Resultados para "Families" en Arte y literatura

Den fabelagtige familien Frank er et gribende portræt af en familie, der smuldrer under én kvindes dominerende personlighed. Kan anbefales til læsere af Jonathan Franzen Korrektioner, Delphine de Vigan og Jeannette Walls' Glasslottet. Michael Frank vokser op i en usædvanlig tætvævet familie: Hans fars søster er gift med hans mors bror. Michaels faster Hankie er barnløs og arbejder som manuskriptforfatter i Hollywood.

Den 11. september 1973 væltede det chilenske militær Salvador Allendes demokratisk valgte regering. Augusto Pinochets blodige diktatur tog over, og tusindvis af chilenere blev i den kommende tid dræbt eller måtte flygte i eksil. Heriblandt den 4-årige Paula Larrain og hendes familie, der i sommeren 1974 endte i Danmark.

Thomas Manns literarisches Werk hat einen überragenden Stellenwert in der Welt - und es beherrscht die Familie. Seine Frau Katia hält ihm den Rücken frei und die Kinder vom Hals. Ihre scharfe Zunge ist gefürchtet. Der schöne Sohn Klaus will als Schriftsteller so berühmt sein wie der Vater. Erika, die älteste Tochter, liebt so leidenschaftlich, wie sie hasst. Der scheue Golo sucht sein Glück fern der Familie. Michael will ein großer Musiker werden und kämpft gegen seinen Jähzorn und die hohen Ansprüche der Familie. Der Liebling des Vaters, Elisabeth, redet mit Tieren und rettet die Welt. Und alle lästern über Monika.

“Wickedly funny and always movingly illuminating, thanks to kick-ass storytelling and a poet's ear.” –Oprah.com The New York Times bestselling, hilarious tale of Mary Karr’s hardscrabble Texas childhood that Oprah.com calls the best memoir of a generation. The Liars’ Club took the...

In Mother's Boy, Booker Prize winner Howard Jacobson reveals how he became a writer. It is an exploration of belonging and not-belonging, of being an insider and outsider, both English and Jewish. Full of Jacobson's trademark humour and infused with bittersweet memories of his parents, this is the story of a writer's beginnings - as well as the twists and turns that life takes - and of learning to understand who you are before you can become the writer you were meant to be.

Every autumn, Kenny Porpora would watch his heartbroken mother scribble messages on balloons and release them into the sky above Long Island, one for each family member they'd lost to addiction. As the number of balloons grew, his mother fell deeper into alcoholism, drinking away her sorrows...

A new collection from David Sedaris is cause for jubilation. His recent move to Paris has inspired hilarious pieces, including Me Talk Pretty One Day, about his attempts to learn French. His family is another inspiration. You Cant Kill the Rooster is a portrait of his brother who talks incessant...

An Instant NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A LOS ANGELES TIMES, BOSTON GLOBE, WALL STREET JOURNAL, and NATIONAL INDIE BESTSELLER A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR according to Elle, Real Simple, and Kirkus Reviews “Memoir gold: a profound and exquisitely rendered exploration of identity and the true...