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Borges fue nombrado profesor titular de la cátedra de Literatura Inglesa y Norteamericana de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la Universidad de Buenos Aires en 1956 a partir de una postulación tan escueta como contundente: "Sin saberlo, me he venido preparando para este cargo a lo largo de toda mi vida".

Faut-il partir au bout du monde pour se retrouver ? Manon, mère divorcée et océanologue, peine à se remettre d'une déception sentimentale. Son chagrin la replonge dans son enfance sicilienne, où régnaient en maîtres sa grand-mère aimante et son père – marin disparu en mer. Avec ce premier roman, Alexandra Sublet signe un texte délicat, sur fond de quête de soi, dans le décor envoûtant du Cap Horn.

Mestre do Classicismo português, Francisco de Sá de Miranda foi quem introduziu em Portugal os gêneros em voga na chamada "escola italiana" (ele viveu na Itália entre 1521 e 1526). Entre essas categorias de poesia, destacam-se as "cartas", homenagens em verso a figuras ou acontecimentos de relevo de seu tempo, como esta aqui estampada.

Martin Amis blends vivid memories, sharp wit, and tender honesty to deliver an unforgettable memoir that explores his relationships with family, personal tragedies, and the absurdities of being known. "...[Narrator Alex] Jennings's portrayals of Lionel and his circle are tremendous fun." —...

Marcus‘ glamouröse Tage als gefeierter Starautor gehören der Vergangenheit an – ihm will einfach kein neuer Bestseller gelingen. Da wird er von Ernst, einem alten Bekannten aus der Schreibschule, kontaktiert, der unter Pseudonym einen Kriminalroman veröffentlichen möchte. Kann Marcus das Manuskript an seinen Agenten weitergeben und sicherstellen, dass Ernsts Identität geheim bleibt? Ein kleiner Gefallen, keine große Sache, denkt Marcus. Doch durch ein Missverständnis geht die literarische Welt bald davon aus, dass Marcus seine Schreibkrise überwunden und einen neuen Bestseller geschrieben hat.

El tercer libro de poesía de Daniel Barbadillo. Completa la trilogía de sus dos poemarios anteriores: Almas Perpendiculares y Almas Paralelas. También publicados en Arcopress, bajo el sello Versos Conversos. Su nuevo libro, Almas Penetrantes, aborda la poesía desde un punto de vista erótico. Lo que tienes entre las manos, no es sólo un poemario, es el punto y final de una trilogía.

Nina Auerbach shows how every age embraces the vampire it needs, and gets the vampire it deserves. Working with a wide range of texts, as well as movies and television, Auerbach locates vampires at the heart of our national experience and uses them as a lens for viewing the last two hundred...

'A rollicking, brilliant book' GARETH RUSSELL 'Hugely enjoyable' SUNDAY TIMES A rollicking narrative history set during the extraordinary summer of 1726 when Jonathan Swift arrived in London from Dublin, with a draft of Gulliver’s Travels in his bag. Jonathan Swift settled into his great...

Jimmy Edwards stars in this spin-off from The Navy Lark, chronicling life in and around the higher echelons of British United Plastics Ltd Following in the footsteps of The Navy Lark, The TV Lark and The Embassy Lark, The Big Business Lark aired for 13 episodes over the summer of 1969. Blending...

The award-winning 1990s sitcom, written by and starring Nick Revell Nick Revell plays a slightly stranger version of himself in this surreal comedy – a struggling writer in his mid-thirties who shares his untidy flat with Vince and Alan, a pair of talking geraniums. They, meanwhile, watch on...

The bestselling and award-winning German author Jenny Erpenbeck has gained international praise for her novels including Visitation, Kairos, and Go, Went, Gone. Things that Disappear is an exciting collection of interlinked miniature prose pieces that grapple with the phenomenon of disappearance on scales both large and small.

Across the Atlantic, the election result is close. Too close. Donald Thorn claims victory, and the right-leaning media runs his premature acceptance speech. However, the result will have to be settled in the courts, as allegations of fraud and vote-rigging are rife. Throw the death of Democrat candidate Joe Bowman into the mix, and the dispute threatens to reach fever-pitch on the streets of America. Meanwhile, BBC political reporter Jane Clark is an ambitious woman on a course to the top.

From award-winning audiobook narrator comes this duet-style romantic thriller narrated by the author and William MacLeod. Callum MacLachlan is the owner of the elite close protection company, Caledonia Security. He met a cute nurse, Lea Bonifacio, at a gala in an idyllic Swiss lakeside town. He was about to get her number when screams rang out, and another guest was found facedown, floating in the water. After losing sight of the woman who'd piqued his interest, he goes about his business, unable to get her out of his head.

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, written and published in 1838, is the only complete novel by the American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The novel is set between 1827 and 1828 and relates the tale of the young Arthur Gordon Pym, who stows away aboard a whaler called the Grampus. Various adventures and misadventures befall Pym, including shipwreck, mutiny, and cannibalism, before he is saved by the crew of the Jane Guy. Aboard this vessel, Pym and a sailor named Dirk Peters continue their adventures farther south.

A British female Amazon, has just completed the incredible run around the British coastline. 5,240 solid miles. Not run on nice flat tarmacked roads, but on gravelly paths, wet sloping hills, sand and slippery grasslands, wind and hail, and even on ice.

The perfect introduction to the poetry of Czeslaw Milosz, “one of the greatest poets of our time, perhaps the greatest” (Joseph Brodsky) Widely regarded as one of the greatest poets of our time, Czeslaw Milosz is a master of probing inquiry and graceful expression. Unflinching, outspoken...

In this poem, Arnold tells the story of an Oxford student who abandons academic life to join a band of gypsies. He learns their mysterious, almost magical, and clearly unacademic knowledge and devotes himself to a lifelong quest for direct perception of truth. Unlike the people with whom the poet is surrounded, he never becomes distracted or challenged by corrosive doubt or concern about the trivialities of suburban life.

John Keats (1795–1821) war ein britischer Dichter der Romantik. Oscar Wilde schreibt über Keats: „In meinem Himmel geht er ewig neben Shakespeare und den Griechen." Diese Sammlung präsentiert eine Auswahl seiner Gedichte, darunter „Glanzvoller Stern! Wär ich so stet wie du", „An den Herbst", „Ode an die Melancholie", „La belle dame sans merci" und viele mehr.

Um mergulho numa das obras mais importantes da literatura mundial e um convite ao prazer da leitura, numa narrativa inesquecível do Prêmio Nobel de Literatura. Neste ensaio memorável, Vargas Llosa mescla memória e erudição para falar de um autor essencial para a arte do romance: Gustave...

" Je suis sur ta clavicule, sur ton poignet, dans tes mains. Je suis dans tes cheveux, sur ton sein, dans tes yeux. Je regarde ta bouche, tes mouvements, ta robe. Je te connais sans te connaître, Enriqueta. " La vie d'Enriqueta bascule le 18 août 1936, quand, en quelques minutes, elle doit...