Kathryn Harrison Libros

Francisca de Luarac, hija de un pobre cultivador de seda español, es una soñadora de sueños fabulosos. Marie Louise de Bourbon, sobrina de Luis XIV, danza en zapatillas de fina seda española en la corte del Rey Sol e imagina su propio futuro encantado. Nacidas el mismo día, en una época dominada por la superstición, la represión y la Inquisición, las vidas de estas dos jóvenes se desarrollan en paralelo, apenas tocándose. Cada una atesora la memoria de su adorada madre perdida como un amuleto. La obsesión de Francisca por su amante, un sacerdote católico, moldeará su destino. Marie Louise está atada por conveniencia política al loco e impotente Carlos II de España. Pero incluso mientras sus destinos gemelos se dirigen inexorablemente hacia el desastre, tanto la reina como la plebeya cultivan una vida secreta y peligrosa dedicada a la resistencia, la trascendencia y el amor. Escrito en una prosa hermosa que brilla como la seda, "Veneno" nos recuerda vívidamente la persistencia del deseo, la pasión entre madres e hijas y la magia de los sueños.

Libro de memorias, en el que su autora cuenta sobre el divorcio de sus padres a los 6 meses de nacida. Ellos eran casi unos niños, con un encendido romance juvenil, destruido por las incertidumbres de la adolescencia, las diferencias sociales y las presiones familiares. Kathryn Harrison fue criada por sus abuelos y a los 20 años se reencuentra con su padre, de solo treinta y nueve. Se despiden con un largo, húmedo y muy poco paternal beso, y comienza así para la joven los infiernos de una pasión familiar, donde el incesto es una prisión excitante y atroz.

En la China de principios del siglo XX, Mai es sometida al doloroso ritual de vender los pies a las niñas. Después de huir de un matrimonio concertado, es rescatada de un burdel de Shangai por Arthur Cohen, un australiano que lucha por la abolición de la brutal práctica que acabará secretamente seducido por sus pequeños pies.

Ann Rogers appears to be a happily married, successful young woman. A talented photographer, she creates happy memories for others, videotaping weddings, splicing together scenes of smiling faces, editing out awkward moments. But she cannot edit her own memories so easily – images of a childhood spent as her father’s model and muse, the subject of his celebrated series of controversial photographs. To cope, Ann slips into a secret life of shame and vice. But when the Museum of Modern Art announces a retrospective of her father’s shocking portraits, Ann finds herself teetering on the edge of self-destruction, desperately trying to escape the psychological maelstrom that threatens to consume her.

In the tradition of The Hare with Amber Eyes and Running in the Family, a memoir of the author's upbringing by her grandparents in a fading mansion above Sunset Boulevard -- a childhood at once privileged and unusual, filled with the mementos and echoes of their impossibly exotic and peripatetic lives.Kathryn Harrison always understood that her family was beyond eccentric -- they'd breached the bounds of the unconventional. She was largely raised by her grandparents in an outsized Tudor confection of a house on the periphery of Bel Air, which she thought of as "Sunset," her kingdom of the imagination, inhabited by the past and its numberless artifacts. True wandering Jews, her grandparents had arrived in Los Angeles in the forties after dramatic, globetrotting lives. Harry Jacobs had been a fur trapper in Alaska, a soldier in the trenches of the Great War, a traveling salesman in a Model T. Margaret Sassoon had lived a privileged life as a member of a Jewish merchant family in Shanghai, turning down offers of marriage from Russian princes exiled by the Revolution. Kathryn Harrison grew up in an almost mythical realm of their letters and artifacts and stories -- until declining finances forced to sell the house on Sunset in 1971, and night fell fast. On Sunset seeks to recover that childhood, that place, those lives -- and does so with piercing poignancy.

Will has a good sex life - with the woman he married. So why then is he increasingly plagued by violent erotic fantasies that, were they to break out of his imagination and into the real world, would have the power to destroy not only his family but his career? He's about to lose his grip when he attends a college reunion and there discovers evidence of a past sexual betrayal, one serious enough that it threatens to overpower the present, even as it offers a key to Will's dangerous obsessions. This novel explores the corrosive effect of evil - and how painful psychological truths long buried within a family can corrupt the present but, through courage and understanding, lead to healing and renewal.

A scientist in Alaska becomes fascinated by an Aleut woman's muteness, and her disappearance ignites his desperation. This novel intertwines myth and a gripping tale of erotic compulsion, set against the haunting backdrop of the Great North.

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK “Part love story, part history, this novel is a tour de force [told] in language that soars and sears.” — More In 1917 St. Petersburg, after Rasputin's body is discovered in the Neva River, his eighteen-year-old daughter, Masha, moves to the imperial palace to live with Tsar Nikolay and his family. Tsarina Alexandra, hoping Masha has inherited her father's healing abilities, asks her to care for her son, Alyosha, who suffers from hemophilia. Shortly after Masha's arrival, the tsar abdicates, and the royal family is placed under house arrest by the Bolsheviks. Amidst the turmoil of civil war, Masha and Alyosha find comfort in one another. To help distract the prince from his pain, Masha shares stories—some embellished, others imagined—about the courtship of Nikolay and Alexandra, Rasputin's life, and their homeland, which is on the verge of monumental change. In their shared fantasies, weakness transforms into strength, and the impossible future feels tantalizingly close. Praise for the novel highlights its sumptuous prose and fresh perspective on the last days of the Romanovs, with critics noting its enduring impact and mesmerizing storytelling. Harrison's work is described as intricately crafted, blending historical facts with rich imagination, creating a literary gem. Join the Random House Reader’s Circle for author chats and more.

Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, largely unknown when she died in a Carmelite convent at the age of twenty-four, became-through her posthumously published autobiography-one of the world's most influential religious figures. In Saint Thérèse of Lisieux , bestselling novelist and memoirist Kathryn Harrison, whose depictions of women have been called "powerful" ( The New York Times Book Review ) and "luminously intelligent" ( The Boston Sunday Globe ), brings to the saint's life her storytelling gift and deep insight as she reveals the hopes and fears of the young girl behind the religious icon.Saint Thérèse of Lisieux shows us the pampered daughter of successful and deeply religious tradespeople who-through a personal appeal to the pope-entered a convent at the early age of fifteen. There, Thérèse embraced sacrifice and self-renunciation in a single-minded pursuit of the "nothingness" she felt would bring her closer to God. With feeling, Harrison shows us the sensitive four-year-old whose mother's death haunted her forever and contributed to the ascetic spirituality that strengthened her to embrace even the deadly throes of tuberculosis. Tellingly placed in the context of late-nineteenth-century French social and religious practices, this is a powerful story of a life lived with enormous passion and a searing, triumphant voyage of the spirit.

From the bestselling author of THE BINDING CHAIR, this acclaimed follow-up to her memoir THE KISS delves into the bonds of motherhood across four generations. Kathryn Harrison recalls her childhood when her young mother entrusted her to her British grandmother, a formidable figure from Shanghai. To Kathryn, her grandmother was a master storyteller, revealing tales of a magical, bygone era. After rejecting numerous suitors, she married at 43, becoming the mother of Harrison, who also resisted societal norms. Her mother appeared sporadically, urging unwanted glamour on her shy daughter. Growing up as an observer, Harrison sought to understand these women while carving her own path. In this witty and poignant memoir, she reflects on the ties that bind mothers and children, as well as the forces that can create distance. Harrison explores the legacy of storytelling from her grandmother and examines her family history for inspiration in her writing. As she watches her own children grow, she recalls moments of rebellion, the struggle for perfection leading to an eating disorder, and the tumultuous fights that marked her journey to independence. This evocative book invites readers to explore their own experiences of motherhood, loss, and renewal, capturing the unforgettable moments that shape domestic life.

Persoonlijk verslag van een voettocht naar Santiago.

Nesmrtelný příběh o síle lidské odvahy. Hluboce inspirativní a plně zdokumentovaný příběh Jany z Arku, kterou roku 1428 „hlasy“ přiměly k tomu, aby sjednotila francouzský národ a přemluvila zdráhavého krále k boji proti anglickým okupantům, fascinoval takovou plejádu uměleckých osobností, jako byl William Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Voltaire, Bertold Brecht nebo Robert Bresson. Byla Jana z Arku světice plná božského osvícení? Schizofrenička? Démonem posedlá heretička, jak se snažili dokázat její žalobci a věznitelé? Každá éra musí převyprávět a přetvořit neobyčejný příběh Panny orleánské po svém a vynikající novelistka a memoáristka Kathryn Harrisonová nám ve své knize Jana z Arku: Proměněný život představuje Janu pro naši dobu – příklad neotřesitelné víry, neobyčejné odvahy a sebedůvěry během brutálně zmanipulovaného inkvizičního procesu a tváří v tvář smrti upálením. Harrisonová obratně proplétá fakta, mýty, folklor, umělecké reflexe a staletí učeneckých a kritických interpretací do poutavého příběhu, ve kterém Janě z Arku navrací její právoplatné místo jedné z největších hrdinek celé lidské historie a akcentuje při tom její ženskou roli.

Isabel ist die problematische Tochter charismatischer, aber leichtsinniger Eltern, die hastig heirateten, sich ebenso schnell scheiden ließen und sich voneinander und von ihrem Kind distanzierten. In der Obhut ihrer Großeltern sehnt sich Isabel nach ihrer fernen, glamourösen Mutter und nach einem Vater, der nur eine verblassende Erinnerung ist. Unfähig, ihren Schmerz zu kontrollieren, rebelliert Isabel auf perverse und gefährliche Weise. Ein fesselnder Roman, der der „Familienromanze“ von Freud neue Bedeutung verleiht und die fragile Grenze zwischen Liebe und den dunkleren Seiten der Leidenschaft lebhaft beleuchtet.

Autobiografisch relaas over de verhouding die de auteur vanaf haar twintigste had met haar vader, een geestelijke die ze tijdens haar jeugd slechts tweemaal ontmoette.

Het leven van een Spaanse vrouw kruist dat van een Franse prinses, die is getrouwd met de onaantrekkelijke koning Carlos II van Spanje, ten tijde van de Spaanse inquisitie in de zeventiende eeuw in Madrid.