Upon its publication in Germany in 1983, this author's book stirred both critical acclaim and consternation, attracting a wide readership. He finds cynicism the dominant mode in contemporary culture, in personal and institutional settings; his book is both a history of the impulse and an investigation of its role today, among those whose earlier hopes for social change have crumbled and faded away.
Als De tuin der lusten, het beroemde schilderij van Jeroen Bosch, in het Prado-museum van Madrid door een agressieve bezoeker wordt beschadigd en het doek als gevolg daarvan hersteld moet worden, ontdekt restaurateur Michael Keie in de diepere kleurlagen van het schilderij een reeks geheime tekens. Na deze intrigerende ontdekking wordt hij voortdurend op de hielen gezeten door een vrouw die beweert psychologe te zijn. Heeft zij het gemunt op de negatieven van het röntgenonderzoek? En welke betekenis hebben de zeldzame symbolen? De pogingen van Keie dit raadsel van het Prado op te lossen, voeren al snel terug naar de oorsprong van het schilderij, naar het 's Hertogenbosch van 1510, waar de Inquisitie jacht maakt op elke mogelijke vorm van ketterij... Oorspronkelijke Nederlandse titel: Het geheim van Jeroen Bosch
Presents an account of the author's journey in 1950 from London to his birthplace, the Caribbean island of Trinidad. This work provides a study of societies - British Guyana, Surinam, Martinique and Jamaica - examining their common heritage of colonialism and slavery.
Desde el inicio de los tiempos, pocas cosas han interesado más al hombre que el amor, y sin embargo continuamos siendo incapaces de definirlo. Éste es el punto de partida de Sobre el amor y la muerte , un sorprendente texto acerca de la experiencia amorosa y cómo ésta se relaciona con uno de los temas prohibidos de nuestro tiempo, la muerte. Patrick Süskind recurre a los clásicos y a los mitos de la literatura moderna para elaborar una reflexión acerca de Eros y Tánatos bañada de un mordaz sentido del humor y de su peculiar habilidad para dar voz al misterio. Escrito con motivo de la película de Helmut Dietl De la búsqueda y el encuentro del amor, una recreación del mito de Orfeo y Eurídice en cuyo guión colaboró el autor, este texto, inédito en castellano, es una pieza de singular belleza. «El presente ensayo de Süskind me parece magistral y, lo que es mejor, sugerente. En cada página hay que detenerse para pensar un momento. Realmente, hace falta coraje para escribir S obre el amor y la muerte , y hace falta talento para decir algo nuevo al respecto.» Miguel Sáenz
In de winter van 1953 is de liefste wens van puber Anthony Amedeo een sjabloonkit om, net als andere kinderen in zijn buurt, het raam van zijn slaapkamer te versieren. In plaats daarvan krijgt hij een heel ander kerscadeautje: het gezin van zijn oom Malcolm.Malcolm zit in de gevangenis, en Anthony's tante Floria en zijn nichtjes Bianca en Belinda (een tweeling) trekken bij hem en zijn ouders in. Ineens een kamer delen met meisjes is een hele toer, ook al is Anthony op de tweeling gesteld en zijn zij allebei hopeloos verliefd op hem. De ware verandering in zijn leven komt echter op de avond waarop hij iets gruwelijks laat gebeuren. Niet alleen zijn eigen leven, maar ook dat van zijn familieleden verandert daardoor voorgoed. Dagelijkse zonden omspant drie generaties en voert ons van de Bronx in de jaren vijftig naar het Brooklyn van 1999.
Reveals one of the greatest horrors of the 20th century: the system of Soviet camps that are responsible for the deaths of countless millions. This work presents history of the camp: from its origins under the tsars, to its colossal expansion under Stalin's reign of terror, its zenith in the late 1940s and eventual collapse in the era of glasnost.
At the gateway to the Mediterranean lie the two Pillars of Hercules: Gibraltar
and Ceuta, in Morocco. Paul Theroux decided to travel from one to the other
taking the long way round. He travels by a dilapidated taxi, smoke-filled bus,
bicycle and even a cruise-liner. This eventful tour aims to evoke the essence
of Mediterranean life.
Ann Holmes seems an unlikely candidate for revelation. A sixteen-year-old runaway, she is an itinerant mushroom picker who lives in a tent. Her past has been hardscrabble. Then one November afternoon, in the foggy woods of North Fork, Washington, the Virgin comes to her, clear as day. Is this delusion, a product of her occasional drug use, or a true calling to God? Gradually word spreads, and thousands converge upon the already troubled town. For Tom Cross, an embittered logger who's been out of work since his son was paralyzed in a terrible accident, the possibility that Ann's visions are real offers a last chance for him and his son. As Father Collins searches both his own soul and Ann's; as Carolyn struggles with her less than admirable intentions; as Tom alternates between despair and hope; OUR LADY OF THE FOREST combines suspense, grit and humour in a story of faith at a contemporary crossroad.
