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Fires Which Burned Brightly
In Fires Which Burned Brightly, Faulks, a reluctant memoirist, offers readers a series of detailed snapshots from a life in progress. They include a post-war rural childhood – ‘cold mutton and wet washing on a rack over the range’ – the booze-sodden heyday of Fleet Street and a career as one of the country’s most acclaimed novelists.
There are not one, but two daring escapes from boarding school; the delirium of a jetlagged American book tour; the writing of Birdsong in his brother’s house in 1992; and memorable trips across the channel to France. Politics, psychiatry and frustrated ventures into the world of entertainment are analysed with patience and rueful humour.
The book is driven by a desire ‘to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.’ It ends with a tribute to Faulks’s parents and a sense of how his own generation was shaped by the disruptive power of war and its aftermath.
Sharply perceptive and alive with a generous wit, Fires Which Burned Brightly is a work of subtle yet profound intelligence and warmth.
Ghost Stories
The tender memoir of the forty-three years Siri Hustvedt spent with her husband, writer, poet and filmmaker Paul Auster - from their first encounter in 1980s New York to his death in 2024
Ghost Stories is Siri Hustvedt's most personal work yet, a searing and intimate meditation on grief, memory and enduring love, written in the aftermath of the death of her husband, writer, poet and filmmaker Paul Auster.
It is a patchwork-quilt book that stitches together memories from over forty years of love and life together: journal entries Siri wrote between November 2023 and 3 May 2024, the day of Paul's funeral; emails Siri sent to friends during his cancer treatment; notes Paul sent her over the course of their relationship; and three love letters Siri wrote to him in 1981, when he left her for a period of nine or ten days to return to his former life with his first wife and son.
The book also contains Paul Auster's last ever piece of writing - the first thirty-five pages of what he hoped would be a small book of letters to Siri's and his grandson, Miles Auster Hustvedt Ostrander, born on 1 January 2024.
Unflinching, tender and wise, this is the full-bodied story of Siri Hustvedt and Paul Auster's life together, an exploration of how grief unmoors time and how the intimacy of a shared life continues to mark the everyday.
A note from Siri
'I began writing Ghost Stories shortly after my husband, Paul Auster, died on April 30th 2024. My meditations on Paul's cancer, his death, my grief, the potent feeling I had of his presence on the day he was buried, and my memories from the years we spent together are interwoven with several texts that were written before he died: twelve letters I wrote to friends during his cancer treatment; journal entries I wrote between early November, 2023 and May 3, 2024; and three love letters I wrote to Paul in 1981, when he left me for a period of nine or ten days to return to his former life. Although I knew Paul had saved those letters, I hadn't read them since they were written and had only a foggy recollection of their content.
In the last month of his life, Paul began writing what he hoped would be a small book of letters to our grandson, Miles Auster Hustvedt Ostrander, who was born on January 1st, 2024. Paul was too weak to finish it as planned, but the thirty-five pages he did manage to write are interwoven in this book.
I want to stress that Paul's text is not an appendix to mine but an integral part of the book as a whole. Because the memoir turns on attachment, betweenness, and dialogue, all crucial to the love affair that lasted forty-three years, the insertion of one author's text into another's, is, in this case, essential to the memoir's overall meaning.'
Így éltünk Mezopotámiában
1930 tavaszán az akkor már befutott, frissen elvált Agatha Christie Irakban megismerkedett egy "sötét hajú, sovány, halk szavú" régészgyakornokkal, Max Mallowannel, akivel még abban az évben összekötötte az életét. Ez pedig azt jelentette, hogy a két világháború közt, különböző régészeti expedíciók tagjaként bejárta az ókori Mezopotámia számos lelőhelyét - európai szemnek olykor hihetetlen kalandjait pedig természetesen le is jegyezte. Az Így éltünk Mezopotámiában lapjain így egyszerre kelhetünk útra a (távolról sem mindig) mesés Keletre, és követhetjük végig egy angol Lady kendőzetlenül őszinte, öniróniában gazdag találkozását egy vonzó és ismeretlen új világgal.
