Títulos en Escritores

Gran innovador de las letras francesas, amado, odiado, criticado, antisemita confeso, revolucionó la narrativa de su tiempo y se convirtió en uno de los más grandes escritores en la historia de la literatura europea del siglo XX, al mismo nivel de monstruos como Thomas Mann, André Malraux, Marcel Proust, Franz Kafka y James Joyce.

Veintiséis breves e irreverentes retratos de grandes escritores que se han convertido en la más divertida, melancólica y fascinante invitación a leer.

Pisces Moon: The Dark Arts of Empire is a sweeping critical analysis of Western colonialism, its foundational beliefs in militarism, patriarchy, Christianity, and white supremacy; and its destructive impact on the nations of Southeast Asia and, ultimately, America. Valentine focuses on the “dark arts” of empire: the black bag of CIA covert operations, including bribery, right-wing coups, assassinations, disinformation, and intimate relationships with drug, sex, and artifact traffickers.

The author of the critically acclaimed Half of a Yellow Sun and Purple Hibiscus presents her newest novel Americanah, a story of love and race centered around a young man and woman from Nigeria facing challenges in the countries they come to call home.

En compagnie de Dickens et Dostoïevski, Zweig distingue Balzac dans cette biographie unitaire qui vise à montrer les trois grands et, peut-être les seuls romanciers du XIXe siècle, comme des "hommes" qui, précisément à cause des contrastes entre les personnages se complètent et élèvent le concept de romancier, de créateur épique d'un monde en mouvement.

Dalle prime memorie d'infanzia alla morte della madre, Diario d'inverno è il catalogo della vita di un uomo raccontato attraverso il suo corpo. In nessun altro libro Paul Auster era stato tanto spietato e dolce. Forse perché si tratta di arrivare alla verità, la più nascosta, quella più dolorosa, ma anche quella più preziosa.

Thoreau's classic account of the solitary life, describing his attempts to simplify his life and sort out his priorities by living alone in a cabin beside Walden Pond for nearly two years, is one of the most influential books ever written. The bible of the environmental movement, Walden vividly portrays Thoreau's reverence for nature, and his understanding of the idea that nature is made up of crucially interrelated parts.

Esta biografía aspira a despojar a Cervantes de los 400 años de historia que le han caído encima para acercarnos a su dimensión humana y sentimental, a su condición de firme hombre de armas e inagotable hombre de letras, al escritor único y a su vitalidad arrebatada, a su defensa de la mujer y a su afán por entender la existencia como nadie la había entendido hasta entonces: en la encrucijada moderna de la ironía. Esa ha acabado siendo su mejor intimidad.

This succinct account the life of Nobel laureate Derek Walcott focuses on his development as poet, playwright, and man of the theater: director, producer, teacher. Friends and colleagues who figured in his career are recalled. The importance of his native St Lucia and family influences in the shaping of his creativity and his view of the world are highlighted, as these evolved in synergy with his receptivity to the poetry and theater of the wider world.

Todo el país se volcó con Jonathan Conyers después de que su inspiradora historia se volvió viral, recaudó millones en donaciones para la Brooklyn Debate League (Liga de Debate de Brooklyn), y conquistó el corazón de Estados Unidos. El niño que llegó a la escuela con dificultades para leer terminó convirtiéndose en la revelación de su equipo de debate del bachillerato gracias a una amistad que formó con su entrenador de debate, una persona transgénero, que marcó su vida para siempre.

Agatha Christie’s personal memoirs about her travels to Syria and Iraq in the 1930s with her archaeologist husband Max Mallowan, where she worked on the digs and wrote some of her most evocative novels. Think you know Agatha Christie? Think again! To the world she was Agatha Christie...

In 1963, Annie Ernaux, 23 and unattached, realizes she is pregnant. Shame arises in her like a plague: Understanding that her pregnancy will mark her and her family as social failures, she knows she cannot keep the child. In a France where abortion was illegal, she attempted, in vain, to self-administer the abortion with a knitting needle. Fearful and desperate, she finally located an abortionist and ended up in a hospital emergency ward where she nearly died. In Happening, Ernaux sifts through her memories and her journal entries dating from those days.

In campo San Giacomo, a Venezia, c’è la Moby Dick, una libreria di quelle “che ti sorprende che esistano ancora, anche se ci sono in ogni città, tenaci come guerrigliere, eleganti come principesse.” Il suo libraio si chiama Vittorio, ha passato i quarant’anni, vive per i suoi libri, combatte per continuare a venderli. Un giorno incontra Sofia, gli occhi chiari e le risposte svelte, che prende l’abitudine di andare a trovarlo. Il 12 novembre 2019, però, i 187 centimetri di acqua alta eccezionale inondano le case, i negozi, sommergono gli scaffali di Vittorio.

يعدُّ هذا الكتاب أول وأوسع كشف بالعربية عن الحياة الشخصية لأحد أعظم وأعمق من كتب الرواية (فيودور دوستويفسكي). حيث يحتوي على أكثر من 250 رسالة تتناول جميع مراحل حياة...

Coetzee grew up in a new development north of Cape Town, tormented by guilt and fear. With a father he despised, and a mother he both adored and resented, he led a double life - the brilliant and well-behaved student at school, the princely despot at home, always terrified of losing his mother's love. His first encounters with literature, the awakenings of sexual desire, and a growing awareness of apartheid left him with baffling questions, and only in his love of the high veld ('farms are places of freedom, of life') could he find a sense of belonging.

What is it like to be old? Diana Athill, born in 1917, made her reputation as a writer with the candour of her memoirs. In Somewhere Towards the End she reflects frankly on the losses and occasionally the gains that old age brings, and on the wisdom and fortitude required to face death. This is a lively narrative of events, lovers and friendships: the people and experiences that have taight her to regret very little, to resist despondency and to question the beliefs and customs of her own generation.

Cuando el padre de la narradora muere, lejos está de imaginar que tan solo un año después tendría que enfrentar también la pérdida de su madre. A partir de este golpe tan doloroso como real, los recuerdos y las emociones irán tejiendo un texto donde la fuerza de la sinceridad da paso a...

«Grabar, rayar, esculpir, cavar en una piedra, en un papiro, en un papel, pero, en última instancia, escribir: es la única manera de eternizar la expresión.» Esta selección de los dieciséis volúmenes del Diario (1932-1993) de Miguel Torga constituye un testimonio conmovedor de una época en la que el novelista y poeta portugués reflexiona sobre los acontecimientos que marcaron un siglo, su experiencia como médico y sus primeros pasos como escritor: todo aquello que quiso salvar del olvido.

A spirited and truly compelling literary biography of the immortal travel writer, journalist and twentieth-century trans pioneer, Jan Morris. When Jan Morris joined the 1953 Everest expedition and was first to get news of the ascent back to the young Queen Elizabeth in London, she became the...

La historia de Mariana Callejas es intensa y compleja: escritora, miembro de la Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional (DINA), esposa del también agente Michael Townley, partícipe de los atentados que terminaron con la muerte del general Carlos Prats en Buenos Aires y del excanciller Orlando Letelier en Washington D. C., así como de otras operaciones internacionales de los aparatos de inteligencia de la dictadura.