Why are many of the most successful people plagued by feelings of emptiness and alienation? This wise and profound book has provided thousands of readers with an answer—and has helped them to apply it to their own lives.Far too many of us had to learn as children to hide our own feelings, needs, and memories skillfully in order to meet our parents’ expectations and win their ”love.” Alice Miller writes, ”When I used the word ’gifted’ in the title, I had in mind neither children who receive high grades in school nor children talented in a special way. I simply meant all of us who have survived an abusive childhood thanks to an ability to adapt even to unspeakable cruelty by becoming numb… Without this ’gift’ offered us by nature, we would not have survived.” But merely surviving is not enough. The Drama of the Gifted Child helps us to reclaim our life by discovering our own crucial needs and our own truth.
Can friendship survive in a divided world? Written on the eve of the Holocaust as a series of letters between a Jew in America and his German friend, Kressmann Taylor's classic novel is a haunting tale of a society poisoned by Nazism.First published in 1938, Address Unknown met with immediate success in English but was banned in Europe by the Nazis. Tragically prescient about what was to come, it was one of the earliest works of fiction to warn against the growing dangers of fascism and antisemitism in Europe. It became an international bestseller and has been translated into more than twenty languages.A novel of enduring impact with a memorable sting in its tail, Address Unknown stands as a powerful reminder of the dangers posed by the rhetoric of intolerance.
In dit boeiende boek laat de auteur het jaar 1688 wereldwijd herleven. In zeven delen, onderverdeeld in diverse hoofdstukken, worden de belangrijkste gebeurtenissen en ontwikkelingen beschreven die in en buiten Europa plaatsvonden. Dank zij de zeevaart, enkele missionarissen en avonturiers namen wij kennis van andere werelddelen en volken met hun cultuur en religie. Deze ontdekkingen hadden positieve en negatieve gevolgen, zoals handelscontacten, overheersing en de slavenhandel. Verwikkelingen aan Europese en Aziatische hoven drukken hun stempel op de tijd. De tweede helft van de zeventiende eeuw was ook de tijd van grote onderzoekers, wetenschappers en literatoren. De auteur kon putten uit authentiek bronnenmateriaal. Met enkele illustraties in zwart/wit. Een uitgebreid overzicht van geraadpleegde bronnen en verdere literatuur biedt de in geschiedenis geïnteresseerde lezer voldoende mogelijkheid om zijn kennis uit te breiden. Het boek eindigt met een personen- en zakenregister. (Biblion recensie, P. Brugmans-Peters) (first published January 3rd 2001 by W. W. Norton & Company)
L'Islam, el petroli i el nou 'Gran Joc' a l'Àsia Central
416 páginas
15 horas de lectura
Este es el libro que debe leer todo aquel que quiera saber cómo es en realidad el movimiento más radical y extremista del mundo árabe. Escrito y publicado antes de la masacre del 11 de septiembre de 2001 por uno de los pocos periodistas que ha conocido y entrevistado a los líderes talibanes y traducido a más de veinte idiomas, Los talibán sigue siendo en la actualidad una lectura esencial para cualquiera que aspire a entender qué está ocurriendo en Afganistán, y el porqué de sus repercusiones en el mundo entero. Con claridad y contundencia, sin cargar las tintas pero sin dejar de lado un solo detalle, Ahmed Rashid explica en esta obra cómo los talibanes alcanzaron el poder, el régimen de opresión impuesto sobre los ciudadanos de a pie —especialmente las mujeres— y las intrigas relacionadas con el tráfico de heroína y el petróleo, y compone un relato absorbente y plenamente vigente acerca de los riesgos que acechan en una amplia zona del Asia Central.
Nominada por los estadounidenses como una de las 100 mejores novelas en la serie de PBS The Great American Read, la obra de Orwell, escrita en 1948, se ha transformado de ciencia ficción a un manifiesto de la realidad. En 1984, Londres es una ciudad sombría donde la Policía del Pensamiento controla la vida de los ciudadanos. Winston Smith, un peón en este sistema opresivo, tiene la tarea de reescribir la historia para ajustarla a la versión oficial del Partido. Sin embargo, su vida da un giro cuando recibe un mensaje de amor de una mujer que apenas conoce, lo que lo lleva a cuestionar la verdad del sistema que los gobierna. Esta obra es un poderoso relato de rebelión y opresión, donde conceptos como "la guerra es paz" y "la libertad es esclavitud" resuenan en la conciencia colectiva. La historia de Winston y su búsqueda de la verdad se convierte en un acto de desafío frente a un régimen totalitario que vigila cada aspecto de la vida. A través de la lucha por la libertad y la autenticidad, se exploran temas de control, identidad y la naturaleza de la realidad en un mundo distópico.