"Vagy ötezer esztendeje ez volt a világ legpezsgőbb pontja. Itt kezdődött a civilizáció, és itt szedem fel a földről egy kézzel formált agyagedény cserepeit, amely a feketével ráfestett pöttyökkel, keresztszemes mintával épp annak az áruházi bögrének az őse, amiből éppen ma reggel ittam a teámat..."
Notes to John
A recently discovered journal from one of America's most iconic writers, Joan Didion, the author of The Year of Magical Thinking and Blue Nights.
A pile of neatly typed pages was found in Joan Didion's office after her death. She had meticulously recorded her weekly sessions with a psychiatrist. As far as anyone knows, the pages had been read by only one other person: Didion's husband, John Gregory Dunne.
The sessions began as a method of dealing with the heartbreaking alcoholism of their adult daughter, Quintana. Discussions broadened into revelations about Didion's own childhood, longstanding behaviour patterns, marriage, guilt, work and 'what's been worth'.
Writing was the way Didion dealt with life. Notes to John presents a riveting account of the therapeutic process, crafted with the singular intelligence, precision and elegance that characterise all of her work.
Monsters in the Archives
After Caroline Bicks was named the University of Maine's inaugural Stephen E. King Chair in Literature, she became the first scholar to be granted extended access by King to his private archives, a treasure trove of manuscripts that document the legendary writer's creative process - most of them never before studied or published. The year she spent exploring King's early drafts and hand-written revisions was guided by one question millions of King's enthralled and terrified readers (including her) have asked themselves: What makes Stephen King's writing stick in our heads and haunt us long after we've closed the book?
Bicks focuses on five of his most iconic early works - The Shining, Carrie, Pet Sematary, 'Salem's Lot, and Night Shift--to reveal how he crafted his language, storylines, and characters to cast his enduring literary spells.
While tracking King's margin notes and editorial changes, she discovered scenes and alternative endings that never made it to print, but that King is allowing her to publish now. The book also includes interviews Bicks had with King along the way that reveal new insights into his writing process and personal history.
Part literary master class, part biography, part memoir and investigation into our deepest anxieties, Monsters in the Archives - authorized by Stephen King himself - is unlike anything ever published about the master of horror. It chronicles what Bicks found when she set out to unearth how King crafted some of his scariest, most iconic moments.
But it's also a story about a grown-up English professor facing her childhood fears and getting to know the man whose monsters helped unleash them.
Utazás az íróasztalom körül - Janikovszky Éva-emlékkötet
Janikovszky Éva születésének 100. évfordulójára jelenik meg ez a gazdagon dokumentált portrékötet, tisztelgésként egy olyan életmű előtt, amely generációk gondolkodását formálta. A válogatás vezérfonalát az író 1986-os, eddig publikálatlan kézirata adja, emellett a hagyatékban talált, eddig ismeretlen személyes írások, önéletrajzi ihletésű szövegek, levelek, esszék teszik ki a kötet anyagának nagy részét.
A kötet alkotó szerkesztője Vojnics-Rogics Réka irodalomtörténész dolgozta fel az író hagyatékát, ennek köszönhetően betekintést kapunk abba, hogy miként születtek meg azok a művek, amelyek egyszerre szólnak gyerekekhez és felnőttekhez itthon és a világ számos országában; s az is jól látható, hogy Janikovszky Éva szerkesztői, irodalomszervezői munkásságának milyen sokat köszönhet a magyar gyerekirodalom. A könyv nemcsak az irodalomtörténet iránt érdeklődő olvasókhoz szól, hanem mindazokhoz, akik ismerik és szeretik Janikovszky Éva műveit - nemcsak emlékezés, hanem párbeszédlehetőség is egy máig érvényes életművel.
Existence a hodnota
V knize vzpomínek Čtrnáctero zastavení poznamenal Bedřich Fučík o Janu Čepovi a jeho psaní: „Přicházel i později s několika popsanými listy, v nichž nebylo takřka jediného škrtu nebo opravy, a s rozpaky říkával: ‚To jsem psal pro tebe,‘ jako například svou tragickou ocelorytinu Člověk na silnici.“ Čepův přítel, literární kritik, redaktor autorových textů a ve třicátých letech ředitel nakladatelství Melantrich, které tato díla vydávalo, bezpochyby znal zblízka způsoby jeho tvorby; přesto jsme si pokládali otázku, zda jsou jeho tvrzení o tvorbě takřka čistopisů zcela v souladu s podobou dochovaných rukopisů, dnes uložených v Literárním archivu Památníku národního písemnictví v Praze.
