Títulos en Escritores

Deon Meyer is a South African thriller novelist, described by The Times as 'One of the sharpest thriller writers around'. Deon's novels are international best sellers, translated into 28 different languages whose novels have won literary prizes all over the world and film rights to seven of his novels have been optioned or sold. The Fever, Deon's latest book is a gripping thriller that is a searing story of a group of people determined to carve a city out of chaos, and he visits the Audible Studios to tell us more about it.

Abandoned on the steps of Guy’s Hospital and placed in a housing estate in East London, Andy McNab tells of a troubled upbringing. Now a successful author and former Special Air Service sergeant, he joins us to discuss the success of Bravo Two Zero and the release of his latest audiobook, Street Soldier. Street Soldier is aimed at young adults and introduces the unique character of Sean Harker. Much like his author, Sean seeks to escape the confines of his upbringing by enrolling in the British Army, but unlike Andy, he focuses his attention on the competing gangs of London.

Dedicated to the memory of two wrestling coaches and two writer friends, The Imaginary Girlfriend is John Irving's candid memoir of his twin careers in writing and wrestling. The award-winning author of best-selling novels from The World According to Garp to In One Person, Irving began writing when he was 14, the same age at which he began to wrestle at Exeter. He competed as a wrestler for 20 years, was certified as a referee at 24, and coached the sport until he was 47.

Si formalmente El olor de la guayaba es una prolongada conversación del escritor y periodista Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza con su viejo amigo Gabriel García Márquez—lo que da ocasión a éste para desgranar convivacidad sus remembranzas, juicios, opiniones y convicciones—sus contenidos van mucho más allá: en El olor de la guayaba bien pueden encontrarse las claves de un proceso, creador y creativo, de singular riqueza.

"Sono nato nel segno della Bilancia: perciò nel mio carattere equilibrio e squilibrio correggono a vicenda i loro eccessi. Sono nato mentre i miei genitori stavano per tornare in patria dopo anni passati nei Caraibi: da ciò l'instabilità geografica che mi fa continuamente desiderare un altrove. Il sapere dei miei genitori convergeva sul regno vegetale, le sue meraviglie e virtù. Io, attratto da un'altra vegetazione, quella delle frasi scritte, voltai le spalle a quanto essi m'avrebbero potuto insegnare; ma la sapienza dell'umano mi restò ugualmente estranea." (Italo Calvino)

Sólo quedan de García Márquez sus palabras. Una docena de novelas, un volumen con todos sus cuentos, varios reportajes inolvidables, otro libro con sus discursos, centenares de entrevistas y reportajes, cinco volúmenes con sus columnas periodísticas –según algunos testimonios, una novela...

Dessen Vaterkonflikt trat nie offener zutage als in seinem berühmten Brief an den Vater, der allerdings nie abgeschickt wurde. Noch heute ein unabdingbarer Bestandteil der Schullektüre!

Die Familie Thomas Mann hat ein Haus am Tegernsee gemietet. Die Kinder schwimmen und angeln Rotaugen, der Vater rudert, geht spazieren und besteigt erstmals einen Berg, die Mutter kümmert sich um das neue Baby, und Bauschan, der Hund, döst im Schatten, während ihn Thomas Mann gerade zum Helden seiner Erzählung »Herr und Hund« macht. Den Schriftsteller plagen Sorgen. Die deutsche Niederlage im Ersten Weltkrieg steht bevor, Revolution liegt in der Luft, und mit seinem antidemokratischen Manifest »Betrachtungen eines Unpolitischen« sitzt Thomas Mann historisch auf dem falschen Dampfer.

Hay escritores con manías dignas de un loquero y vidas tan asombrosas que hacen palidecer a las de sus propios personajes. Novelistas incapaces de escribir una página sin tener una copa en la mano o tan prolíficos que acabaron asfixiados en su propio ego. Un Hemingway yéndose al otro mundo en circunstancias exactas a la que eligió su padre, dos de sus hermanas y una nieta. Un Scott Fitzgerald que entraba a los casinos a cuatro patas o una Virginia Woolf que no soportaba leer sus textos.

Por primera vez, y con una franqueza conmovedora, Rushdie habla sobre los traumáticos acontecimientos vividos el 12 de agosto de 2022, respondiendo con la fuerza del arte a la violencia ejercida contra él, y recordándonos el poder que tienen las palabras para otorgar sentido a lo impensable.

Elena Garro renace con la fuerza de una mirada feminista e inteligente, que resalta su peculiar forma de habitar el mundo y su capacidad de crearle nuevos sentidos a través de los diversos temas que la obsesionaron: el tiempo, la catástrofe, los gatos, la lucha campesina, las puestas en escena y los viajes.

Lucy Worsley visits the Audible Studios to talk about her new book, Jane Austen at Home. Lucy is a historian, an author, a TV presenter and chief curator at Historic Royal Palaces. She has fronted programmes including The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain and A Very British Romance, and she copresented Dancing Cheek to Cheek: An Intimate History of Dance. Her latest book, Jane Austen at Home, is a new telling of the story of Jane's life.

One of the most famous of all literary dogs, Flush was the golden cocker spaniel belonging to Elizabeth Barrett. In this charming and heartfelt biography, Viginia Woolf tells his story: his early days as Miss Mitford's puppy running across the fields in wild abandon and fathering another, then the years spent in his invalid mistress' bedroom in Wimpole Street.

A riveting work of historical detection revealing that the origin of one of the world’s most iconic superheroes hides within it a fascinating family story—and a crucial history of twentieth-century feminism Wonder Woman, created in 1941, is the most popular female superhero of all time...

Benito Pérez Galdós es un autor esencial en la literatura española contemporánea. En este ensayo, a partir del análisis de sus novelas, de sus obras teatrales y de los Episodios nacionales, Mario Vargas Llosa crea un perfil completo, personal y sugerente del escritor español. Nadie como el Nobel peruano es capaz de leer de manera tan sagaz y con tanta libertad y pasión la obra de un creador.

Jim Harrison (1937-2016) was widely considered one of the finest voices of his generation. His twenty-one books of fiction and fourteen books of poetry influenced a generation of writers. Harrison helped to shape the course of contemporary American literature, revitalizing in particular the novella form, of which he was a recognized master.

El desamor causa sufrimiento, desubicación, incluso ira. Y esto nos ocurre a todos, pero hay una serie de personas, todas ellas artistas (escritores, pintores, escultores, actores, músicos) que encontraron en el dolor que provoca una ruptura la mecha que encendió su creatividad.

El célebre autor Ta-Nehisi Coates vuelve con un oportuno libro sobre sus viajes a tres lugares en conflicto —Dakar, Carolina del Sur y Palestina— en el que explora cómo las historias que contamos, y las que no, conforman nuestras realidades.

For a world of devoted fans, a much-awaited new volume of absorbing stories and inspirational wisdom from one of our best-loved writers. Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her, Letter to My Daughter reveals Maya Angelou’s path to living well and living a life with...

L'ultimo erede di una delle dinastie più prestigiose dell'aristocrazia italiana è oggi il piccolo Maffeo. Suo padre, il principe Urbano Riario Sforza Barberini Colonna di Sciarra, rievoca per lui in questo libro le avvincenti vicende famigliari attraverso quattro secoli di sfide, passioni, trionfi e cadute. Dal primo Maffeo destinato a diventare Papa Urbano VIII, uomo di potere e di cultura, che fece della bellezza una missione, a Cornelia Costanza che nel Settecento fu la promotrice del primo rococò italiano.