Títulos en Ensayos

Why be good? What exactly is Dharma? How does one practise it; and to what effect? Gurcharan Das’s superb exposition of the dilemmas and ambiguities inherent in the Mahabharata shows us how we can come to terms with the uncertain ethics of the world today; a world that is uncannily similar to...

What does it feel like to be passionate about your daily work? How do people find their way into fascinating, unusually fulfilling careers, even against the odds? Space lawyers and bibliotherapists; euthanasia activists and women's rugby champions; shark experts and solar power visionaries; a...

In this essay originally aired in the 1950s, novelist and essayist Thomas Mann expresses appreciation that time gives humanity a sense of life’s value in "Life Grows in the Soil of Time", his contribution to NPR’s This I Believe series. This I Believe is a National Public Radio program that...

A collection of short fiction from Terry Pratchett, spanning the whole of his writing career from schooldays to Discworld and the present day. In the four decades since his first book appeared in print, Terry Pratchett has become one of the world's best-selling and best-loved authors. Here for...

A luminescent treatise on writing, love, and loss, a witty response to George Orwell's influential essay "Why I Write" Things I Don't Want to Know is the first in Deborah Levy's essential three-part "living autobiography" on writing and womanhood. Taking George Orwell's famous essay, "Why I...

A major new collection of essays by Ramachandra Guha, Democrats and Dissenters is a work of rigorous scholarship on topics of compelling contemporary interest, written with elegance and wit. The book covers a wide range of themes: from the varying national projects of India's neighbours to...

A memoir-in-essays, narrated by the author. Ron Stempkowski met his husband, Ken, on a cold Chicago night in a neighborhood bar—only to fall for him a second time two months later, in the same bar. It was the kind of meet-cute that felt like the beginning of everything. Ten years in, it was. Then came the second cancer diagnosis. Then the wheelchair. Then a "soirée" instead of a funeral—because Ken, dying, still had notes on the guest list. The Luck We Carry moves through the full arc of that love story: the improbable romance, the caregiving, the 3 a.m.

Not a romance, but a warning. The laugh-out-loud memoir that turns terrible boyfriends into can’t-put-down stories. A brutally funny, painfully honest queer breakup memoir about red flags, dating disasters, and the messy road to self-respect. When Aleks Filmore opened the apps, he wasn't looking for material but he just kept finding it. The Gambler who “borrowed” his credit card. A conspiracy theorist who explained love with chemtrails. The Ghoster who texted “u up?” after ten silent days.

Sailer’s unique approach to the most controversial topics of our time, combining good old-fashioned common sense with a researcher’s eye to the data, has allowed him critical insights into American life that few others see and virtually no one else dares speak out loud.

In this provocative and thought-provoking essay, Arthur Schopenhauer offers a penetrating critique of organised religion, examining its influence on society, morality, and human thought. With characteristic candor and philosophical rigour, he challenges unquestioned beliefs, explores the tension between faith and reason, and encourages readers to confront difficult questions about truth, superstition, and the nature of existence.

作家夫婦は病と死に向き合い、どのように過ごしたのか。残された著者は過去の記憶に苦しみ、その後を生き抜く。大反響を呼んだ朝日新聞連載のエッセイ。

EKPHRASIS MADE PERSONAL By Ginnie L. McKnight takes 5 Original Paintings and creates a combined literary ekphrasis, with personal narrative essay form. Drafted as an experimental session style compilation.

中谷宇吉郎が昭和27-29年に米軍の雪氷研究などのために滞在していたシカゴ郊外、ウイネツカで書かれました。遠く北海道を思い出し、科学者らしい視点で綴った随筆です。当時の街の風景が浮かんでくるような爽やかな描写です。

なんと24歳で初めてネクタイをしめたという村上龍が、イタリアでシャツに目覚めた。ミラノ、ローマ、ハバナ、ソウル、上海。神出鬼没に買い物道を驀進する！ 思わず噴き出す痛快エッセイ。

語られざる「火葬」のタブーに迫る渾身作 日本中が将来の右肩上がりの成長を信じていた昭和の時代、葬儀は、参列者の数を競うような壮大なスタイルで行われていた。しかしバブル経済の崩壊、そしてそこから続く「失われた30年」を経て、人の尊厳を守り、生きてきた証を残すはずの弔いは、急速に簡素化が進んでいる。

弱冠23歳で発表された平野文学の原点！ すべてはここから始まった。 15世紀末、ペストの猖獗によって荒廃した南仏の小村を舞台に、旅の途上の若き学僧の聖性体験を、漢語を多用した華麗で清新な文体で描き出し、文壇に衝撃を与えたデビュー作。

本を速く読みたい！──それは忙しい現代人の切実な願いである。 しかし、速読は本当に効果があるのか？ 10冊の本を闇雲に読むよりも、1冊を丹念に読んだほうが、人生にとってはるかに有益ではないのか？

ロングセラー『本の読み方 スロー・リーディングの実践』の続編。 ポール・オースター『幽霊たち』、綿矢りさ『蹴りたい背中』、伊坂幸太郎『ゴールデンスランバー』、美嘉『恋空』、ドストエフスキー『罪と罰』、自著『本心』……現代の純文学、ミステリーさらにはケータイ小説も含めた計13作品を題材に、小説をより深く楽しく味わうコツをわかりやすく解説する。

脱いだ服を雪の中に隠すなどしばしば奇抜な行動で周囲を驚かせる古生物学者の夫や、独特なヘアスタイルをした関根という名前の大事な兎、自宅を半焼させた経験を持つどこか抜けたところのある祖母……。身の回りにいる愉快な人々の姿を、印象的なエピソードとともに軽妙なタッチで描く抱腹絶倒のエッセイ！

2006年12月号から2024年6月号まで「小説推理」に隔月連載された、養老孟司の読書エッセイ「ミステリー中毒」より精選。全104本の中から、「考える」「社会」「脳」「人生」「身体」「自然」「ミステリー・ファンタジー」「国際」「日本語・文化」の９つのテーマに分け、各テーマ３篇、計27篇を収録する。