Mnohé autografy spisovatele vskutku postrádají razanci škrtů a úprav, jež nacházíme u jiných literátů (Josefa Hory, Františka Halase, Ivana Olbrachta a dalších), přesto se v jeho pozůstalosti dochovala celá série raných fází produkce, autorových konceptů, prvopisů, zápisníků a deníkových zápisů, které dávají tušit, že genetická zkoumání mohou vnést nečekané světlo do poznání autorovy poetiky, do vývoje díla i samotné Čepovy osobnosti. V naší knize se skrze rukopisná zkoumání chceme zamyslet nad vztahem existence a hodnoty, situace a víry, jež formovaly autorův svébytný myšlenkový svět, a mimo jiné se ptáme na autorovy postoje v myšlenkových proudech jeho doby, ať už je řeč o novotomismu, existencialismu a dialogickém personalismu.
On Morrison
Toni Morrison, Nobel Laureate and most beloved of writers, has inspired generations of readers. But her artistic genius is often overshadowed by her monumental public persona, perhaps because, as Namwali Serpell puts it, 'she is our only truly canonical black, female writer - and her work is highly complex.' In On Morrison, Serpell brings her unique experience as both an award-winning writer and professor to illuminate Toni Morrison's masterful experiments with literary form.
This is Morrison as you've never encountered her before, a journey through her vivid fiction and criticism, as well as her lesser-known dramatic works and poetry - with contextual guidance and original close readings. Accessible and thrillingly rigorous, On Morrison is a primer not only on how to read one of the most significant American authors of our time, but how to approach any great work of literature. The conversation between the two black women artist-readers that rises from these pages is stylish, edifying and spectacular in its scope and erudition.
Christopher Isherwood Inside Out
An engrossing new biography of the man whose writings about 1930s Berlin made him famous. From the editor of Isherwood's diaries and letters.
Christopher Isherwood rejected the life he was born to and set out to make a different one. Heir to an English estate, he flunked out of university, moved to Berlin, was driven through Europe by the Nazis, and circled the globe before finally settling in Hollywood. There he adopted a new religion and continued to form the friendships - including an astounding number of romantic and sexual ones, often with other celebrated artists - through which he discovered himself.
Isherwood repeatedly fictionalised his friends and himself - from the detached 'Christopher Isherwood' of Goodbye to Berlin to George, the unapologetic middle-aged lover of men, in A Single Man, and the boldly out narrator of Christopher and His Kind. He was determined to portray his milieu appealingly to mainstream audiences in lucid, entertaining, often hilarious prose. Frankness about his sexuality, political beliefs and religion made him both a figurehead for the left and a target for the right. All the while, among the many public, constructed selves, an inmost self remained hidden.
Using a wealth of unpublished material, Christopher Isherwood Inside Out reveals the drama and complexity of Isherwood's interior world. It tells how the traumas of his father's death in World War I and his failure to protect his German lover from the Nazis were healed by his life as a monk in the 1940s, enabling him to commit unflinchingly to a sexually open relationship in the 1950s, and to come out as a 'grand old man' of the gay rights movement in the 1970s.
With this new biography, enriched by unlimited access to Isherwood's partner Don Bachardy, Katherine Bucknell shows how Christopher Isherwood achieved a uniquely inspiring personal life. He effected lasting change in our culture, through both his literary works and the way he lived.
Štúrovci - Najkrajšie básne, prózy a články, 3. vydanie
Táto kniha ponúka jedinečný pohľad do sveta štúrovskej generácie – kto boli muži, ktorí dali slovenskému jazyku hlas a národu vedomie?
Spoznajte 19 známych i menej známych osobností, ktoré formovali modernú slovenskú kultúru, jazyk a národné vedomie. Prostredníctvom stručných, no výstižných životopisov priblížime ich osudy, zápasy i myšlienkové východiská presahujúce hranice svojej doby.
