Títulos en Arte y literatura

La parabola spirituale e umana di Leone XIV, il primo Papa americano della storia. Con la capacità di sintesi del grande giornalista, grazie a un linguaggio semplice ed efficace, Giorgio Dell'Arti ci offre un ritratto a tutto tondo del nuovo pontefice. Dalla laurea in matematica alle prime missioni in Perù, passando per la nomina a Prefetto dei Vescovi e alla fatidica fumata bianca del maggio 2025, la sua vita si dipana come un affresco, ricco di vita e di esperienze.

A la mort de sa mère, découvrant les rites funéraires de ses origines, Farida se replonge dans son enfance, si loin de sa vie d'adulte. Les mots et les souvenirs se bousculent alors qu'elle raconte pour la première fois la vie de cette famille d'immigrés algériens : les HLM misérables, les hommes brisés par l'illettrisme et la colonisation, les mères pétrifiées. Au milieu, une fratrie élevée dans une violence inouïe mais soudée par le rire et la force de vie.

Heinrich Breloer hat mit seinem TV-Mehrteiler Die Manns unser Bild von Thomas Mann geprägt wie niemand sonst. Marcel Reich-Ranicki bezeichnete die Filme als "Glanzstück" und "Höhepunkt der deutschen Filmkunst". In Ein tadelloses Glück erzählt Breloer nun die ereignisreiche Vorgeschichte: Vom Aufstieg Thomas Manns, seiner Liebe zu Männern, seinem Werben um Katia Pringsheim und dem deutsch-jüdischen Bündnis ihrer Familien in den entscheidenden Jahren vor Beginn des Ersten Weltkriegs.

Natalie Goldberg has been writing for the past fifty years. But at the beginning of the pandemic, she suddenly wasn’t able to write anymore. Her imaginative wellspring had dried up, and she was forced to ask herself: what do I do when what has always worked for me doesn’t work anymore? In this beautifully written, inspiring personal account, Natalie shares her harrowing journey out of creative paralysis and back onto the page.

Le premier tome des Souvenirs d’enfance de Marcel Pagnol est un classique indémodable.
Par la grâce de son écriture, l’auteur nous transporte dans les collines provençales et nous fait partager son émerveillement d’enfant.

Иван Алексеевич Бунин первый русский писатель, получивший Нобелевскую премию по литературе. В 1933 году автор Темных аллей и многочисленных рассказов получил мировое признание с формулировкой: "за строгое мастерство, с которым он развивает традиции русской классической прозы". Не секрет, что по резкости своих оценок, не только литературных, но и общечеловеческих, Бунин не знал себе равных. Не удивительно, что многие современники хотя и признавали его литературный талант, но отмечали сложность его характера и считали высокомерным снобом.

Das abenteuerliche Leben der Sehnsuchtsbilder von Caspar David Friedrich – mitreißend erzählt von Florian Illies. Kein deutscher Maler löst solche Emotionen aus wie Caspar David Friedrich: Seine abendlichen Himmel sind bis heute Ikonen der Sehnsucht, er inspirierte Samuel Beckett zu "Warten auf Godot" und Walt Disney zu "Bambi" – Goethe jedoch machte die rätselhafte Melancholie seiner Bilder so wütend, dass er sie auf der Tischkante zerschlagen wollte.

Dlouho očekávané vzpomínky jednoho z nejznámějších amerických režisérů jsou konečně tu! Dobrodružný tatínek a přísná maminka, dospívání v New Yorku a neutuchající snaha dělat jen to, co ho baví. První snahy, kdy píše vtipy pro známější komiky, aby se postupně stal svébytným stand-up komikem, scenáristou, dramatikem a režisérem autorských filmů.

“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...

Brought to you by Penguin. As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning is the moving follow-up to Laurie Lee's acclaimed Cider with Rosie Abandoning the Cotswolds village that raised him, the young Laurie Lee walks to London. There he makes a living labouring and playing the violin. But, deciding to...

Dorothy L Sayers was a woman of contrasts. A strong Christian, she had a baby by a man she did not love - out of wedlock. Possessing a fierce intellect, she translated Dante - and also created one of the most popular fictional detectives ever, in Lord Peter Wimsey. With no new biographies on Sayers having been published for some time, Colin Duriez reassesses her, her life, her writings, her studies and her faith. Drawing on previously unpublished material, particularly her collected letters, he brings to life a fascinating woman.

Ralph Waldo Emerson is one of the most important figures in the history of American thought, religion, and literature. The vitality of his writings and the unsettling power of his example continue to influence us more than a hundred years after his death. Now Robert D. Richardson Jr. brings to life an Emerson very different from the old stereotype of the passionless Sage of Concord.

Beginning with Nin's arrival in New York, this volume is filled with the stories of her analytical patients. There is a shift in emphasis also, as Nin becomes aware of the inevitable choice facing the artist in the modern world.

Who Killed My Father rips into France’s long neglect of the working class and its overt contempt for the poor, accusing the complacent French - at the minimum - of negligent homicide. The author goes to visit the ugly gray town of his childhood to see his dying father, barely 50 years old, who can hardly walk or breathe: “You belong to the category of humans whom politics consigns to an early death.” It’s as simple as that.

A #1 New York Times bestseller and the eagerly anticipated sequel to the Pulitzer Prize–winning Angela’s Ashes, this masterpiece from Frank McCourt tells of his American journey from impoverished immigrant to brilliant teacher and raconteur. Frank McCourt’s glorious childhood memoir...

Vogue magazine started, like so many great things do, in the spare room of someone's house. But unlike other such makeshift projects that flare up then fizzle away, Vogue burnt itself into our cultural consciousness. Today, 125 years later, Vogue spans 22 countries, has an international print readership upwards of 12 million and nets over 67 million monthly online users. Uncontested market leader for a century, it is one of the most recognisable brands in the world and a multi-million dollar money-making machine. It is not just a fashion magazine, it is the establishment. 

Maya Angelou's six volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents and resilience of this extraordinary writer. Loving the world, she also knows its cruelty. As a Black woman she has known discrimination and extreme poverty, but also hope, joy, achievement and celebration. In this first...

The goddaughter of Igor Stravinsky and a graduate of Hollywood High, Eve Babitz posed in 1963, at age twenty, playing chess with the French artist Marcel Duchamp. She was naked; he was not. The photograph made her an instant icon of art and sex. Babitz spent the rest of the decade rocking and...

Alles zu schnell, alles zu viel - jeden Tag hetzen wir durch unser Leben. Nie genug Zeit für die wichtigen Dinge des Lebens und immer darauf erpicht, so viel Zeit wie möglich einzusparen. Aber was machen wir mit der gewonnen Zeit? Wieso ist "schnell" sexy und "langsam" so erotisch wie Fußpilz? Ständig sind wir unzufrieden mit der Zeit, meist vergeht sie zu schnell, dann langweilen wir uns wieder und die Zeit gibt uns das Gefühl stehen zu bleiben. Aber wie verhält es sich mit der Einstellung zur Zeit, wenn man plötzlich merkt, dass sie auch bald ablaufen könnte?

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...