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Living immerses us in the daily lives of a group of ordinary people working in a post-WWI iron factory. Through fragmented perspectives, Green captures the beauty and chaos of everyday existence—love, loss, and the fleeting moments of joy amidst routine. As the characters navigate their lives, the line between their inner worlds and external realities blurs, revealing the quiet yet profound battles that define the human experience.

Jeg har villet glemme denne pige. Glemme hende rigtigt, dvs. ikke mere have lyst til at skrive om hende. Ikke mere tænke, at jeg skal skrive om hende, hendes begær, hendes vanvid, hendes idioti og hendes hovmod, hendes sult og hendes ophørte blødninger. Det er aldrig lykkedes mig. I 1958...

Escrito em parceria com Sabina Anzuategui, Viver o medo é o último livro de Jean-Claude Bernardet, um dos mais importantes críticos de cinema do país. Nesta novela, uma das várias de suas incursões pela ficção, os dois autores ficcionalizam as aventuras sexuais de um homem que, ao...

Uppsala, 1889. Hilma är femton år och bor på fattighuset. Hon drömmer om ett bättre liv, men vilka möjligheter finns för en flicka i hennes samhällsklass? Med konfirmationsprästens hjälp får hon arbete som piga. Hon arbetar hårt och till en början går allt bra, men Hilma är grann att se på, och drar till sig männens blickar. När sonen i huset börjar uppvakta henne kan hon inte stå emot, och snart är hon med barn. Ett barn som ingen vill ha.

COM PREFÁCIO DE ANDRÉA DEL FUEGO Maristela tinha apenas oito anos quando presenciou a própria mãe, a então desconhecida poeta Olívia Guerra, pular da varanda do apartamento onde moravam. O tempo passou e hoje Olívia é celebrada. Os livros inspiram teses acadêmicas, o rosto ilustra...

Bei der Volksmarine der DDR dienten nicht nur Schiffsbesatzungen, auch in den Flottenstützpunkten gab es reichlich zu tun für die zahlreichen Landmatrosen. Dass viele ihrer Aufgaben wenig Sinn ergaben, das lernten sie schon in den ersten Tagen der Grundausbildung in der Schiffstammabteilung...

Im Frühjahr 1967, fünfeinhalb Jahre nach dem Mauerbau, zieht es eine achtköpfige Familie von einem deutschen Staat in den anderen. Dafür muss sie keine lebensgefährlichen Selbstschussanlagen und auch keinen Stacheldraht überwinden. Sie wechselt ganz normal und unversehrt die Seiten - mit...

Der Amerikaner mit der unglücklichen irischen katholischen Kindheit hat dreißig Jahre lang an New Yorker Schulen unterrichtet. Im dritten Teil seiner Memoiren erzählt er, was er von seinen rund zwölftausend Schülern gelernt hat und wie er seine Stimme fand: als Lehrer, als...

Sylvie è uno dei racconti più noti e più belli del grande scrittore francese Gérard de Nerval. In una costruzione perfetta e coinvolgente, Aurélie, Sylvie e Adrienne emergono in profili ora di sogno, ora reali, ma sempre vivissimi. Romanticismo estremo, allucinato, quello di Nerval, poeta ispirato e scrittore immenso che dipinge figure femminili allo stesso tempo rarefatte, metafisiche, romantiche, tragiche. Un racconto struggente reso ancor più vivo ed emozionante dall'intreccio di voci degli intensi interpreti, Fabio Farnè e Valeria Ianniello.

Legendary fashion designer Coco Chanel is revered for her sophisticated style - the iconic little black dress - and famed for her intoxicating perfume Chanel No. 5. Yet behind the public persona is a complicated woman of intrigue, shadowed by mysterious rumors. The Queen of Paris, the new novel from award-winning author Pamela Binnings Ewen, vividly imagines the hidden life of Chanel during the four years of Nazi occupation in Paris in the midst of WWII - as discovered in recently unearthed wartime files.

This vivid, sensitive tale of adolescent love follows a 16-year-old boy who falls in love with a beautiful, older woman and experiences a whirlwind of changing emotions, from exaltation and jealousy to despair and devotion.

La obra maestra de Dickens. El mismo Dickens consideraba a David Copperfield no solo su obra preferida, sino quiza la mejor de todas las que habia escrito. Quiza y en parte, se deba a que muchos consideran que esta es una obra autobiografica, aunque con muchos elementos de fantasia mezclados en la narracion, en la cual a trozos de aventura real, siguen pedazos conmovedores y escenas domesticas descritas con esa mano maestra del gran escritor ingles.

A fictionalized account of the life of Marie Antoinette follows her through such challenges as her early marriage to the future King Louis XVI, struggles with the expectations of her station, painful palace betrayals and politics, and interactions with such figures as Mirabeau, Du Barry, and Robespierre.

On June 9, 1865, while traveling by train to London with his secret mistress, 53-year-old Charles Dickens -- at the height of his powers and popularity, the most famous and successful novelist in the world and perhaps in the history of the world -- hurtled into a disaster that changed his life...

Best-selling sportswriter Peter Golenbock knew Mickey Mantle, as well as many of Mantle's friends, family members, and teammates. While Mickey was a good person at heart, he had a dark side that went far beyond his well-known alcoholism and infidelities. In Golenbock's shocking and revealing first novel, 7, Mickey tells the hidden story of his life as a baseball hero and asks for forgiveness from his friends and family. In this fictional portrait, Mantle, now in heaven, needs to unburden himself of all the horrible things he did and understand for himself why he did them.

You may not know her name, but Eunice Newton Foote made groundbreaking discoveries about the greenhouse effect in the 1850s. Her experiments showed that different gases, including carbon dioxide, absorb and trap heat, an early milestone in the history of climate science. And even though her findings were published in a leading scientific journal – a rarity in the days of a male-dominated field – her work remained virtually unknown until recently.

The year AD 105. King Decebal of Dacia stubbornly defends the freedom of his people and continues to defy the rule of the Roman Empire. Emperor Trajan marches north again to invade Dacia with the largest army in the history of Rome. Their legendary personal and military conflicts reach a dramatic climax beneath the walls of Sarmizegetusa, the holy city of Dacia and the most formidable mountain fortress of the ancient world.

Die Geschichte von Erich Kästner und seiner Mutter ist eine besondere: 'Meine Mutter war mein bester Freund', sagte er über sie. Und sie wusste: 'Mein Sohn verschweigt mir nichts.' Tatsächlich war der kleine Erich seiner Mutter Lebenselixier sowie Schutzengel. Auch in späteren Jahren versuchte er, ihr beides zu sein – und sich trotzdem ganz behutsam ein wenig von ihr zu lösen.

Jacob's Room is a novel by Virginia Woolf, first published in 1922. It's considered one of her pioneering works in modernist literature. The novel follows the life of Jacob Flanders, from his childhood to his adulthood, primarily through the perspectives and memories of those who knew him. Woolf's experimental narrative style, characterized by stream-of-consciousness and shifting perspectives, creates a fragmented yet rich portrayal of Jacob's inner life and the world around him.

1421. A França parece prestes a perder a guerra contra a Inglaterra. Enquanto o país se afunda na lama de batalhas sangrentas, o povo passa fome... e o rei permanece escondido. Desse caos surge uma jovem capaz de mudar o rumo da guerra e liderar os franceses à vitória. E o nome dessa garota imprudente, obstinada e brilhante–uma heroína improvável–ecoará através dos séculos: a guerreira, a herética, a santa Joana D'Arc.