John Sutherland Libros

"This is a unique new reference book on English-language writers and writing throughout the present century, in all major genres and from all around the world - from Joseph Conrad to Will Self, Virginia Woolf to David Mamet, Ezra Pound to Peter Carey, James Joyce to Amy Tan." "Fiction, plays, poetry, and a whole range of non-fictional writing are celebrated in this informative, readable, and catholic reference book, which includes entries on literary movements, periodicals, and over 400 individual works, as well as articles on some 2,400 authors." "A lively introduction by John Sutherland highlights the various and sometimes contradictory canons that have emerged over the century, and the increasingly international sources of writing in English which the Companion records. Catering for all literary tastes, this is the most comprehensive single-volume guide to modern (and postmodern) literature."--Jacket

Nine hostages. Ten hours. One chance to save them all.

A thought-provoking look at the biggest challenges facing society through the unique lens of an experienced police officer and hostage negotiator

Ranging all the way from Aaron's Rod to Zuleika Dobson, via The Devil Rides Out and Middlemarch, literary connoisseur and sleuth John Sutherland offers his very personal guide to the most rewarding, most remarkable and, on occasion, most shamelessly enjoyable works of fiction ever written

The story of Philip Larkin's long-term partner Monica Jones based on her never-before-seen letters to the poet.

The Way We Live Now is both a satire of the literary world of London in the 1870s and a bold indictment of the new power of speculative finance in English life. Trollope is described as the quintessential Victorian novelist.

Un mundo feliz es posiblemente la novela más leída de HuxIey, y su influencia es evidente tanto en buena parte de la novela de ciencia ficción de calidad como en las novelas filosóficas. Presenta un mundo en el que el Estado controla hasta el más mínimo detalle de la vida de los individuos, a los que mantiene en una ignorancia producto de un depurado "lavado de cerebro". Nueva visita a un mundo feliz es la obra que años después escribió Huxley analizando Un mundo feliz y juzgando en qué se había equivocado y, sobre todo, en qué había acertado al detectar tendencias sociales y políticas que amenazaban a la cultura humanística y a la libertad del ser humano. Dos textos que se complementan y enriquecen mutuamente, además de una invitación a la reflexión sobre el destino de la humanidad.

Lizzie Eustace's determination to hold on to a fabulous diamond necklace entangles her in a web of deceit that involves her cousin and his fiancee in a story that is part sensation fiction, part detective novel, part political satire and part romance. Hugely engaging, the novel is also a highly revealing study of Victorian Britain.

In this characteristically nuanced and calmly objective study, the witty literary critic guides us through the increasingly rocky terrain of triggering. His advice rings clear: literature matters, to us and what we make of our world, and it must be handled with critical care.

From Sunday Times bestselling author of Blue and Crossing the Line comes the second novel from ex-hostage negotiator John Sutherland.