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Alle wollen alt werden, niemand will alt sein. Der Widerspruch ist absurd, das Leiden daran real. Wie lernen wir, so gut wie möglich damit zurechtzukommen? Geht das, alt werden und ein erfülltes Leben führen? Mit ihren über 80 Jahren hat sich Elke Heidenreich mit dem Altwerden beschäftigt. Herausgekommen ist dabei ein Buch, wie nur sie es schreiben kann. Persönlich, ehrlich, doch nie gnadenlos, mit einem Wort: lebensklug. Sie denkt über ihr eigenes Leben nach, und das heißt vor allem, über ihre Beziehungen zu anderen Menschen. Im Alter trägt man die Konsequenzen für alles, was man getan hat.

Julio Cortázar es considerado uno de los escritores más originales en lengua castellana. Cortázar no sólo participó en el llamado ?Boom latinoamericano? sino que inauguró un campo dentro de la literatura fantástica, con discursos novedosos y...

THE BELOVED #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER—FROM THE AUTHOR OF HANG THE MOON The extraordinary, one-of-a-kind, “nothing short of spectacular” (Entertainment Weekly) memoir from one of the world’s most gifted storytellers. The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption...

Brought to you by Penguin. The Possibility of Tenderness is a personal history narrated through the lens of the ‘grung’ and plants. It’s also a people’s history of the land, a family saga, an archival detective story through time. It’s the migration tale of a young scholar who arrives...

In her celebrated fiction, Shirley Jackson explored the darkness lurking beneath the surface of small-town America. But in Life Among the Savages, she takes on the lighter side of small-town life. In this witty and warm memoir of her family's life in rural Vermont, she delightfully exposes a domestic side in cheerful contrast to her quietly terrifying fiction. With a novelist's gift for character, an unfailing maternal instinct, and her signature humor, Jackson turns everyday family experiences into brilliant adventures.

The volatile years of England's Tudor dynasty (1485–1603) and the five monarchs who ruled England during this period continue to fascinate and intrigue. Thanks to the paintings of artists like Hans Holbein, we have very definitive ideas about the appearance and personalities of Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and her successor Elizabeth I. It is through their eyes of artists that we still see the dynasty which ruled England for just over a century.

Elizabeth Gaskell’s biography of her friend Charlotte Brontë—the first full-length biography of a woman novelist by a woman novelist—is a true classic. It transports us with a deft hand straight into 19th-century Haworth, Yorkshire and crafts an extensive account of Brontë’s life, quoting throughout from letters she sent and received. From her challenging, isolated childhood to her death shortly before the age of 39, newly married and pregnant, the enigmatic author of Jane Eyre is portrayed with enormous care.

A moving reflection on the author's father—plus a cat!—this is a beautiful short work of family history from one of our most beloved, iconic writers. Originally published in the New Yorker in 2019, and now presented in a full, unabridged form, Abandoning a Cat is a poignant, self-reflective...

¿Quién fue realmente Miguel de Cervantes? ¿Un genio literario o un aventurero con más intereses en el comercio que en las letras? ¿Por qué fue un escritor tardío? Soldado en Lepanto, cautivo en Argel, comerciante y cobrador de impuestos, Cervantes vivió entre aventuras y constantes reinvenciones, con una vida marcada por intrigas, dudas sobre su fe y relaciones tan misteriosas como polémicas.

From the author of American Eden—finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and more—comes a sweeping, richly researched biography of Frederic Church, the great 19th-century American artist whose stunning paintings of remote lands and seas thrilled American audiences and put...

Ein ganz anderes, farbigeres Bild erscheint, wenn man die zahlreichen literarischen Fragmente, die Tagebücher und Briefe Kafkas mit einbezieht — in all diesen Genres hat sich seine sprachliche Produktivität entfaltet, und erst in der Gesamtschau werden viele heitere, komische, groteske Facetten sichtbar, die mit seinem düsteren Nimbus als eigentlich unvereinbar gelten. Dabei gibt es einen Kafka zu entdecken, der offenbar Freude hat am Spiel mit Formen, Einfällen und Pointen.

Set against the rugged backdrop of Klovharun, a barren skerry in the Gulf of Finland, ´Notes from an Island´ invites you into the intimate world of Tove Jansson and her partner, graphic artist Tuulikki Pietilä, known affectionately as "Tooti."Aided by Brunstroem, an unconventional fisherman, Jansson races against time and the elements to build a cabin that would serve as their sanctuary for thirty summers. A declaration of the beauty of solitude, Notes from an Island is a touching homage to a mature love nurtured by the raw beauty of shifting seascapes.

Step into the vivid, paradoxical world of G. K. Chesterton—where saints dance with skeptics, riddles reveal truth, and the ordinary becomes extraordinary. Best known for his wit and philosophical insight, Chesterton’s poetry is a rich blend of humor, faith, social commentary, and fierce imagination. From the rousing rhythms of “Lepanto” to the introspective depth of “The Ballad of the White Horse”, this curated selection showcases Chesterton’s signature style: playful yet profound, grounded yet soaring.

"Mason Currey is the undisputed master of finding, in the messy lives of great artists and thinkers throughout time, deeply human lessons about cultivating meaning in our current age." —Cal Newport, New York Times bestselling author of Slow Productivity and Deep Work Daily Rituals author Mason...

Романист и преподаватель писательского мастерства Хавьер Пенья изучил жизни сотни великих писателей и писательниц и рассказывает малоизвестные истории: смешные, печальные, счастливые, стыдные и неприглядные. Здесь встретятся Лев Толстой и Владимир Набоков, Франц Кафка и Айзек Азимов, Маргарет Этвуд и Жозе Сарамаго, Сьюзен Зонтаг и Чарльз Диккенс и многие другие. Вы увидите любимых литераторов с новой стороны, узнаете про их тайны, страсти, надежды и неудачи.

The reissued classic from “master of language” (The New York Times) John Edgar Wideman—a “superb” (New York Times Book Review) memoir in five essays about fathers, and Wideman's vexed relationship with his own. An essential chronicler of Black American experience for over half a...

A book about finding a creative voice and becoming an artist via a scintillating new discovery in Edmund de Waal’s family archives – letters between his grandmother and the great poet Rainer Maria Rilke ** With letters translated from the German by prizewinning translator, Karen Leeder **...

In drei Rückblenden erzählt ein ehemaliger Schulkamerad aus Heide (Dithmarschen) von Klemens Greller, der heute als Leo Greller ein gewisser Bekanntheitsgrad als schräger Popsänger in Hamburg genießt.

For centuries, travellers would stare up at the stars to guide them. Constellations of shining lights would offer a path forward or a way through, delivering courage and hope on long, difficult voyages. Throughout her life, Gemma Cairney has pieced together her own constellation, one which is made up of inspirational women - artists, activists, musicians, writers, mathematicians, mystics - who guide her, fill her creative cup and provide a sense of solace and selfhood.

Anrührende und funkelnde Geschichten über Elke Heidenreichs größte Leidenschaft Dass Elke Heidenreich Literatur liebt, ist kein Geheimnis. Wie es ihr immer wieder gelingt, ein Millionenpublikum dafür zu begeistern, schon eher. In diesem Buch versammelt sie ihre schönsten Erinnerungen an Lektüren, die ihr im Leben besonders wichtig wurden. Als Teenagerin verfiel sie der dunklen Lyrik Gottfried Benns, wie sich Klugheit und Leidenschaft verbinden, erfuhr sie bei Simone de Beauvoir, Dylan Thomas feiert sie für seine verschwenderische Lebensgier, die sie selbst gut kennt.