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Un itinerario por Crimea, Moldavia, Ucrania, Polonia, Lituania y Letonia de la mano de grandes de las letras como Tolstoi, Chéjov, Pushkin, Gogol, Conrad, el Nobel Milosz o el español Ángel Ganivet. Moldavia es el principio tras las huellas de un Pushkin exiliado. El Mar Negro de Ucrania viene luego con la Odesa de las escaleras de Potemkin. Y más allá Crimea, la bella península de nuevo bajo Rusia. En Yalta vivió Chéjov poco antes de su muerte. En Sebastopol Tolstói narró el asedio de franceses y británicos que pretendían invadir Rusia. La mayor sorpresa en la profunda Ucrania es descubrir Terechowa, la aldea donde nació Joseph Conrad.

Los aforismos de Stefan Zweig recogen la íntima y particular visión de un declarado antibelicista y, sobre todo, de un escritor enamorado de la literatura. Zweig no es solo uno de los más brillantes representantes de las letras europeas de principios del siglo xx, sino un hombre profundamente culto que, además de escribir, leyó miles de volúmenes sobre historia, poesía, teatro, relatos y novelas. Sus aforismos reúnen ese intenso amor por los libros y sus autores.

El banquero anarquista (1922) es un relato de argumentación en el que la trama narrativa casi no existe en favor del juego dialéctico, la contradicción, la paradoja y la sutileza literaria. Todo se centra en dos personajes, de los que muy poco sabremos, sentados frente a frente, en un pequeño drama estático en el que uno de ellos trata de justificar mediante una cabriola lógica, llena de cargas de profundidad, su doble y sincera adscripción al auténtico anarquismo y al capitalismo más feroz.

A brilliant, illuminating reassessment of the life and work of Jane Austen that makes clear how Austen has been misread for the past two centuries and that shows us how she intended her books to be read, revealing, as well, how subversive and daring--how truly radical--a writer she was. In this...

A collection of essays and other non fiction from Terry Pratchett, spanning the whole of his writing career from his early years to the present day. Terry Pratchett has earned a place in the hearts of readers the world over with his bestselling Discworld series -- but in recent years...

In these strange times of uncertainty and isolation may we present a further collection of humorous rhyming stories, poems and limericks that will probably delight or upset — infuriate or simply bore any listener silly enough to purchase it.

George Eliot pushed the boundaries of fiction and of Victorian society. She was an extraordinary woman whose unconventional life meant that she was judged harshly by family, friends, and strangers. Eliot wanted to draw attention to the feelings and motivations of ordinary people, so that we might feel more generous towards each other. But human beings are complex, and to capture that complexity Eliot drew on an astonishing range of philosophical, psychological, and scientific ideas. She hoped her work might do good, yet she was clear-eyed about the limits of both human sympathy and the novel.

Agatha Christie is a global bestseller. Her work has been translated into over 100 languages and adapted for stage and screen. Christie's writing life ran from 1920 to the 1970s, and she didn't just write puzzles, she wrote plays, supernatural stories, thrillers, satires, and domestic noir. She also commented obliquely but perceptively on the social and cultural changes of a troubled century. Christie's work tells the story of a changing Britain, but perhaps her greatest achievement is not to be limited by that national context.

In Otherworld, historian and novelist Lisa M. Bitel offers lively retellings of these Irish original myths using her expertise in Irish history and literature to guide modern listeners. She traces themes and characters that link the nine magical tales, explains customs and locations, and brings out the humor.

A superb selection of Emlyn Williams’ finest plays Emlyn Williams was one of the brightest stars of Welsh stage and screen. An acclaimed playwright, actor and director, he made over 40 film and TV appearances, re-invented the one-man show with his virtuoso portrayals of Charles Dickens and...

Inspiriert von der griechischen Mythologie erzählt Goethe die Geschichte von Iphigenie, die als Priesterin auf der Insel Tauris lebt und zwischen ihrer Pflicht und ihrem Wunsch nach Freiheit hin- und hergerissen ist. Das Drama thematisiert die Macht der Menschlichkeit, Vernunft und Gerechtigkeit in einer Welt, die von Konflikten geprägt ist.

In the '70s he was a huge pop star, with number-one hits like 'Rock On' and 'Hold Me Close'. In the '80s and '90s, he became a star of the stage with lead roles in Godspell and Mutiny! Now comes a wonderful collection of David Essex’s poetry and lyrics. Here are nostalgic poems recalling his family's traveller roots, verses filled with memories of his warm and loving boyhood and poetry reliving the highs and lows of fame.

Butchers, bakers, brewers, businessmen, farmers, fabric workers, entertainers, comedians, gluttons, lechers, spongers and swindlers, prostitutes and parasites, the pope and his priests, the king and his courtiers, compete for attention in this lively and subversive vision of corruption in fourteenth-century England.

Brought to you by Penguin. A collection of powerful contemporary poetry exploring themes of masculinity, love, grief and connection, from British poet and viral phenomenon Lucas Jones. 'You're here to make All the wonder make sense You're not the life - You're the living itself' How do you...

This dazzling debut announces a not-so-new voice: that of the spoken-word poet Tjawangwa Dema. Winner of the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets, Dema’s collection, The Careless Seamstress, evokes the national and the subjective while reemphasizing that what is personal is always political. The girls and women in these poems are not mere objects; they speak, labor, and gaze back, with difficulty and consequence. The tropes are familiar, but in their animation they question and move in unexpected ways.

Nuremberg, 1945 : un procès fait l'Histoire, eux la vivent. Un roman vrai, qui saisit les sursauts de l'Histoire en marche. Chacun connaît les images du procès de Nuremberg, où Göring et vingt autres nazis sont jugés à partir de novembre 1945. Mais que se passe-t-il hors de la salle d'audience ? Ils sont là : Joseph Kessel, Elsa Triolet, Martha Gellhorn ou encore John Dos Passos, venus assister à ces dix mois où doit oeuvrer la justice.

The Winnowing-Fan by Laurence Binyon was the original book of poetry within which ‘For the Fallen’ first appeared. Now used in Remembrance Day services, it is today his most famous poem. This new edition of the book includes newspaper articles and reviews, which historically re-contextualise the poems. A brief introduction and annotations to individual poems clarify both period detail and Binyon’s biographical perspectives.

The author argues that both Hughes and Plath were creative psychopaths. A psychological and literary study of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, from a working psychotherapist. Plath had been mentally ill since childhood, and brought her condition into the marriage with ted Hughes, creating a folie a deux.

Avant le conflit, c'était un peintre talentueux reçu au château, désormais c'est un déserteur que la maîtresse de maison renvoie sèchement. Saisie de compassion, Rosalie, la fille d'Isaure, le cache au grenier. Peut-on agir sur le destin? Le fugitif, la jeune fille et la mère refusent la place qui leur a été assignée.

La obra cumbre del teatro barroco español, un drama sobre el espejismo de la libertad.