borges and Argentine Literature: Influence and Legacy, Isaac Volpe offers a deep and revealing analysis of the work, ideas, and intellectual legacy of the author who reinvented the criollo tradition, expanded the limits of the fantastic, and built bridges between Buenos Aires and universal literature.

Gershkovich cuenta en este emocionante testimonio la historia de su arresto y su vida en prisión. Más allá del encierro, relata su relación con Rusia—país de origen de su familia—los años en que vivió allí y el endurecimiento del régimen tras la invasión de Ucrania. El resultado son unas memorias periodísticas de altísimo voltaje que funcionan también como un imprescindible ensayo narrativo sobre la Rusia de Putin y la nueva Guerra Fría.

En este libro luminoso y poliédrico, el primero desde que le fue concedido el Premio Nobel de Literatura, Han Kang entreteje los hilos de su obra y de su vida, y traza las conexiones entre su mundo interior y el exterior a través de una secuencia de ensayos, poemas, fotografías y diarios. Un libro de reflexiones, de palabras y de luz, que tiene en su centro el pequeño jardín del patio de su casa, orientado al norte y donde todo crece gracias únicamente a los rayos de sol reflejados por unos espejos que la autora debe ir moviendo durante el día, a medida que la Tierra gira sobre su eje.

I Tried to Be Normal, But It Was Taken is an interactive experience blending raw storytelling, humor found in the darkness, and practical, deceptively simple, 3-Minute, neuro-science inspired, stress-management methods you can use immediately. And then, there's a wildly unexpected chapter as a comedy stripper. Here's the twist: you don't need a dramatic past to benefit from the data-backed, outrageous tools. If you've ever felt overwhelmed, triggered, stuck, anxious, or simply shaped by life's challenges, this book is for you.

Natalie Amiri, Minu Barati, Shila Behjat und Düzen Tekkal sind Journalistinnen, Aktivistinnen, Filmemacherinnen, vielfach ausgezeichnet – und sie sind Freundinnen, deren Gespräche oft um ihre Väter kreisen. Gemeinsam erzählen sie von dem Schatz, der ihnen von ihren Vätern mitgegeben wurde, und von der inneren Zerrissenheit, die sie teilen: Wie kann es sein, dass die Vater-Beziehung sie durch die Welt getragen und zugleich immer wieder herausgefordert hat?

“To say I have a memory like a sieve would be an insult to sieves. I have a memory like a basketball filled with glue. I have a memory like a plastic croissant on a windowsill that someone is pointing to and saying, it looks so real.” In this exquisite, darkly comic debut, we meet a poet...

Shortlisted for the Booker, the Whitbread Prize and the Women's Prize for Fiction, Shena Mackay has been one of the UK's most fascinating writers for over sixty years Born in Edinburgh, she grew up in Kent and came to fame before she was twenty when she published Dust Falls on Eugene...

Você seria menos feliz se não escrevesse? Você se preocupa em como as pessoas vão lembrar de você no futuro? O que a literatura lhe deu? Foram essas e outras perguntas que Ricardo Viel, jornalista e leitor apaixonado, fez a um time extraordinário de romancistas. O resultado são saborosos...

A escritora best-seller que ensinou milhões de leitores a viver autenticamente em Comer, rezar, amar e criativamente em Grande magia agora fala sobre o amor, a tristeza, a confusão, a dor e a transformação que viveu ao lado de sua companheira Rayya Elias.Todo o caminho até o rio narra o...

An appealing and lively autobiography by one of Australia's most distinguished journalists, A Passionate Life will strike a chord with working women everywhere. An updated edition, now including an epilogue. Kerry Packer described her as a ‘dedicated and brilliant journalist who has achieved...

From famed Beat writer Jack Kerouac comes a collection of essays and stories compiled from journal entries he made during his travels. In his first autobiographical work, Jack Kerouac reveals exhilarating stories of the years he spent traveling, while writing his acclaimed novels. His journeys...

Building on his enormously successful series of Philosophers in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern now applies his witty and incisive prose to brief biographical studies of the world's great writers. He brings their lives and ideas to life in entertaining and accessible fashion. After narrowly avoiding...