Výber ukážok z literárnych diel a autentických citátov umožňuje čitateľovi odhaliť vášeň, pochybnosti i odhodlanie týchto romantických spisovateľov. Publikácia je teda nielen prehľadným sprievodcom štúrovským hnutím, ale aj pozvaním začítať sa do textov, ktoré dodnes oslovujú svojou naliehavosťou a hĺbkou.
4. doplnené vydanie.
Reedícia doplnená o nové osobnosti pripomína význam nezabudnuteľnej štúrovskej generácie.
The Loves of My Life
With his trademark wit, candour and relentlessly perceptive eye, Edmund White, the beloved 85-year-old 'paterfamilias of queer literature' (New York Times) delves unflinchingly into the aspect of his life which has inspired so many of his masterpieces: sex.
Documenting everything from covert fumblings in the repressed American Midwest of the 1950's to the Arcadian gay debauchery of New York in the 1970's; through the terror of HIV and the age of sex on the apps, White has seen - and experienced - it all.
Unyieldingly honest, outrageously raucous and arrestingly touching, The Loves of My Life can but further cement White's unquestionable role at the apex of the gay canon.
Three Wild Dogs (and the truth)
'Their anatomy - and more so, their spirit - hears many things, but at its centre it listens for you. It almost makes up for everything. The deaths, the attacks, the cover-ups. Only a fool would do it again . . .'
This is the story of three troublesome rescue dogs - and how even the most incorrigible of animals can become family. Poignant, funny and disarmingly honest, Three Wild Dogs (and the truth) is a dog lover's memoir from one of the world's most beloved storytellers: bestselling author of The Book Thief, Marcus Zusak.
What happens when the Zusaks open their family home to three big, wild, pound-hardened dogs - Reuben, a wolf at your door with a hacksaw; Archer, blond, beautiful, deadly; and the rancorously smiling Frosty, who walks like a rolling thunderstorm?
The answer can only be chaos: there are street fights, public shamings, property trashing, bodily injuries, stomach pumping, purest comedy and carnage that needs to be seen to be believed . . . not to mention the odd police visit at some ungodly hour.
Through shortcomings and failure, willpower and an explosion of love, Reuben, Archer and Frosty become family. Three Wild Dogs (and the truth) is a love letter to the animals who bring hilarity and adventure straight to our doors, and into our lives.
Strangers
How do we go on when a loved one betrays us?
On a chilly day in March of 2020, in the early days of the pandemic, Belle Burden s husband of twenty years announced, with no prior warning, that he was leaving her. His decision shocked Belle to her core: she believed he was a happy man, a committed partner, and a devoted father to their three children. She thought he was a man who had settled into the life he had always wanted: a successful career, summers spent at their beloved home on Martha s Vineyard, lots of tennis.
Overnight, he transformed from her steady companion into a stranger.
As she pieces her life together in the wake of a loss she had never imagined coming, she finds she is much stronger than she ever expected. Exploring the transformation of a shy, quiet girl, nicknamed Belle the Good to a powerful, brave, determined woman who has learned to use her voice to expose the patriarchal structures that have forced women to be discreet and compliant for far too long, Strangers is a must-read memoir of self-discovery.
Book of Lives - A Memoir of Sorts
The life and times of one of the most important writers of our time, from her peripatetic childhood in the Canadian far north, through the writing of The Handmaid's Tale, to her position today as revered truth-teller and literary icon
How does one of the greatest storytellers of our time write her own life? The long-awaited memoir from one of our most lauded and influential cultural figures
‘Every writer is at least two beings: the one who lives, and the one who writes. Though everything written must have passed through their minds, or mind, they are not the same.’
Raised by ruggedly independent, scientifically minded parents – entomologist father, dietician mother – Atwood spent most of each year in the wild forest of northern Quebec. This childhood was unfettered and nomadic, sometimes isolated (on her eighth birthday: 'It sounds forlorn. It was forlorn. It gets more forlorn. ’), but also thrilling and beautiful.