From the acclaimed author of Floating in My Mother’s Palm and Children and Fire, a stunning story about ordinary people living in extraordinary times—“epic, daring, magnificent, the product of a defining and mesmerizing vision” (Los Angeles Times). Trudi Montag is a Zwerg—a dwarf—short, undesirable, different, the voice of anyone who has ever tried to fit in. Eventually she learns that being different is a secret that all humans share—from her mother who flees into madness, to her friend Georg whose parents pretend he’s a girl, to the Jews Trudi harbors in her cellar. Ursula Hegi brings us a timeless and unforgettable story in Trudi and a small town, weaving together a profound tapestry of emotional power, humanity, and truth.
Dionisio Vivo, a young South American lecturer in philosophy, is puzzled by the hideously mutilated corpses that keep turning up outside his front door. To his friend, Ramon, one of the few honest policemen in town, the message is all too clear: Dionisio's letters to the press, exposing the drug barons, must stop; and although Dionisio manages to escape the hit-men sent to get him, he soon realizes that others are more vulnerable, and his love for them leads him to take a colossal revenge. "Senor Vivo and the Coca Lord is the second novel in a trilogy set in South America. It won a Commonwealth Writers Prize in 1992.
En plena Segunda Guerra Mundial, en una isla griega invadida por los alemanes se desarrollará una inolvidable historia de amor entre una lugarela y un oficial italiano. Una pequeña historia de amor que encarna todas las historias de amor del mundo...
Vertaald naar het Nederlands door / Translated into Dutch by Tinke Davids / 9789029508896 / Literature translated into Dutch / Nederlands / Dutch / Néerlandais / Niederländisch / paperback / 13 x 21 cm / 251 .pp /
'Gedumpt' vertelt opnieuw het verhaal van een moord op een jonge vrouw: Betty Jean Scales. Het is het adembenemende relaas van twee mannen, een schrijver en een detective, in hun hongerige zoektocht naar gerechtigheid. CPNB Maand van het spannende boek 1998.
America's greatest crime writer investigates his mother's murder. On 21 June
1958, Geneva Hilliker Ellroy left her home in California. She was found
strangled the next day. Her ten year-old son James had been with her estranged
husband all weekend and was informed of her death on his return. Her murderer
was never found, but her death had an enduring effect on her son - he spent
his teens and early adult years as a wino, petty burglar and derelict. Only
later, through his obsession with crime fiction, triggered by his mother's
murder, did Ellroy begin to delve into his past. Shortly after the publication
of his groundbreaking novel WHITE JAZZ, he determined to return to Los Angeles
and, with the help of veteran detective Bill Stoner, attempt to solve the
38-year-old killing. The result is one of the few classics of crime non-
fiction and autobiography to appear in the last few decades; a hypnotic trip
to America's underbelly and one man's tortured soul.
A Starthing And Revelatory Addition To The Naipaul Canon, This Book Confirms The Author`S Reputation As A Masterful Observer, A `Finder-Out` Of Stories, As Well As A Magnificent Teller Of Them.
Reisverslag van de 5 jaar durende zeereis die de Britse wetenschapper Charles Darwin vanaf 1831 maakte naar Zuid-Amerika, Afrika, Australië en eilanden in de Stille en Indische Oceaan.
Combining the acute observation of a nineteenth-century missionary, and the wit of a Monty Python player, Redmond O'Hanlon is famous for his adventurous travel. His new challenge is the Congo, the most dangerous and inhospitable jungle in the world.
Beginning his journey in Boston, where he boarded the subway commuter train, Paul Theroux travelled the length of North and South America, to his destination in Patagonia. In this book he vividly evokes the contrasts of his journey.
Van de Rio Negro naar Buenos Aires - Charles Darwin Goedenavond, mrs. Thys - Jan Brokken Drie maanden in de West - W. Wijnaendts Francken-Syserinck Paaseiland: voorbij de branding van Rapa Nui - Paul Theroux Kongo - Redmond O'Hanlon Filfla - Boudewijn Büch Het dorp van Ratu Dinges - Johnny Frisbie Bot Pippel - Linda Polman De Kakaanse seismograaf - Benno Barnard
One of the world's premier travel writers launches his most exotic and tantalizing adventure yet, as he kayaks the shimmering Pacific, exploring the islands, and taking up residence to discover the secrets of these happy isles.
