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'A book to underline endlessly, to dog-ear, to carry around until battered, and then to tell all your friends to buy because you're too reluctant to give up your own copy. A wonder’ Polly Barton ‘Dazzling … one fine day, you open a book by an unknown writer, and a charge of pure talent...

For thirty years Anne Enright—one of our greatest living novelists (Times)—has been paying attention: casting her distinctive gaze across the world, literature, and her own life, and gifting us with her precise insights. These essays, collated from across Enright’s career, take us from Galway to Honduras, from keen-eyed memoir to urgent political writing. Enright writes about the free voices and controlled bodies of women in society: She interprets Sophocles’ Antigone through the lens of the Mother and Baby Homes in Galway, writes on Ireland’s successful 2018 referendum on abortion rights…

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...

A mysterious woman appears nightly at the bedside of a prince and sings to him until he falls sick with love for her. A determined hero tracks his beloved through several incarnations, struggling to win her back. A young warrior seeks a woman who turns into a swan. These are the plots of...

小酒井不木も同名の作品を出していますが、もちろん内容も受ける印象も全く違います。両方を聞き比べてみて、作家がこの題名でこのテーマで何をどう書くのかという比較をすると、俄然面白くなります。モーパッサンの作品は、特にこの作品は聴き終えた直後はあまり印象に残りませんが、それでもすぐにもう一度聴きなおしてようやく納得するという不思議な一面があります。

この作品のオチは夏目漱石によって酷評されました。モーパサンは何を苦しんでこの夫婦の美徳を殺して仕舞ったのか分らない」と言っています。作品中に出てくる「フラン」は現在の日本円で、400フラン＝40万円、4万フラン＝４千万円です。

Huit femmes embarquent pour un road-trip de deux semaines en Islande. Elles n’ont rien en commun, ou presque. Il y a Rose et Lou, le duo mère-fille; Stéphanie, célibataire sans enfant; Sarah et Chloé, les deux jeunes Parisiennes; Delphine, la cinquantenaire casanière; Carole, la prof de yoga, et Nadine, la retraitée renfrognée. Entre écarts générationnels, personnalités et visions de la vie différentes, il n’est pas toujours facile de faire groupe. Pourtant, de cascades en confidences, de marches en révélations, ce voyage pourrait les transformer.

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...

As we grow older, we cannot always see the way ahead, and life becomes more fragile. This thoughtful poetry collection explores the theme of empowerment to shape our life journeys. Discover how nature, meditation and a deeper understanding of the small joys we experience every day can help us walk a steadier and more confident path. Perfect for lovers of inspirational poetry which never ignores the reality of the world in which we live.

La vasta produzione è infatti pervasa dalla personalità schiva eppure dirompente che la contraddistinse: gli affetti, la natura, il pensiero ossessivo della morte e dell'abbandono ne sono protagonisti vivi, che Dickinson racconta con uno sguardo in apparenza semplice e ritirato, in realtà ricco di complessità. Nei suoi versi ritroviamo lo scorrere ciclico ma effimero delle stagioni, i fiori e soprattutto gli animali, in grado di risvegliare in lei la più variegata gamma dei sentimenti, dalla repulsione allo sgomento, dall'ironia all'incanto.

Este audiolibro está diseñado para hispanohablantes que ya cuentan con conocimientos básicos de alemán y quieren dar el siguiente paso. A través de historias cortas de nivel intermedio, amplías tu vocabulario, mejoras tu comprensión auditiva y te familiarizas con estructuras gramaticales más complejas, todo ello en contextos cotidianos y cercanos.

Moved to honour a form of relation often subordinated to romantic and familial ties, and to explore a part of her own history, Hélène Giannecchini pieces together an alternative genealogy of queer ancestors. In searching and sensitive prose, she sifts the past to bring existences deemed 'marginal' into communion with each other, traces of which may remain only in memory and archival fragments.

Attraverso una crepa è un viaggio poetico nei luoghi in cui la realtà si incrina e lascia filtrare altro: ricordi d’infanzia, paesaggi perduti, silenzi di conventi, echi di città vissute con amore e disillusione.

Dans cet essai publié en 1915, Freud analyse, d’un point de vue psychanalytique, le bouleversement moral et psychique provoqué par la guerre. Il y aborde la désillusion causée par la guerre et notre rapport à la mort, en soulignant la permanence chez l'homme de pulsions destructrices.

The Three Musketeers are remembered for their courage, loyalty, and legendary adventures. But behind the romance of duels and royal intrigue lay a quieter, more disciplined world—one shaped by routine, silence, and service. This audiobook steps away from the noise of heroism and into the everyday reality of 17th-century France.

Quiet History Behind Moby Dick is not a retelling of the novel, nor a study of its plot or symbols. It is a journey into the unnoticed world that surrounded nineteenth-century seafarers—the ordinary lives, quiet routines, and inner landscapes that existed beyond the drama of storms and legends. This book explores the human reality behind long voyages at sea: the ports sailors waited in, the shores they left behind, and the ships that became their temporary homes.

Quiet History Behind The Count of Monte Cristo is not a retelling of the famous story. It is a quiet journey into what happens between events—into waiting, silence, justice delayed, and time endured. This book explores the unseen inner world behind one of literature’s most powerful narratives. It focuses on patience instead of revenge, stillness instead of action, and reflection instead of spectacle.

Jusqu'à ce jour de 1975, Monta Clare était une petite communauté tranquille des Ozarks. Le jeune Patch McCauley a disparu. Dans la forêt voisine, on a retrouvé son tee-shirt, maculé de sang. Saint, une jeune fille du village au caractère bien affirmé, décide de faire tout ce qui est en son pouvoir pour découvrir ce qui est arrivé à son ami. Trois cent sept jours plus tard, Patch McCauley réapparaît. Il faudra des décennies pour élucider tous les mystères et faire la lumière sur ce qui s'est réellement passé durant ces trois cent sept jours.

Luce compte les jours depuis trois ans ! Son père, Gabin, lui avait fait la promesse de l'emmener en voyage pour ses huit ans. Malgré ses appréhensions, le quadragénaire sait qu'il doit honorer son engagement, et la décision est prise : ils s'envoleront bientôt pour rejoindre la tante de la petite fille en mission vétérinaire au Kenya. Mais le départ a un goût doux-amer : l'absence de Julie, la maman de Luce et la femme de Gabin, leur serre le coeur à tous les deux. Elle a disparu il y a déjà sept ans, sans que jamais sa trace soit retrouvée.

‘Powerful… Intense and unforgettable' MAX PORTER ‘I’m blown away… An astonishing work' AMY KEY ‘Amazing… Truly a feat' RAYMOND ANTROBUS ‘Devastating, sharp with skilfully wrought language, this book is an ambitious leap into a lyricism that dissembles’ Guardian -- A transfixing...