From this unconventional start, Atwood unfolds the story of her life, linking seminal moments to the books that hav e shaped our literary landscape, from the cruel year that spawned Cat’s Eye to div ided 1980s Berlin where she began The Handmaid’s Tale. Bursting with bohemian gatherings, her magical life with the wildly charismatic writer Graeme Gibson and major political turning points, we meet poets, bears, Hollywood actors and larger-than-life characters straight from the pages of an Atwood novel.
As we travel with her along the course of her life, more and more is rev ealed about her writing, the connections between real life and art – and the workings of one of our greatest imaginations.
Travels with Agatha Christie
In 1922, a young Agatha Christie, still at the dawn of her literary career, received an incredible opportunity. Britain was preparing for a grand festival - the British Empire Exhibition - to be held in Wembley in 1924. But such an ambitious event needed planning, and Agatha and her husband, Archie, were asked to help. Would they like to travel to different parts of the Empire to assist in its preparation? Naturally, their answer was a resounding yes.
Nearly a century later, the legendary Sir David Suchet and his wife Sheila were invited to retrace Agatha's remarkable journey. In Travels with Agatha Christie, Suchet - renowned for his iconic portrayal of Hercule Poirot - follows in Agatha's footsteps, visiting the diverse landscapes of South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii and Canada. With his trademark charm and warmth, and insightful reflections, David not only explores the enduring legacy of the British Empire but also uncovers the profound impact these travels had on a young Agatha Christie, shaping her future as the Queen of Crime.
Rich with personal anecdotes, David's own stunning photography and fascinating history, Travels with Agatha Christie offers a fresh, intimate look at the woman behind the distinguished mysteries. Through David's eyes, we gain a deeper understanding of Agatha's early writing, her love for adventure and the lasting influence of her travels on her creative journey. A captivating blend of history, travel and personal insight, this book reveals a side of Agatha Christie that few know.
Tichá rebelka Timrava
Román Tichá rebelka Timrava je poctou ženám. V časoch relativizácie národných kultúr, vzdelania a sebavedomia prináša Jozef Banáš do svojho panteónu osobností po Dubčekovi, Štefánikovi, Baťovi a Stodolovi prvú ženu. Aký to trpký paradox – umelecké meno si dala po studničke – Timrave, z ktorej sa napila chladnej vody jej jediná životná láska – Jožko Čipkaj a krátko na to zomrel na zápal pľúc. Odmietla sa vydať pod nátlakom, lásku k mužovi nahradila láskou k prostým ľuďom. Mnohí ju za jej priamosť a pravdivosť nemali radi. Žila v zložitom religióznom, sociálnom, národnostnom prostredí, k žene nežičlivom. Dokázala však, že i v samote zapadnutých dediniek je možné vytvoriť veľké dielo. Aký to krásny príklad ťapákovcom s ich večným – nedá sa!
Vedela, že ak chce piť z prameňa pravdy, musí ísť proti prúdu. Našla odvahu a stala sa prameňom. Každá jej poviedka bola malou vzburou proti nezmyselným tradíciám, rebelovala potichu, ale jej ticho bolo počuť v každom srdci.
Keď autor na stretnutí s mladými uviedol, že píše o Timrave, istá študentka sa ho spýtala – to je čo? Kiež by si túto knihu prečítala, aby zvedela, koho sme v nej mali a stále máme.
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Writing Creativity and Soul
When Sue Monk Kidd was in high school, a home economics teacher wrote a list of potential occupations for women on the blackboard: teacher, nurse, librarian, secretary. "Writer" was nowhere to be found. On that day, Kidd shut the door on her writerly aspirations and would not revisit the topic until many years later when she announced to her husband and two children that she was going to become a writer. And so began her journey into the mysteries and methods of the writerly life…
In Writing Creativity and Soul, Sue Monk Kidd will pull from her own life and the lives of other writers-Virginia Woolf, Maya Angelou, Harper Lee, and many others-to provide a map for anyone who has ever felt lost as a writer. At the heart of this book is the unwavering belief that writing is a spiritual act, one that draws inspiration from the soul, that wellspring of creativity between imagination and feeling. Once you tap into that part of yourself, said Maya Angelou, there are only three more things you need as a writer: something to say, the ability to say it, and, perhaps most difficult of all, the courage to say it.