Paul Theroux's round-Britain travelogue is funny, perceptive and, said the Sunday Times, 'best avoided by patriots with high blood pressure . . . 'After eleven years living as an American in London, Paul Theroux set out to travel clockwise round the coast and find out what Britain and the British are really like. It was 1982, the summer of the Falklands War and the royal baby, and the ideal time, he found, to surprise the British into talking about themselves. The result is absolutely riveting reading. 'Few of us have seen the entirety of the coast and I for one am grateful to Mr Theroux for making my journey unnecessary. He describes it all brilliantly and honestly' - Anthony Burgess in the Observer. 'Filled with history, insights, landscape, epiphanies, meditations, celebrations and laments' - The New York Times.
Waarom zou een Israëlische jood zich voordoen als een Arabier? Het was volgens mij (de schrijver) de beste manier om in de huid van een Palestijn te kruipen.` Joram Binoer stak zijn licht op in de Gazastrook, in de vluchtelingenkampen op de Westoever en in het centrum van Tel Aviv. Een gewaagde onderneming.
An Account of a Journey Made In 1983 to the Mountains of Batu Tiban with James Fenton "Ye Gods, old man--don't do it!" you're bound to shriek on page 1 of this hilarious travelogue, on which the author lists the hazards that may befall him--vipers, cholera, crocs, ticks, tuberculosis, malaria, rabies, and 1,700 types of parasitic worms among them. After all, portly, over-the-hill London Times literary reviewer Redmond O'Hanlon hasn't done anything more aerobic than flip the pages of a book for decades; he wasn't even a Boy Scout. It's hardly reassuring that his colleague, poet James Fenton--who had the big idea to trek in Borneo--was a Boy Scout. He hated it, and besides, aged, balding Fenton, whom O'Hanlon describes as rather worm-like, sounds like he's a likely lunch for a swooping black eagle. But on they trod--with the much-needed help of three Iban natives and an unseen, though oft-quoted river god--through jungle, across rivers whose height may rise seven feet overnight, and via native villages (where they often have late-night parties), with one goal in mind: seeing the fabled Borneo rhino. Fenton is nearly swept away in a whirlpool, they subsist on jungle-worm gruel, and ripping off sucking leeches is a near-daily occurrence, but cultural and natural insights and adventures abound in this rip-roaringly funny and deftly written travelogue that will have you chortling out loud. --Melissa Rossi
The bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author of The Sense of an Ending traces the life of a seemingly ordinary woman with an extraordinary disdain for wisdom in this “marvelous literary epiphany” (The New York Times Book Review). In this wonderfully provocative novel, Barnes follows Jean Serjeant from her childhood in the 1920s to her flight into the sun in the year 2021, confronting readers with the fruits of her relentless curiosity: pilgrimages to China and the Grand Canyon; a catalogue of 1940s sexual euphemisms; and a glimpse of technology in the twenty-first century (when The Absolute Truth can be universally accessed). Elegant, funny and intellectually subversive, Staring at the Sun is Julian Barnes at his most dazzlingly original.
Günter Wallraff elaboró un trabajo periodístico arriesgado y sacrificado. Posiblemente la obra más especial del autor alemán. Günter Wallraff adquirió una nueva identidad durante dos años de su vida, convirtiéndose así en Alí el turco. Como Alí el Turco, Günter Wallraff realizó un reportaje sobre las penosas condiciones laborales que los inmigrantes turcos debían soportar para sobrevivir en la Alemania de esos años. Trabajos de limpieza en centrales nucleares sin protección alguna, en una industria farmaceútica como cobaya humana, como peón de construcción sin papelesâ?¦ â??Cabeza de turcoâ?? se convierte en un mazazo de realidad para el lector. A lo largo de la obra encontramos nuevos personajes reales, que no son inventados, sino que existen de verdad, que padecen una vida de explotación y miseria. El carácter personal que tiene la obra impacta al lector. Günter Wallraff no nos cuenta una historia ficticia, nos sumerge en una realidad dramática. La acumulación despiadada de experiencias humanas truncadas por el despotismo arrastra al lector a una situación de compromiso con la obra y sus personajes.
Era hija de Príamo y Hécuba. Apolo se enamoró de ella y le concedió el don de la profecía pero, al ser rechazado, se vengó disponiendo que nunca fuera creída. Casandra anunció la caída de Troya, pero los troyanos se burlaron de ella. Sobre este mito, la autora construye una apasionante analogía entre los hechos narrados en la Ilíada y el tenso periodo de guerra fría del siglo XX. La profetisa no desea ser simplemente la portavoz de Dios, anhela ante todo el conocimiento y la autoconciencia. Desde la cesta de mimbre en la que está encerrada (metáfora de la situación de la mujer en la sociedad patriarcal), vaticina la ruina, es decir, la destrucción de la cultura.