Art & Literature

Roald Dahl (September 13, 1916 - November 23, 1990), born in Cardiff, Wales, was a novelist, poet, screenwriter, and short story author, as well as a fighter pilot and intelligent officer in the Royal Air Force (RAF) during World War II. Considered one of the greatest storytellers for children of the 20th century, Dahl's classic works include Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, The Witches, The Twits and Matilda. His books have sold more than 300 million copies worldwide.

Kurt Vonnegut (November 11, 1922-April 11, 2007) was an American author known for his satirical and darkly humorous novels, including his most famous, Slaughterhouse-Five, published in 1969. His works include fourteen novels, three short-story collections, five plays, and five nonfiction pieces. In the following May 1994 recording, Vonnegut addresses the graduating class of Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York.

Seine zahlreichen Reisen führten den italienischen Schriftsteller und Abenteurer Giacomo Casanova in die Metropolen und an die Höfe Europas, wo er bedeutende Personen seiner Zeit traf. Doch auch die soziale "Unterschicht“ kommt in seinen Erinnerungen vor. Mit seinem berühmten sechsbändigen Hauptwerk "Geschichte meines Lebens“ hat Casanova der Nachwelt ein einzigartiges und farbenfrohes Sittengemälde des 18. Jahrhunderts hinterlassen.

Christine Wirth erzählt vom Leben mit ihrer Mutter, die sie 2023 durch tragische Umstände verloren hat. Das Verhältnis innerhalb der kleinen Familie - bestehend aus den Eltern und Zwillingsschwestern - war geprägt von Liebe, Herzlichkeit und dem starken Glauben an Gott, der sie durch viele Schwierigkeiten getragen hat und ihnen zugleich unvergleichliche Momente der Freude und des Glücks schenkte. Shalom Mamele ist eine Verbeugung vor der Mutter der Autorin, humorvoll, nostalgisch, wehmütig und Mut machend zugleich. In dankbarer Erinnerung setzt Christine Wirth ihrem "Mamele" ein Denkmal.

Remo Remotti racconta la propria vita alternando agli episodi buffi o disperati le piú celebri tra le sue poesie. E ne approfitta per dare il meglio, ovvero assolutamente il peggio, di sé. A cento anni dalla nascita del suo autore, un libro esilarante, acre, caustico, spudorato.

Книга "Достоевский. Мысли на каждый день" составлена из отрывков писем, дневников, записных книжек Фёдора Михайловича. Это уникальная возможность заглянуть в мысли и разделить чувства великого русского писателя. В этих записях читатель найдет размышления Достоевского о своем творчестве, о личной жизни, а также о событиях и людях, которые его окружали. Писатель откровенно делится своими переживаниями, разочарованиями и радостями, что позволяет нам лучше понять его как человека и как автора.

Childhood Lost in Poverty is an account of the author’s childhood experiences, from infancy to young adulthood. The process enabled him to recognise how the poor parenting skills of his father, as well as his mother’s struggle to raise him and his sister up in poverty, compromised his relationships with his parents and affected his adult life.

Bonni Chalkin’s collection of soulful, magical, and often delightfully quirky personal stories reveals a life journeyed with heart and mind wide open. As a curious traveler to simple and exotic places, including the inner self, she sees the transformations we all experience in daily life as akin to waking up one day and fluently speaking a language we’ve always yearned to speak.

All'alba del 13 ottobre 2023, a una settimana dall'attacco di Hamas in Israele e dall'inizio della guerra all'interno della Striscia di Gaza, il giornalista palestinese Sami al-Ajrami chiude a doppia mandata la porta di casa sua, nel campo profughi di Jabalia, dov'è nato e ha sempre vissuto, per sfollare con la famiglia a sud, secondo le indicazioni dell'esercito israeliano. Come già altri profughi palestinesi prima di lui, alle sue spalle lascia un'intera vita.

Designer, activist, and educator Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller is legendary for her decades of scholarship and advocacy, and as a touchstone and conscience for the design profession. In HERE: Where the Black Designers Are, Holmes-Miller documents the history of—and answers to—the question she has been asking for decades: “Where are the Black designers?” Holmes-Miller explores this essential question through the lens of her own development as a designer and leader, beginning with her own family and its rich multiethnic history.

Jeff German, a veteran Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter, was no stranger to controversy or the danger of his work. For more than four decades, he wrote stories relentlessly confronting the mob, corrupt politicians, and greedy bureaucrats. As a result, he was often threatened—enough that he and his friend and fellow investigative reporter, Arthur Kane, sometimes joked about reporting on these threats if they were ever acted upon.

A book that explores the great American novelist and playwright Edna Ferber, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Ficton, whose work was made into many Academy Award-winning movies; the writing of her controversial, international best-selling novel about Texas, and the making of George Stevens’ Academy Award winning epic film of the same name, Giant.

The Hell’s Angels Letters: Hunter S. Thompson, Margaret Harrell and the Making of an American Classic is an important revelation in the legacy of Thompson, with letters that survived precarious shipping and travel over decades, cloaked away from the public. “If Hell’s Angels hadn’t happened I never would have been able to write Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas or anything else . . . I felt like I got through a door just as it was closing,” Hunter told Paris Review.

Non è solo il nuovo romanzo di Pennac, è tutto Pennac in un romanzo... Nonnino, che diventerà il formidabile malfattore di Capolinea Malaussène, ha solo quattordici anni quando prepara il primo colpo della sua magistrale carriera di ricattatore e criminale. Nel seguirne i primi passi, Pennac intreccia invenzioni letterarie e autobiografia rivelando il suo modo di lavorare e le sue fonti di ispirazione per creare un personaggio. “La maggior parte dei miei amici diventano personaggi dei miei romanzi. Ma questo assassino che immaginavo senza conoscerlo, il mio terribile assassino, da dove viene?

Die Straße im Kopf. "Für manche klingen zwanzig Quadratmeter klein. Für mich ist es unmöglich, diesen Raum zu füllen. Ich habe einen Tisch, an dem ich schreiben kann, und eine Matratze. Ich habe keinen Kleiderschrank. Alles, was ich habe, trage ich seit einem Jahrzehnt in meiner schwarzen Tasche. Ich habe eine Wohnung, aber kein Zuhause. Ich bin kein Straßenjunge mehr. Meine Geschichte ist weitergegangen. Mit meinem Aufbruch in eine neue Wohnung kam auch der Durchbruch. Plötzlich nicht mehr Straße, sondern Spiegel-Bestsellerautor.Für mich sind Türen aufgegangen, viele in eine ganz neue Welt.