Containing 11 short, contemplative sketches—rarely more than 10 pages long—this collection reflects upon time, paying attention, solitude, companionship, and grace. In an era of increasingly cynical, …
Shelve Inesperee (Folio) (English and French Edition)
The complex moral ambiguities of seduction and revenge make Les Liaisons dangereuses (1782) one of the most scandalous and controversial novels in European literature. The subject of major film and st…
'The Wall', the lead story in this collection, introduces three political prisoners on the night prior to their execution. Through the gaze of an impartial doctor--seemingly there for the men's solace…
Eine Stadt am Meer, irgendwo. Eine Frau, Anne Desbaresdes, Gattin eines Fabrikanten, ist mit ihrem kleinen Jungen bei einer Klavierlehrerin, Schreie auf der Straße, im Café drunten hat ein Mann eine F…
Ange en quête d'absolu ? Monstre sanguinaire ? Avant la guerre, Albert Camus conçoit Caligula, ainsi que Sisyphe ou Meursault (L'Étranger), comme un héros…
Há pouco tempo, compreendi que o romance é impossível. Para revelar uma vida sujeita à necessidade, não tenho o direito de começar por tomar o partido da arte, nem de tentar fazer algo de «apaixonante…
Set in a Greek village in 1942, and purportedly written from his imagination by a Danish man before he was picked up by the Gestapo and not seen again, here is Ariel Dorfman’s haunting and universal p…
The Other Name follows the lives of two men living close to each other on the west coast of Norway. The year is coming to a close and Asle, an aging painter and widower, is reminiscing about his life.…
«بار دیگر سرش را روی نازبالش گذاشت تا به خواب برود. ولی در زیر آن پلک‌های فروبسته، همچنان بیدار بود. و شوهرش هم می‌دانست که او بیدار است. می‌دانست که دارد خواب خود را مرور می‌کند. آن طور که واقعا خواب…
Each play is an absurdist take on marital infidelity, one instance set on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and the other in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. Fred Savage, a homicidal, paranoid, schizophrenic…
Un magistral roman d'apprentissage, une saisissante enquête sur les traces d'un mystérieux auteur menée par un jeune écrivain africain à Paris En 2018, Diégane Latyr Faye, jeune écrivain sénégalais, dé…
Considered the most important work of modern Iranian literature, The Blind Owl is a haunting tale of loss and spiritual degradation. Replete with potent symbolism and terrifying surrealistic imagery, …
کتاب «بامداد اسلام» کم حجم است اما پرمحتوا. کتاب به بررسی شرایط «مکه» و «شبه جزیره عربستان» پیش از تولد، و در دوران پیامبر اسلام «محمد بن عبدالله» میپردازد، و سپس به صورت خلاصه، «تاریخ اسلام» را پس از…
When Korean Air Lines flight 858 exploded in 1987, killing 115 passengers, international law-enforcement officials immediately started searching for the hardened North Korean terrorists who could have…
4.48 Psychosis sees the ultimate narrowing of Sarah Kane's focus in her work. The struggle of the self to remain intact has moved in her work from civil war, into the family, into the couple, into the…