Equal parts memoir, guidebook, and spiritual quest, Writing Creativity and Soul is a pilgrimage and a touchstone, a journey into the transformational force of the imagination and the creative genius that lies in the unconscious.
Stephen King - Mezi řádky
Švédský publicista Hans-Ake Lilja přináší všem kingofilům další kolekci postřehů, komentářů a zákulisních informací o Králi hororu. Coby provozovatel nejčtenějšího fanouškovského webu mapujícího život a dílo Stephena Kinga má přístup k závratnému množství zdrojů, z nichž s nakažlivým nadšením vybírá to nejzajímavější i nejzvláštnější, čeho se dopídil.
Tentokrát přijdou na přetřes Temná věž a její strastiplný převod na filmové plátno a televizní obrazovku, spolupráce Stephena Kinga s Michaelem Jacksonem, Kingův vztah k sociálním sítím a psům, zvláště plemene corgi, navštívíme záhadnou Dílnu nebo tajuplný newyorský klub vypravěčů. Podávat se bude Nozz-A-La a číst ze stránek Vhledu. K tomu výživné a upřímné rozhovory s Kingovým synem Joem Hillem, režiséry Mickem Garrisem a Frankem Darabontem a dalšími tvůrci.
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Fly, Wild Swans - My Mother, Myself and China
Jung Chang's Wild Swans was a book that defined a generation, an epic personal history of Jung, her mother and grandmother - 'three daughters of China'. The book opens in 1909 with her grandmother's birth - and foot-binding - when China was under the last emperor, moving through Mao Zedong's rule, especially the Cultural Revolution during which Jung's parents were subjected to horrendous ordeals because of their courage. It finishes in 1978 when Deng Xiaoping officially ended the Mao era and started the 'reforms'. Jung, at that propitious juncture, became one of the first Chinese to leave Communist China for the West.
Nearly half a century on, China has risen from a decrepit and isolated state to a global power, the challenger to the United States' dominant position in the world. Through those decades, Jung's life has been intimately entwined with her native land. Her experiences dealing with the regime in those years were rich and revealing - especially so because all her books were (and are) banned.
Fly, Wild Swans is the follow-up to Wild Swans and brings the story of Jung's family - along with that of China - up to date. The book is in many ways Jung's love letter to her mother. It is inevitably also about her grandmother and father, both of whom died tragically in the Cultural Revolution but are often recalled in this book. In fact, the past is never far away in Jung's subsequent life. It has shaped her, and moulded the present China, and what's more, it promises to herald the future.
China is now at another watershed moment with the era of Chairman Xi Jinping greatly affecting the lives of Jung and her mother. Fly, Wild Swans is Jung's heartfelt response to that experience, and a book filled with drama, love, curiosity and incredible history - both personal and global. Ultimately uplifting, told in Jung's clear, honest and compelling voice, it is memoir writing at its best.
Biografie v kategórii Literatúra sa zaoberajú životnými príbehmi a skúmaním významných spisovateľov a literárnych osobností. Tieto knihy nám ponúkajú hlbší pohľad do života a diela jednotlivcov, ktorí zanechali trvalý odkaz vo svete literatúry.
V biografiách literárnych osobností sa často analyzujú a opisujú významné udalosti a skúsenosti, ktoré formovali spisovateľov a ovplyvnili ich tvorbu. Autori týchto kníh sa zameriavajú na výskum životných príbehov, vzťahov, tvorivých procesov a vplyvov, ktoré formovali jedinečný literárny hlas a príspevok týchto osobností.
Tieto životopisy nám umožňujú priblížiť sa k mysli a inšpiráciám spisovateľov, pochopiť ich tvorivý vývoj, motívy, témy a techniky písania. Tieto knihy nám poskytujú kontext prechodu od života spisovateľa k ich literárnemu dedičstvu, a tak nám umožňujú hlbšie porozumieť a interpretovať ich diela.
Biografie literárnych osobností sa zameriavajú na rôzne literárne epochy, žánre a kultúrne kontexty. Medzi populárne témy patria životopisy klasických spisovateľov, moderných autorov, básnikov, dramatikov a literárnych ikon, ktorých diela majú významný vplyv na literárnu kultúru.
